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Selling a timeshare
Hi all, not sure I this is the right place to post but here I go. MY parents want to sell their time-share/holiday club but have no idea how to go about it. The company they bought it from are no longer buying them back. Can anyone recommend a company that will sell it on their behalf without charging them a huge fee. Many…
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Can I hand back my car and end the finance agreement?
I've bought a car from Carcraft 5 months ago, The extended warranty was offered (nearly £2k). When selling it to me, it was explained that it also influded FULL RAC cover, along with servicing and MOT's for the next 5 years. Its now dues its service and MOT and i've found out these, along with the full breakdown are not…
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compensation for id theft caused by bank?
found out recently that our neighbours who had moved into our old property had been using my partners name to order over£2k of catalogue goods..from various catalogues we only found out because the postman recognised our names and posted the debt recovery letters through our door we found that they had obtained my partners…
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Am I entitled to reclaim phone insurance payments
i have stupidly been paying phone insurance since 2007 to present for a phone that has not been in use for years. Now I have realised I have cancelled the direct debit but the insurance company states that I am not entitled to any refund. Does anyone know if I can prove the phone has not been in use(via the service…
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Claims companies??
I am confused having been called by a company who want to try and reclaim money for me from previous mortgage companies. I did not have PPI protection on any mortgages but this company still thinks they can claim money back on my behalf. I'm not sure what. They stated that they can often reclaim fees that are hidden in the…
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Simply Be/Fredrickson International
Hiya I had a catalogue with Simply Be years ago and the last payment I made was 2009. I thought everything was clear with it as I did not hear from them again and I updated my address with them whenever I moved. THe today I received a letter from Fredrickson International Ltd saying I owe £1286.12. I rang them and have…
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Mortgage Repossession - reclaiming excess funds
Hi - can anyone offer me some advice ! My flat was repossessed in 2002, and in June last year I met someone who bought it as a repossession for a lot more money. I have contacted the bank who confirmed there were monies owed to me in the region of £70K (wow!). The issue has since been handled by a solicitor since who…
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Council tax, could this make sense?
I saw some stats for our local authority today stating that the average property price is (approx) £410,000 and the average council tax (approx) £1380. Our property value is approx £300,000 (bought for £282,000 5.5 years ago) and our council tax £1790. Despite our house value being £100k below the local average our council…
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Mortgage release fee - can i claim this back
hi, i closed my account with the bank of ireland last year, i just phoned them about my mortgage exit fee and was told i didn't pay one, but i did pay a mortgage release fee - which was non punitve. Is this still the same and do i still have grounds to try and reclaim it back. I also incureed a number of late payment…
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Refund from Euro Star
Hi, I am looking to claim back £500, which Euro Star took from my bank account but which should have been paid back, but never was. The Background In August of 2007, my Mother booked a 2 day trip to Paris for her and my Father with Euro star. In her initial conversation with Euro star, she used my debit card for payment…
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Right to buy mortgage mis-selling
I have been given the number of a law firm to make a possible claim for having been mis-sold a right-to-buy mortgage, or for having paid high mortgage broker fees that were added to the mortgage. My friend's relative claimed a few thousand pounds through these people. Does anyone have experience of this? Most of these…
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Unpaid wages from agency - please help
Howdy. I was wondering if anyone could offer me some advice on claiming back unpaid wages from a nursing agency? The dates when I worked as a qualified nurse for them are from 2006 – 2008. During my last months there the accounts department informed me they were missing about 10 timesheets for shifts that I’d attended…
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Home Plans
Can anyone help? Took out a Halifax Home plan back in 1997. It is only just recently that I've looked into my investment and discovered that the plan has less in (approx £500) less that what I actually paid into it. I've now closed the plan and used the settlement to overpay my mortgage, which has reduced my mortgage…
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council tax-human error
Hi all, any ideas how to deal with this letter from my council ? Dear Mr ........ As you know your council tax is paid by direct debit and for the current year commenced 1st April 2010 with a payment of£98.07 .Payments were then dueto be collected on 1st of each month from May 2010 until January 2011 at £102.00each month.…
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Shop closed down without fulfilling order
Can anyone help, my office mate has just received some very bad news. The wedding dress shop she has ordered and paid for her dress has closed down!! She found her perfect wedding dress back in March 2010. Her mum kindly paid for half of the cost of the dress (~£1000) on her credit card as a deposit. The other half of the…
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Reclaiming International phone bill charges...
Hello, Just a quick one, a few years ago i spent a lot of time abroad, racking up over £2000 worth of phone bills in various months. These phone bills were achieved before the review of international roaming charges. In the past i have claimed back credit card charges due to the charges being seen as being unlawful... does…
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Electric Pole in garden
Not sure if this is the right forum but it is about reclaiming We have an electric pole/post in our garden some one told us that you can claim money from the electric company for this ? Does any one know if this is true ? And how would I go about claiming this have googled it but can't find anything. Also next doors…
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Investment with Save & Prosper
I'm probably slutching at straws but feel its worth a try. My dad invested money for my mum (her NHS employee pot) in a wrapper with Save & Prosper. My dad became ill and wasn't able to keep a close eye on the investment. It transpires that an approx £60k investment fell to £4k and the only expnation S & P gave was that…
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Disputing bill payment transfer with a building society
Wonder if you folks can share your experiences/knowledge here and whether you think it would be possible to get money back from the building society via a dispute. Scenario: Internet banking transfer was made to a plumber for a job he claimed to have done (job completion verified by letting agent). Plumber made duplicate…
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Mortgage PPI
I have heard people are re-claiming for been mis-sold payment protection insurance on Mortgages. Can you please confirm if this is true? If so how do you go about claiming? Betty:)