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Bank Charges Test Case Article discussion

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  • pingchris wrote: »
    gorden brown gave the banks in the last ten days £60 billion pounds,im hoping that is some of ours,are they getting ready to pay,or am i being very very hopefull.
    You are being very very very hopeful. The Supreme Court are not deciding if the bank charges are fair, they are deciding if the law on unfair contracts applies to bank charges.
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  • pingchris
    pingchris Posts: 283 Forumite
    edited 17 November 2009 at 5:07PM
    for every £200 the banks invest in sending out letters telling you that your account has missed a direct debit,there profit is £7600 ish...............is it me or is this figure bloody mindblowing,is that more lucrative than investing in oil,er i suspect so.................gorden bennet now thats one big money bank tap.......

    thats got to be the easiest way of making billions ive ever seen in my entire life,just send letters.........
    missed direct debit charges,very odd,theres no pain so how come the big gain,i.e £39.00 for a letter
  • pingchris wrote: »
    for every £200 the banks invest in sending out letters telling you that your account has missed a direct debit,there profit is £7600 ish...............is it me or is this figure bloody mindblowing,is that more lucrative than investing in oil,er i suspect so.................gorden bennet now thats one big money bank tap.......
    And is there a question on restitutionary damages coming up?
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  • why would i be asking a question about that ????

    or did i misunderstand
    missed direct debit charges,very odd,theres no pain so how come the big gain,i.e £39.00 for a letter
  • pingchris wrote: »
    why would i be asking a question about that ????

    or did i misunderstand

    Cos worst case scenario for the banks is bank charges reclaimed back to January 1995 and what is known as restitutionary damages or additional compensation as a result of it. In fact, if truth be know the number of equations and consequences of the banks losing the case is mind boggling.
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  • orc_2
    orc_2 Posts: 563 Forumite
    Please ignore those people who post on this forum who deliberately try to misinform you. Don't be bullied by them, don't be blamed by them. You know who I mean.
    You come here for advice, help and support- thats what I and like minded others will try to do.
  • as long as we get the charges back first they can argue about the rest later
    missed direct debit charges,very odd,theres no pain so how come the big gain,i.e £39.00 for a letter
  • orc wrote: »
    It is a very good article which explains what happens should the OFT win, the banks' win etc,etc,.
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  • Natwest due to the restitutionary damages being in the mix i would of thought it would be in the banks best interest (if they lose the test case) to make a speedy agreement with the oft on a way to settle the issue of compensation.
  • david.l wrote: »
    Natwest due to the restitutionary damages being in the mix i would of thought it would be in the banks best interest (if they lose the test case) to make a speedy agreement with the oft on a way to settle the issue of compensation.
    Not the case. If they make an agreement on a fair charge with CURRENT account charges, it still leaves the issues of HISTORIC charges which is where the restitutionary bit would come into the mix.
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