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How does one make offer to creditors?
bjorn85
Posts: 3 Newbie
Hi all,
I have a total outstanding debt figure of 4000 pounds. I have been able to raise a lump sum which I'll hopefully be able to use to make an offer to the creditors.
The rough breakdown is: £2400 to Hoist Finance (old credit card) and £1600 to Cabot (old loan). A couple of years ago I ran into some financial difficulty with the original lenders and defaulted, it got silly and only now have I been able to ruste something towards resolving this.
Is there an acceptable sort of calulation to work out what I can offer these companies?
Any help shall be gratefully received.
Cheers
I have a total outstanding debt figure of 4000 pounds. I have been able to raise a lump sum which I'll hopefully be able to use to make an offer to the creditors.
The rough breakdown is: £2400 to Hoist Finance (old credit card) and £1600 to Cabot (old loan). A couple of years ago I ran into some financial difficulty with the original lenders and defaulted, it got silly and only now have I been able to ruste something towards resolving this.
Is there an acceptable sort of calulation to work out what I can offer these companies?
Any help shall be gratefully received.
Cheers
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Hi,
No, it's not really an exact science, pitch your first offer quite low, you can always negoatiate upwards.
Do everything in writing, using the Natiobal Debtline template letter :
https://www.nationaldebtline.org/EW/sampleletters/Pages/Full-and-final-settlement-offers-%28sole-name%29.aspx
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As well as the sample letter sourcrates linked to this factsheet might be useful. It talks about how to work out your offers on a pro rata basis, where each creditor gets their proportional fair share.
www.nationaldebtline.org/EW/factsheets/Pages/fullandfinalsettlementoffers/lumpsumoffers.aspx
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