Loans nightmare advice please

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Hi all thanks for looking in, it seems our son has got himself into a right mess financially using companies like Satsuma, wageday advance, pounds to pocket and payday, which only came to light beacause we noticed a change in him, upserge in his alcohol and noticing him getting a lot of letters, after talking to him about it and him denying any problem but becoming more withdrawn and snappy we found some letters in his room during a clean out demanding money, threatening court action and the likes which we challenged him on which resulted in him breaking down in front of us, it seems he has for a while been taking out loans he couldnt pay back, our first reaction being we have to sort this for his future well being, fortunately he has recently gained a good pay rise and has contacted them and agreed terms and is paying around £220 a week back. Today he recieved another one, not a new one but from the same period and i was "FUMING", not with him but HOW IN GODS NAME has he been able to keep getting these loans surely these companied have a duty of care and a degree of responsibilty i also find it strange they all threaten court action but never have done just offering discounts if he pays now !!!!!, what would happen if we just said fine take it to court, our son has spoke of his shame and the fact he didnt know where to turn and his desire to just get away which obviosly breaks our hearts to think how far this could have got had we just left it.

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  • [Deleted User]
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    Tell him to see someone like Stepchange.

    Or physically drag him there, as he doesn't sound that willing to sort out his finances.

    They will help him set up repayment plans and go through his options.
  • biscuit1_2
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    Tell him to see someone like Stepchange.

    Or physically drag him there, as he doesn't sound that willing to sort out his finances.



    I think paying £220 a week is sorting his finances tbh
  • biscuit1_2
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    Cheers D_M_E yes he has been stupid and he knows this now, i dont get how, if he was getting defaults, which he was, how come he was still able to keep getting them
  • foxy-stoat
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    What is the total debt and how much does he earn?

    If you bail him out what is going to stop him doing it again, only 2 or 3 times worse?

    If he has defaulted on enough loans then he wont be getting credit anytime soon which is good.
  • biscuit1_2
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    foxy-stoat wrote: »
    What is the total debt and how much does he earn?


    If you bail him out what is going to stop him doing it again, only 2 or 3 times worse?


    If he has defaulted on enough loans then he wont be getting credit anytime soon which is good.


    Thankfully they were mostly small amounts £4000 max
    and he is now on a good wage £450 wk at the time £200


    Never said we were bailing him out, were offering support

    Thats the point, he was still getting credit from these people,

    he did apply for a loan from Coop to consolodate they refused, bad credit
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