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Defaults - want to do either token payment or F&F
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sydneybean
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Hi,
am hoping someone can help me with a couple of questions. I have looked through the forums for the last week or so and think i now have an understanding of defaults;
I have 3 defaults:
Arrow Global - £912 default date Feb 2010
MKDP - £777 default date May 2011
Capital 1 - £3401 default date Dec 2012
I have never acknowledged any of these debts and tried to not even open the letters in the hope they would go away
So from some digging my understanding is that even when they drop off I can still be chased for the debt?
So I now just want to start to deal with them, I am trying to get myself fully sorted and just want it all gone, LBM finally?! :T
So do I write to them acknowledging the debt and offer them a token payment of say £5 a month, if so what letter do I use
Do I have to give them a list of my income/outgoings or do they just say that i have to?
Or should I just offer them silly amounts like 10% of the debt to settle, especially on the one due to drop off next year?
sorry for the long post, any advice gratefully received though
PS - have 4 defaults showing on Sig - recently defaulted on £390 totally my fault (obviously!) but my dad died and started a new job and it slipped through the net so just want to pay that one in full
am hoping someone can help me with a couple of questions. I have looked through the forums for the last week or so and think i now have an understanding of defaults;
I have 3 defaults:
Arrow Global - £912 default date Feb 2010
MKDP - £777 default date May 2011
Capital 1 - £3401 default date Dec 2012
I have never acknowledged any of these debts and tried to not even open the letters in the hope they would go away

So from some digging my understanding is that even when they drop off I can still be chased for the debt?
So I now just want to start to deal with them, I am trying to get myself fully sorted and just want it all gone, LBM finally?! :T
So do I write to them acknowledging the debt and offer them a token payment of say £5 a month, if so what letter do I use
Do I have to give them a list of my income/outgoings or do they just say that i have to?
Or should I just offer them silly amounts like 10% of the debt to settle, especially on the one due to drop off next year?
sorry for the long post, any advice gratefully received though

PS - have 4 defaults showing on Sig - recently defaulted on £390 totally my fault (obviously!) but my dad died and started a new job and it slipped through the net so just want to pay that one in full
Debt [STRIKE]Mar16 - £10,401eek[/STRIKE]: Jan 18 £4601 Paid off so far £5800 pay off 18 £1625
Emergency Fund £100/£1000
OD1 - £550 OD 2 - £400 Def1 -£40
Def2 - £2976 CC -£500 TV £135 CR Apr 389 Dec - 487
Emergency Fund £100/£1000
OD1 - £550 OD 2 - £400 Def1 -£40
Def2 - £2976 CC -£500 TV £135 CR Apr 389 Dec - 487
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Hi,
If you have not acknowledged or paid a debt for a period exceeding 6 years (in england and wales) then the account could be statute barred.
At least one of your debts looks like it may fall into this category, if your not been chased for these debts, then i would hang fire for now.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free wannabe, Credit file and ratings, and Bankruptcy and living with it boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.For free non-judgemental debt advice, contact either Stepchange, National Debtline, or CitizensAdviceBureaux.Link to SOA Calculator- https://www.stoozing.com/soa.php The "provit letter" is here-https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2607247/letter-when-you-know-nothing-about-about-the-debt-aka-prove-it-letter0
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