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Mistake in name spelling on loan paperwork

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applied for 0% loan thru etailer. Completed by phone. When paperwork was emailed to me there was a spelling mistake. I have two options as presented to me
1. sign and proceed
2. Cancel application (approved so hard footprint)

What would you do and why?

Thanks y'all

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  • SidJ
    SidJ Posts: 35 Forumite
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    Phone them up and say 'there's a mistake on my paperwork'
  • MEM62
    MEM62 Posts: 5,316 Forumite
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    Or option 3.  As them to amend the spelling.  
  • sourcrates
    sourcrates Posts: 31,530 Ambassador
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    It really doesn't matter does it, if your name is correctly spelled or not, under what scenario would it become a problem?
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  • Nasqueron
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    I applied for a Santander bank account for the £36 offer + cashback, they set my account up with a typo in the name, I assume it was my fault but they managed to credit check and open it fine, I only noticed when I was testing payments and the confirmation of payee thing came up with a close match rather than exact! It may well go through anyway so you might as well accept it and get it updated later. I just had to go into branch with ID and a form like I was changing my name and they did it in a few minutes (that was just a missing letter e.g. SMTH not SMITH)

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