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IVA or DMP

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  • dancingfairy
    dancingfairy Posts: 9,069 Forumite
    edited 28 March 2016 at 6:25PM
    I meant as bad as in terms of credit rating / long term effects.
    I don't think bankruptcy is that intrusive really from what I've read, but yes perhaps more involved than an iva.
    I agree a lot of issues with ivas are to do with misselling, but I still think they are a rather blunt instrument and it's quite difficult for someone to commit to making a set payment for 5 or so years, with the risk that if it fails they're back to square one ( or worse with the added fees).
    I'm really not a fan of ivas but they do work for some people. At the end of the day the OP has to read and research as much as possible as to what's the best for their situation.
    Df
    P.s I've not really heard anything good about ivas. Sourcrares you're probably the only person I've heard champion them. I don't know whether this is due to the misspelling aspect and people being desperate and jumping in without fully understanding or whether it's because people only come on here when they've got a problem and that there are people out there that have happily completed an iva with no problems?
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  • sourcrates
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    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped! Name Dropper
    All I can say is mine ran like clockwork, maybe I was just lucky, or as you suggest, we only hear about the ones that went wrong !!!
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  • Thank you everyone. I think we need to ask more questions and then decide, thanks again.
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