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28 Days after appeal

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  • ReadTheSmallPrint
    ReadTheSmallPrint Posts: 16 Forumite
    So now I have a debt recovery letter from DRP. UKCPS have passed this on without rejecting my appeal. I still feel the appeal is valid but now getting worried that if no-one will listen to it (and now the debt collector wont be concerned with it) then its just going to grow. Is this the point I consult a Solicitor?
  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    ReadTheSmallPrint wrote: »
    So now I have a debt recovery letter from DRP. UKCPS have passed this on without rejecting my appeal. I still feel the appeal is valid but now getting worried that if no-one will listen to it (and now the debt collector wont be concerned with it) then its just going to grow. Is this the point I consult a Solicitor?

    A solicitor will be a waste of time and money. Why are you getting so worked up? This is a scam industry so expect dirty tricks from them to get you to pay.

    They will claim they sent a rejection that for some mysterious reason you didn't get. Just ignore idiotic debt collectors. You only need to respond if you get a genuine Letter Before Claim or court papers. Everything else can be ignored.
  • ReadTheSmallPrint
    ReadTheSmallPrint Posts: 16 Forumite
    Thank you wammo. That gives me a little comfort, but I'm still very worried that if it does go to Court and my appeal is not accepted then the amount will have grown significantly.
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,411 Forumite
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    ReadTheSmallPrint wrote: »
    Thank you wammo. That gives me a little comfort, but I'm still very worried that if it does go to Court and my appeal is not accepted then the amount will have grown significantly.
    What's your best guess as to what it will have grown to?
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

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  • waamo
    waamo Posts: 10,298 Forumite
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    ReadTheSmallPrint wrote: »
    Thank you wammo. That gives me a little comfort, but I'm still very worried that if it does go to Court and my appeal is not accepted then the amount will have grown significantly.

    If I were you I would hope it had gone up significantly. Abuse of process and an instant strike out beckons if it has.
  • ReadTheSmallPrint
    ReadTheSmallPrint Posts: 16 Forumite
    Umkomaas wrote: »
    What's your best guess as to what it will have grown to?
    I don't have feel for that. Now grown form initial £60 (if paid within 14 days) to £160 now with debt collector.
  • Umkomaas
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    ReadTheSmallPrint wrote: »
    I don't have feel for that. Now grown form initial £60 (if paid within 14 days) to £160 now with debt collector.

    If you defend the case following guidance from the forum, £160 is about the ceiling - if it even gets to a hearing. UKCPS are not the most litigious of operators, they are far less so these days than they were 3 or 4 years ago.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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  • bergkamp
    bergkamp Posts: 356 Forumite
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    ReadTheSmallPrint wrote: »
    I don't have feel for that. Now grown form initial £60 (if paid within 14 days) to £160 now with debt collector.

    And if it is 'passed' to Zenith debt collection it may rise some more,then fall some with their final offer to you. Or their final final offer.
    DR+ and Zenith are the same toothless debt collectors and are to be ignored.
  • ReadTheSmallPrint
    ReadTheSmallPrint Posts: 16 Forumite
    Appreciate all your support folks. I'll sit it out and let it run its course and post the progress here as it unfolds. Thanks again.
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