Hi Never-In-Doubt, you've been highly recommended from moneysavingexpert!
A quick history of my situation first:
1. May of this year Aktiv Kapital started sending me letters requesting payment of neary £3000 of a defaulted account with Egg from May 2006. I'm not denying the debt, but I was never chased for it, so was just sitting it out waiting for the 6 years to pass so it became SB. As I thought there was no CCA, I sent them a prove it / CCA 12+2 on the 25th June 2010 (attached AK1). They replied with a fob off reply saying that 'the accout was on hold whilst they endeavoured to locate the paperwork'. I also noticed at this time that the Egg default had dissapeared from Experian and was marked as satisified in une 2006 on the Equifax report!
2. Unfortunately, because I didn't hear anything and because my credit reports looked good at the time, I didn't send an account in dispute letter until October (when I noticed they had placed new defaults on my credit reports for AK, with the same default date of May 2006). I sent them an account in dispute letter (attached AK2). They sent back another fob off 'account on hold while we try and get the paperwork' letter.
3. I was just about to reply to them when, on the 27th October (nearly 4 months after requesting it, and after sending an 'account in dispute' letter beginning of October) I received a copy of the CSA (attached), with an accompanying letter basically saying that 'whilst they endeavour to obtain documents within the prescribed time scales, due to the fact they were not the orginal creditor, it took longer'. They have also given me 14 days to give them proposals for payment.
My questions are this:
1. Is the CCA itself actually legal?
2. This may prove the CC was in my name, but it doesn't actually prove the default as there is no statement of account or notice of default. Can I get them on this?
3. They took nearly 4 months to get the information to me - as this is longer than the 12+2 days, can I get them on this?
4. If I can fight this, what should my next move be?
Your help would be greatly appreciated!
A quick history of my situation first:
1. May of this year Aktiv Kapital started sending me letters requesting payment of neary £3000 of a defaulted account with Egg from May 2006. I'm not denying the debt, but I was never chased for it, so was just sitting it out waiting for the 6 years to pass so it became SB. As I thought there was no CCA, I sent them a prove it / CCA 12+2 on the 25th June 2010 (attached AK1). They replied with a fob off reply saying that 'the accout was on hold whilst they endeavoured to locate the paperwork'. I also noticed at this time that the Egg default had dissapeared from Experian and was marked as satisified in une 2006 on the Equifax report!
2. Unfortunately, because I didn't hear anything and because my credit reports looked good at the time, I didn't send an account in dispute letter until October (when I noticed they had placed new defaults on my credit reports for AK, with the same default date of May 2006). I sent them an account in dispute letter (attached AK2). They sent back another fob off 'account on hold while we try and get the paperwork' letter.
3. I was just about to reply to them when, on the 27th October (nearly 4 months after requesting it, and after sending an 'account in dispute' letter beginning of October) I received a copy of the CSA (attached), with an accompanying letter basically saying that 'whilst they endeavour to obtain documents within the prescribed time scales, due to the fact they were not the orginal creditor, it took longer'. They have also given me 14 days to give them proposals for payment.
My questions are this:
1. Is the CCA itself actually legal?
2. This may prove the CC was in my name, but it doesn't actually prove the default as there is no statement of account or notice of default. Can I get them on this?
3. They took nearly 4 months to get the information to me - as this is longer than the 12+2 days, can I get them on this?
4. If I can fight this, what should my next move be?
Your help would be greatly appreciated!
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