National lottery - debt

JReacher1

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

If your NL account is now £40 in debit, provided that you can afford it then why not simply pay in £40 and then either withdraw £10 straight away (if you are able to), or contact them and ask them to send the £10.

You are in the right by only wanting to pay them £30 but in all honesty, it is really worth dragging it out and risking having your lottery account closed simply to make a point?

If I put £40 in my balance will be 0 so I can't withdraw anything. I will then have to contact them to send me the £10 they admit they owe me.

I am hoping that tonight I win £2million quid which will make all this moot. Although it will be funny when they take £40 off the cheque.

Ectophile

LABMAN wrote: »

Why not just do what they ask and be done with the problem as it comes to the same solution ie you get your £10?

Because then the OP will be down £10, with a promise that the lottery people will then fix it. But given that the OP's account would then read zero, getting that £10 may be difficult.

Ectophile

JReacher1 wrote: »

My question was can they pursue me in court for a £10 debt that they admit they actually owe me.

They can pursue you in court for anything they like. You don't have to ask permission to sue somebody.

Whether or not the judge would actually find in their favour is another matter entirely.

George_Michael

If it was me, I would simply pay the £30 that you owe them and then stick to buying lottery tickets from a shop for now.

I can't see that they would take legal action for £10 but in the unlikely event that they did, you would be able to show that you had paid them everything that you owed.

arcon5

They'd win the £30 in court, since you offered to send back the overpayment and they rejected the offer I doubt a judge would award them court costs

Balls in your court. Good luck to them!

Chucky1234

Yeah I would only pay back £30 too. They won't take you to court over a tenner.

Ectophile

I would say the best thing is to take the moral high ground and send them a written offer to repay them the £30 that you owe to them.

If they have any sense, they will accept it. If they reject it, they will only look stupid if they take you to court.