Tesco loan - incompetence 27 February at 1:47PM in Loans 9 replies 674 views

RomfordNavy

Had a Tesco Loan which due to bereavement I didn't use.  I returned the capital along with a letter giving notice within the fourteen-day cooling-off period.  However Tesco do not appear to have accepted this cancelletion and are chasing for payment of an installment.

I have written to them three times but they have simple ignored my letters.  Where do I go from here?

MorningcoffeeIV

Phone them.

RomfordNavy

MorningcoffeeIV said:

Phone them.

Tried that, spent hours trying to get through to their high-charge phone number but no one ever answers!

~Brock~

Make a complaint

https://www.tescobank.com/help/complaints/

Herzlos

Did you contact them to settle the account or did you just transfer the money back and send a letter?

Do they have the money now and did they acknowledge it in any way?

If they haven't allocated the payment to the account, then they will assume it's still due, though I'd have assumed they'd have returned an unidentified payment.

Unfortunately I think your only option is to talk to them. According to Google, their customer support number is 0345 600 6016 which is just a standard rate landline call and would just use your regular mobile phone minutes.

RomfordNavy

Herzlos said:

Did you contact them to settle the account or did you just transfer the money back and send a letter?

Do they have the money now and did they acknowledge it in any way?

If they haven't allocated the payment to the account, then they will assume it's still due, though I'd have assumed they'd have returned an unidentified payment.

Unfortunately I think your only option is to talk to them. According to Google, their customer support number is 0345 600 6016 which is just a standard rate landline call and would just use your regular mobile phone minutes.

Send them a cheque along with a covering letter.  First of all they confirmed receipt of the cheque, then they cashed the cheque, then they sent another letter saying they had not received the cheque! - total incompetence.

From my landline 0345 numbers are high-charge numbers, I have been caught by this before.  Either way accademic as like I said have spent hours on the phone, they never answer.

RomfordNavy

~Brock~ said:

Make a complaint

https://www.tescobank.com/help/complaints/

Good idea, complaint submitted.  Let's just hope that they actually read it unlike my letters.

superbigal

Presumably you have proof of them having received your letters as you will have sent them with full tracking.

RomfordNavy

superbigal said:

Presumably you have proof of them having received your letters as you will have sent them with full tracking.

All sent with proof-of-posting.  We know they received the first one because they cashed the cheque.

kaMelo

RomfordNavy said:

Herzlos said:

Did you contact them to settle the account or did you just transfer the money back and send a letter?

Do they have the money now and did they acknowledge it in any way?

If they haven't allocated the payment to the account, then they will assume it's still due, though I'd have assumed they'd have returned an unidentified payment.

Unfortunately I think your only option is to talk to them. According to Google, their customer support number is 0345 600 6016 which is just a standard rate landline call and would just use your regular mobile phone minutes.

Send them a cheque along with a covering letter.  First of all they confirmed receipt of the cheque, then they cashed the cheque, then they sent another letter saying they had not received the cheque! - total incompetence.

From my landline 0345 numbers are high-charge numbers, I have been caught by this before.  Either way accademic as like I said have spent hours on the phone, they never answer.

0345 numbers cost exactly the same to call as 01 and 02 numbers, who is your landline provider and what are they charging you?