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Halifax PBA Success
TescoEmployee
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Tried the BPA claim after reading the guide on here and thought I’d give it a shot on a Halifax Ultimate Reward account I held with them (I still bank with them but have a different account).
I used the online tool on here 2 weeks ago and on Friday got my refund :beer: I held the URA account with them between 2008 - 2011 so well outside the claim period but they upheld my complaint - Total refund was just under £600 after benefits received and tax etc., I had just under £400 refunded for 3 minutes work of filling out an online form :money:
If you haven’t claimed yet suggest you go for it - little effort required for a potential reward.
I used the online tool on here 2 weeks ago and on Friday got my refund :beer: I held the URA account with them between 2008 - 2011 so well outside the claim period but they upheld my complaint - Total refund was just under £600 after benefits received and tax etc., I had just under £400 refunded for 3 minutes work of filling out an online form :money:
If you haven’t claimed yet suggest you go for it - little effort required for a potential reward.
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An auto payment
You were lucky.0 -
Moneyineptitude wrote: »An auto payment
You were lucky.
Is it not common for them to just pay out? I have a few savings accounts with them etc., so wonder if that’s gone in my favour?Stand Up For What You Believe In, Even If It Means Standing Alone0 -
A sum below a certain level is not worth quibbling over, so an auto pay is doneNon me fac calcitrare tuum culi0
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No, just the amount they'd have to pay you in comparison to the amount they'd pay to the Ombudsman if you referred your complaint.TescoEmployee wrote: »Is it not common for them to just pay out? I have a few savings accounts with them etc., so wonder if that’s gone in my favour?
Again, you were lucky, you even reference the benefits you received were deducted from the refund!0 -
I am surprised they didn't time bar it, though that said I can see why as it's an utter joke if they would be liable for the costs of the Ombudsman for a correctly rejected time bar complaint so payout for a clearly correctly sold package that the OP wanted, needed and benefited from.
Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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I am surprised they didn't time bar it, though that said I can see why as it's an utter joke if they would be liable for the costs of the Ombudsman for a correctly rejected time bar complaint so payout for a clearly correctly sold package that the OP wanted, needed and benefited from.
Totally incorrect assumption on the want/need/benefit part - the benefit they said I had I have proof was never used but seeing as I was expecting £0 back I’m not going to argue over it.Stand Up For What You Believe In, Even If It Means Standing Alone0 -
TescoEmployee wrote: »Totally incorrect assumption on the want/need/benefit part - the benefit they said I had I have proof was never used but seeing as I was expecting £0 back I’m not going to argue over it.
Not at all incorrect. You signed up for the package (you wanted it, it was NEVER a mandatory thing, you opted in for it by upgrading from the normal account by phone or online), you received annual statements and brochures explaining the account cost and services (giving you the chance to review and cancel if you didn't want it) and used the benefits (proving need and usefulness). The account covered travel insurance, phone insurance, AA etc. You got lucky on a low value autopay, they could easily have defended and won this.Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness:
People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.
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Not at all incorrect. You signed up for the package (you wanted it, it was NEVER a mandatory thing, you opted in for it by upgrading from the normal account by phone or online), you received annual statements and brochures explaining the account cost and services (giving you the chance to review and cancel if you didn't want it) and used the benefits (proving need and usefulness). The account covered travel insurance, phone insurance, AA etc. You got lucky on a low value autopay, they could easily have defended and won this.
Again totally incorrect - it was ‘mandatory’ for an overdraft (which was never used) as the branch manager told me when I went in to get a new card and they started talking about a better account for me and my needs and that I should totally get the account etc.,. Are you bitter about people claiming and winning?
As a side note and my main reason for posting initially - Anyone reading this thread and considering claiming please do so - it takes 5 minutes and could result in a payment at worst they say no or you could get an auto payment
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