Which Way to Go?

[SaltnVinegar]

Re: Which Way to Go?

Just updating this one:

Update: There have been approx a dozen identifiable calls (unanswered) and voicemails from FirstSource between 09/09 and 10/12, but no letters since their introductory one.

Firstsource solutions are a one man and his dog operation - you should see them off easily enough with a SWID letter.

[Still Waving]

Re: Which Way to Go?

Just updating this one:

Credit card 3 Bank of Scotland. – Taken out early 90's
Balance approx. £13,200
Last full monthly repayment May 2010
DMP payments since then.
Last DMP payment May 2012.
Being administered originally by Blair Oliver Scott

2/8/12 CCA letter sent.
14/8/12 date of BoS response – Niddy says Unenforceable.
20/8/12 date of letter from Blair Oliver Scott “Contact us within 5 days, or else.”.
28/8/12 Missing Prescribed Terms letter sent to BoS.
29/8/12 Account in Dispute/Harassment & Threat of Doorstep Visit letter sent to Blair O.S.
4/9/12 received letter dated 28/8/12 from Blair O.S. - "Notice of Intended Court Action. Sum claimed due by 4/9/12."
15/9/12 Letter from Bank of Scotland (dated 22 May 2012) in response to my Missing Prescribed Terms letter of 28/08/12. They said that as they cannot produce the original T&Cs they will not seek to enforce, however even if an agreement is unenforceable it is not void and they will continue with normal collections activities.
Letter dated 19/9/12 from BoS Credit Operations Rosyth (but with a Salford return address) "We have arranged for Robinson Way to collect the outstanding amount."
Letter dated 24/9/12 from Robinson Way, Salford - "Important... do not ignore. If you do not agree a payment plan with us we may advise our client to start court action. .......... This account may continue to be a worry for you ........ Unpaid debts don't just go away."
25/9/12. Voicemail message from Rob-Way - "Contact us."
26/09/12 letter to RobWay enclosing copy of BoS letter of 15/09/12 (above), also requesting phone calls cease.
RobWay letter 03/10/12 - “We note that BoS confirmed they will continue normal collections.”Ignored.
RobWay letter 04/10/12 - “We are authorised to negotiate repayment of the account with you ...ACT NOW!”Ignored.
BoS letter 30/10/12 “We've transferred your BoS Credit Card to RobWay. Please contact RobWay ...”Ignored.
RobWay letter 02/11/12 - "Important... do not ignore. If you do not agree a payment plan with us we may advise our client to start court action. .......... This account may continue to be a worry for you ........ Unpaid debts don't just go away."Ignored.
RobWay letter 14/11/12 - “Immediate Action Required …Call us.... if you fail to pay and neglect to deal with this account further action may be taken to recover the amount due.”Ignored.
RobWay letter 28/11/12 - “Ring us today, we can agree a reduced balance you can pay to settle, and you may even be able to pay the reduced amount by instalments you can afford. ...”
Ignored.
Robway letter 12/12/12 - “APPOINTMENT FOR HOME VISIT. ...May be sent to our local rep in 10 days ….”
20/12/12 sent Threat of Doorstep Visit letter to RobWay.
Horwich Farrelly (Sols) letter 31/12/12 (from Robway's address) - “Creditor BOS. We have been instructed by the above…. Court action may be taken... you can avoid court proceedings ... Payment and proposals to Robway. Remember, Court action may increase the amount you owe ….”
08/01/13 sent Letter Previously Confirming No CCA to Horwich Farrelly.

19/01/13 and 24/01/13 letters rec'd from BoS and Wetcloths “we've transferred your Bank of Scotland credit card to Wetcloths ….”
30/01/13 sent SWID to Wetcloths.
12/02/13 Wetcloths letter acknowledging query and suspending collections activity while under investigation. Filed.
09/03/13 Wetcloths - “FINAL NOTICE – We have not received a reply to our previous correspondence … threat, threat ….” WTF?? Silly sods.
19/03/13 Nelson Guest Solicitors letter(return address Huddersfield not Sidcup) - "Offer to reduce the amount payable ...limited period .... contact Wetcloths by ...... or further action will continue ...." Filed.
29/03/13 Nelson Guest letter (return address Huddersfield not Sidcup) - "Whilst Wetcloths still willing to consider realistic options ....." (10 day deadline or further recovery action will be taken).
09/04/13 letter sent to Wetcloths telling them to address the issues raised in my letter of 30/01 and to tell Nelson Guest to stop writing to me.
09/04/13 (received 13/04) Wetcloths doorstep collection notice.
16/04/13 sent Harassment/Threat of Doorstep Visit letter to Wetcloths.
19/04/13 Wetcloths letter acknowledging query and suspending collections activity while under investigation(Identical to 12/02/13 letter - Filed)
20/08/13 Wetcloths letter – almost identical to their previous one. (Filed)
30/08/13 Wetcloths letter confirming account remains on hold. (Filed)
05/09/13 Bank of Scotland letter referring to my recent communication and enclosing a copy of my signed application - nothing else, no PT's, and less than they originally sent last year which niddy had deemed UE. - Filed
05/09/13 A separate letter purporting to come from Bank of Scotland advising that they have transferred my BoSCC to Firstsource Solutions. In the same envelope an introductory letter from Firstsource. There have since been 5 unanswered calls which - on checking Whocallsme.com - were from Firstsource. No further letters from them yet.

Update: There have been approx a dozen identifiable calls (unanswered) and voicemails from FirstSource between 09/09 and 10/12, but no letters since their introductory one.

[Still Waving]

Re: Which Way to Go?

Hi all. Another update.

Credit card 6 Capital 1. – Taken out 2002
Balance approx. £440
Last full monthly repayment May 2010
DMP payments since then.
Last DMP payment May 2012.
Being administered by lender


02/08/12CCA request sent.
17/08/12Cap1 sent Recon agreement. Niddy said - the terms are a recon but not relevant to the product I signed up for.
07/09/12Sent Missing Prescribed Terms letter.
Two letters received from Cap1 on 01/10/12:-
First letter dated 25/09/12 – a long repetitive and waffling response to the MPT letter claiming they have fulfilled their CCA obligations. I would like to send this one to Niddy for an opinion as to how to respond.
Second letter dated 27/09/12 – “Account has been referred to Fredrickson International.” Ishall do nothing on this one until I hear from Fredrickson in writing. So far they have attempted to contact me by phone twice in the past two days.
Letter dated 02/10/12received from Fredrickson - "Cap1 have passed this account to us for collection ......As we have been appointed as their agent you should now make sure you contact us and not Cap1. ..... Our client now requires payment in full to avoid further action. ....You must phone us immediately ....."
08/10/12Account Sold whilst in Dispute (including para re phone harassment) letter sent.
Fredrickson letter 11/10/12- “We would be grateful if you will note that we are no longer instructed to act in connection with this matter.We have passed your letter to our clients and would be grateful if you will address all further correspondence with them direct.”
Since 22/11/12 there were several calls from Freds, some voicemail and some missed. None were responded to.
04/12/12 Freds letter “LETTER BEFORE ACTION … legal action is now being considered. Should it be necessary to issue proceedings in the County Court further additional fees will be added to the balance outstanding (fees and new balance set out)"
08/12/12Threat-O-Gram LBA letter sent.
17/12/12 Freds letter - “We have referred this matter to our client ….”
19/12/12Freds letter - “We have provided details of your dispute to our client, and have now recived a response from them which indicates that the debt details are correct... Please phone us ...”
03.01.13letter to Freds .
“Thank you for your letter dated 19 December 2012, in which you have asked me to telephone you. Please be aware that I will only communicate with you in writing.
You state that your client has indicated that the alleged debt details are correct. However I informed them by letter dated 7 September 2012 that they had failed to comply with my request under the Consumer Credit Act 1974 to supply a true copy of the executed credit agreement.
Your clients have stated in a letter to me dated 25 September 2012 that they do not retain the originals of signed agreements which are returned to them. They further state that they will not enter into any further correspondence regarding the provision of copy agreements.
We appear therefore to be at an impasse over this disputed matter. Furthermore, I note from your letter to me dated 11 October 2012 that you were no longer instructed to act in connection with this matter. I am not clear therefore why you have begun writing to me again. “
Subsequent letter dated and postmarked 31/12/12from Bryan Carter Solicitors.
“ Our Client: Capital One: Balance: £445.00
We write with regard to this outstanding debt.
Payment must be made in full within the next fourteen days failing which we will recommend to our client that proceedings be issued without further notice.
Should proceedings be issued, additional charges will be added to the existing balance as shown below.
If you dispute liability for this debt please state your reasons in writing and supply us with documents in support of your defence to any claim.
Before the account is referred to us to litigate you still have an opportunity to contact FredricksonInternational Ltd with your payment proposals. In order to avoid further action you should telephone them immediately.
This is a serious matter and you may wish to seek independent legal advice.”
09/01/13 Sold w i Dispute letter to Bryan Carter.
10/01/13 received letter dated 07/01/13 from Freds. (Precis)- “Re your letter 03/01/13 – We were no longer instructed, now we are …. client advises CCA 74 request complied with in their letter of 17/08/12 … trust this clarifies .. . look forward to payment proposals by 28/01/13 … collection activity may resume”
A few voicemail messages have been left by Freds.
25/01/13 sent letter to Freds enclosing a copy of my MPT letter to Cap1, and also included another telephone harassment response.
26/01/13 rec'd Freds letter dated 22/01/13 referring to Bryan Carter's letter, and also offering the op for a F&F.
30/01/13 letter to Freds enclosing copy of the SWID which was sent to BC.
01/02/13 Freds letter - Account on hold while your comm referred to Cap1.
06/02/13 Freds letter enclosing a copy of Cap1's earlier letter replying to my MPT letter, reiterating that they had complied with CCA request and account is enforceable. Freds giving to 26/02 for my payment proposals.
11/02/13 Cap1 letter - "No reason to change position as set out in final response ..... we have already responded to the points raised in your letter ..... we will not enter into any further correspondence regarding provision of copy agreements."
02/05/13 Cap1 letter - “Your a/c has moved .... no longer being managed (by Freds) .... payments direct to Cap1.”

Update:

02/07/13 Two letters in same envelope - 1st purporting to be from Cap1 advising that account Sold to Lowell Portfolio 1, the second an introductory letter from LP1. (RTS as not sent to address for correspondence.)
01/08/13 Lowell Financial letter - "We want to help you clear your account ........" - Very nice, all donations gratefully received. (RTS as above)
16/08/13 Lowell Financial letter - "We'd like to help you free up your finances .....Pay 75% of balance as f&f settlement ...."
27/08/13 sent SWID letter to Lowell Financial.
02/09/13 Lowell Financial letter - "We have written to you several times .... we will pass your account on to Red Debt Collection Services (part of Lowells) ..."- Ignored.
05/09/13 Lowell Portfolio1 letter - "Contacting Cap1 and will advise their response ... also requesting copy of credit agreeement ..." - Filed
06/09/13 Lowell Portfolio1 letter -"We have requested a copy of your credit agreement ...." - Filed.
16/09/13 Lowell Portfolio1 letter - "Cap1 are trying to retrieve the agreement from their archive ...." - Filed.
23/09/13 Lowell Portfolio1 letter - "Cap1 still trying to retrieve agreement form their archives ....." - Filed.
18/10/13 Lowell Portfolio1 letter - "Cap1 have advised document no longer available due to length of time since account was opened ...... at this time we have closed file and will not make further contact unless the copy of the agreement is received ....." - Filed.
23/10/13 Lowell Portfolio1 letter - "We enclose copy of your original credit agreement ..... also copy statements ...... look forward to your payment proposals ..." (What they sent was a further copy of what Cap1 sent over a year ago [already deemed UE by Niddy] except that they failed to photocopy the reverse of each page.)
04/11/13 Lowell Financial letter - "Despite previous correspondence we have not received payment or valid reason for non-payment ...... failure to respond may result in further action ...." - Filed.
11/11/13 Lowell Financial letter - " .... unless we receive payment/proposals within 5 days ... instruct our solicitors to look to begin legal action ..... (consequences) .... alternatively may instruct doorstep agent .... "
18/11/13 sent MPT letter to Lowell Financial, also pointing out that their letter of 18/10/13 (credit agreement not available) is a more accurate reflection, and also that Cap1 stated in writing to me that they do not hold the original of a signed agreement.
18/11/13 Red Debt Collections letter, threatening possible legal action and possible consequences (CCJ, and if still not paid a CO or deductions from earnings, or asking court for a bailiff to remove goods from house).
22/11/13 letter to Red Debt suggesting they refer back to Lowell re my letter dated 18/11/13.
29/11/13 Lowell Portfolio1 letter, referring to my recent letter and apologising for delay - "we are looking in to your enquiry ..... account on hold until we are able to respond fully ...."

I am expecting that their next letter will be on similar lines to that received by GlennBaker here (Post #7) http://forums.all-about-debt.co.uk/s...l=7#post354837

[nightwatch]

Re: Which Way to Go?

It must be the time of year when they [dcas] are all trying to get us to make a donation to the Christmas do, I have had a couple of begging letters as well, I recomended Aldi for cheap fizz and an unfrozen fish finger with ketchup, instead of sushi, along with a gift of a lemon squeezer to go with the lemon of account they now own x

[Still Waving]

Re: Which Way to Go?

Hi Folks, an update:-

Bank account LLoydsTSB – originally TSB a/c opened 80's
Balance approx. £2140
Last full monthly repayment May 2010
DMP payments since then.
Last DMP payment May 2012.
Being administered by SCM Solicitors for bank.

This is not really an overdraft account, it was a TSB (revolving credit) account allowing up to 30 times the monthly transfer from the current account. I have not so far sent a CCA request in respect of this account.

Letters dated 12/9/12From LloydsTSB and Apex Credit Management in the same envelope. Apex have been instructed to arrange collection of the outstanding amount. I note that the letters are referring to this as a current account, which it is most definitely not.
18/9/12- voicemail message from Apex - "Contact us."
26/09/12 sent CCA Request to Apex, pointing out that this is not a current account, and also incorporating a request to stop the harassing phone calls (which I had not been picking up).
01/10/12 received Apex letter dated 27/09/12 (Re CCA request) “In relation to the aforementioned account, we can confirm that we are unable to obtain copies of the required documentation from the original creditor in order to comply with your request due to the fact that your account is a current account and no copies of agreements are available on these types of accounts and therefore your request does not fall under sections 77-79 of the CCA Act of 1974.”

(NOTE: Most of interim history comment omitted on this occasion)

04/10/12. Letter sent to Apex, reiterating that this is not a current account and repeating that it falls under CCA 1974 so I require the info.
Received a letter from LTSB dated 04/10/12. "Thank you for contacting us about a Personal Loan. (I didn't)Unfortunately we are unable to trace an account held by you here at the Loan Centre.”
Apex letter 09/10/12. “With reference to your recent dispute, we can confirm your account is currently under referal (sic), with our request for a Copy of Agreement, Statement of Accounts and Terms and Conditions due to be supplied by Lloyds Banking Group.”
22/10/12 Apex letter (Precis of longish letter) - “OC states that this was originally a current account, and as the debt relates to a current account CCA 1974 does not apply.
For your convenience, the £1 payment has been used to reduce your outstanding indebtedness. If you disagree we will arrange for the £1 to be returned to you.”
07/11/12 letter to Apex. - “I can prove this is not my current account ….. Use of my £1 is clearly against the express purpose for which it was sent....Require you to recover the sum from where you have posted it, and to apply it to my Consumer Credit Act 1974 request.”
12/11/12 Apex letter – (Precis) “We're just piggy in the middle, reliant on LTSB info supplied. We have requested account documentation …. until any uncertainty regarding the debt is removed all collection activity will be suspended.
Until docs received, propose to leave the £1 on your account … if docs show that account doesn't fall under CCA 74, your £1 can either remain on the account or be returned to you.
15/01/13 Letter on LTSB letterhead (but posted in Stockport) - “ As we haven't been able to agree a repayment plan we've transferred the account to Moorcroft DCA..... Please contact Moorcroft.....”
19/01/13 Moorcroft letter – Same content as the 28/12/12 letter to spent2much here ->> allaboutFORUMS - View Single Post - spent2much UE diary
24/01/13 Sent letter to Apex demanding they acknowledge misappropriation of my £1 and confirm that the transaction has been reversed.
30/01/13 SWID sent to Moorcroft.
02/02/13 rec'd Moorcroft 30/01/13 letter - "POSSIBLE FURTHER ACTION". As this crossed with my letter I am simply filing it.
(31/01/13 Apex letter - "Investigating your concerns ... will write to you again .....enc copy of our internal Complaint Procedure ...." 20/02/13 Argumentative final response from Apex, but enclosing refund of £1. I was not entirely happy, so sent Apex a further letter and finally got a letter with a satisfactory statement that the original £1 had been removed from the account.)
01/02/13 Moorcroft letter - " thank you ... letter requesting copy of the credit agreement. (No!) However under CCA74 you must pay £1 fee ... if you submit payment we will gladly process your request." They have returned with it my SWID letter of 30/01/13.
20/02/13 returned my SWID letter to Moorcroft, telling them to read it properly.
27/02/13 Moorcroft letter - "Communicating with client - meanwhile follow-up action suspended."
15/06/13 Moorcroft letter - " ... advised that this is for a bank account which does not have an executed agreement. Further to this sections 77 78 CCA74 do not apply as it is not a credit agreement"
28/06/13 letter to Moorcroft pointing that they have been misinformed, and the information given to a previous agent was also incorrect, and that I can prove if necessary that this does not relate to my current account, as they have alleged.
02/07/13 Moorcroft letter - "Communicating with our client ... follow-up action suspended."
12/08/13 Moorcroft letter - "POSSIBLE FURTHER ACTION"
20/08/13 letter to Moorcroft referring to previous correspondence, and their last letter.
28/08/13 Moorcroft letter - "Moorcroft no longer responsible for collection ..."
20/09/13 letter purporting to come from LTSB - "We've transferred your LTSB CURRENT ACCOUNT to Robinson Way ..."
25/09/13 'Nice' introductory letter from RobWay enclosing a financial statement form which I can complete and return with my payment offer.(As if!) Three unanswered calls and a voicemail message from Robway since.

Update:

05/10/13 RobWay letter - "We are authorised to negotiate repayment of the balance outstanding ..... if you fail to pay or contact us .... continue to contact you by letter/phone or doorstep agent .... Please call us ....." - Ignored.
19/11/13 LTSB letter - " ......transferred your account to Westcot...... instructed Westcot to arrange collection ....." - Filed.
01/12/13 Westcot letter - "Address verification ....... if we do not hear from you by 11/12/13 ...." - Ignored.
08/12/13 Westcot letter - "Notice of Debt Collection ...... to avoid further action either pay up or contact us on ******* ...." - Ignoring for now.

[Still Waving]

Re: Which Way to Go?

just keep an eye out, can't trust any of these buggers any further than you kick them

Will do. That code was on last year's letter too, so probably not sinister. What threw me was the 'this statement' comment, and I thought they meant the dispute resolution part which was headed in bold.

The account statement itself was just an opening and closing balance, with no movement in between, so easily missed.

[MrsD]

Re: Which Way to Go?

just keep an eye out, can't trust any of these buggers any further than you kick them

[Still Waving]

Re: Which Way to Go?

that wee code kind of worries me, I'd get another cca request off, to them just to to be on the safe side.

I've just looked in my file, and now see that I had an identical letter this time last year. What I missed is that on the reverse of the letter is a statement of account for the past 12 months. I shall therefore merely file this statement.


Thanks Mrs D

[MrsD]

Re: Which Way to Go?

that wee code kind of worries me, I'd get another cca request off, to them just to to be on the safe side.

[Still Waving]

Re: Which Way to Go?

new one on me

but then they just keep coming up with new ways to say actually we're daft buggers

Does it look like a mailshot? If it does I might be inclined to ignore and see what comes next

That is the entire letter. As I mentioned there are two of them, both regarding former MBNA accounts purchased by Idem. This one remained with the in-house collection dep't, and the other was farmed out to Freds back in February.

Edit: Their reference on each is prefixed PCCSTAT

[MrsD]

Re: Which Way to Go?

new one on me

but then they just keep coming up with new ways to say actually we're daft buggers

Does it look like a mailshot? If it does I might be inclined to ignore and see what comes next

[Still Waving]

Re: Which Way to Go?

Hi folks, an update-

Credit card 1 MBNA. – Taken out early 90's
Balance approx. £12,000
Last full monthly repayment May 2010
DMP payments since then.
“Sold” to Idem Capital securities
Ltd (Paragon Personal Finance Ltd) by lender beginning 2012
Last DMP payment May 2012.

02/08/12 CCA request sent.
01/09/12 Idem sent copy application. Niddy says EN.
However -
12/09/12 Missing Prescribed Terms letter sent.
23/10/12 Idem letter - “We need to speak with you – please contact us ...” No other comments. Ignored.
30/10/12. Idem letter “account will now be transferred to Arden Credit Management …...”Ignored.
01/11/12. Arden letter “ ...We have assumed responsibility for working with you to repay this amount….”Ignored
12/11/12. Idem statement of account since 27/01/12 “in compliance with CCA 1974.”Ignored.
15/11/12. Arden letter “Failure to come to an acceptable arrangement with us could result in us taking further action … the options available to us are: Sending a rep to your address; Passing your account to our
solicitors to obtain Judgment and seek enforcement action in line with your circumstances. The above actions have the potential of increasing your current balance” (due to charges).
18+ missed calls and voicemail messages from Arden since 15/11/12, including one from a withheld
number. Told them if they wish to communicate they must do it in writing, yet the calls continued.
23/11/12 sent SWID letter, incorporating “no more phone calls”, to Arden.
26/11/12 Arden letter - “Present situation of non-payment not acceptable …. should you choose to do nothing we may have to take further action ….”
10/12/12 Referred Arden to my letter dated 23/11/12.
21/01/13Arden letter (Rec'd 26/01) - “very concerned you have not taken steps to address outstanding
balance … failure … could result in further action: options available to us are – sending representative to call on you; passing your account to our solicitors to obtain judgment and seek enforcement action ( could include charging orders and attachment of earnings) … CCJs affect your credit rating … extremely urgent, you should not ignore.”Identical to their 15/11/12 letter.
28/01/13 received undated Arden letter enclosing I&E form. “... Please complete ….”
01/02/13 Arden letter (rec'd 07/02) – identical to their letter of 26/11/12.-Ignored
11/02/13 - FINAL DEMAND letter from Arden.
02/03/13 Sent Arden another SWID letter.
08/03/13 Arden letter (Rec'd 14/03/13) - "As we have not been able to contact you ... necessary to appoint Resolvecall to attend your property ...."
15/03/13 Sent Doorstep letter, incorporating comment concerning 3 letters sent by me, but not acknowledged in their letters, and also reminding contact in writing only.
12/03/13 Arden letter (Rec'd 15/03/13) - "Thank you for your complaint .... we will be conducting a thorough investigation into your concerns ....." - This is in reply to my SWID letter, which they are actually addressing this time.
14/03/13 Arden letter (Complaints handler/conciliator) - rec'd 19/03/13 "....Our Findings - copy of loan agreement was sent to you .... We are confident that the documentation has been properly drawn and is wholly enforceable. .... we will not be releasing you from any obligation. .... final response under complaints procedure ....FOS guide enclosed."This letter doesn't call for any action on my part, so I think I will just file.
15/03/13 Arden letter (rec'd 19/03/13) - "Please find further copy of your loan agreement. Please contact us to discuss
your payment proposals. Failure ... may result in further action." All that was enclosed was a copy of most recent Terms. I read this as a request to phone them "to discuss". As I have already informed them
that I will only deal with them in writing - filed.
18/05/13 Idem letter - “On receipt of this letter please contact us on….. we need to discuss your account …....” (signed by manager at Arden)
22/05/13 Idem letter, by recorded delivery – (Refers to my original CCA letter of last summer, and apologises for delay in responding) “In compliance with CCA request we enclose a copy of the executed
agreement, a copy of the T&Cs and a statement of account. We trust that this meets with your requirements.” (signed by case handler, Idem) What they have sent appears to be identical to what they sent to me 9 months ago. No response sent.
17/07/13 Arden letter - “We would like to speak to you about your account …...” - Ignored.
19/08/13 Arden letter - “FINAL DEMAND – (identical to their 11/02 letter) - ...concerned that you persist in refusing to address the outstanding balance …. no option but to review account for further action … may mean home visit or referral to our solicitors ….. review in 7 days.”
28/08/13 Sent Arden a short letter referring to my previous letters and stating that my position is unchanged.

Update:

12/11/13 - Letter from Idem (account owners)
"This is a statement given to you in accordance with CCA74.
Dispute Resolution. If you have a problem with your agreement, please try to resolve it with us in the first instance. If you are not happy with the way in which we handled your complaint or the result, you may be able to complain to the Financial Ombudsman Service. If you do not take up your problem with us first you will not be entitled to complain to the Ombudsman. We can provide details of how to contact the Ombudsman"

This seems an odd one, and I haven't come across it before. I have previously replied to both them and to Arden their collection arm. Has anyone else received a similar letter? Any suggestions as to how to respond?

They sent an identical letter on the same date in respect of another account which Fredricksons had been chasing on their behalf up until the beginning of July, when I repeated that the account remains in dispute as per previous correspondence. This is the first I have heard since.

Comments welcomed as always.

[Still Waving]

Re: Which Way to Go?

Hi Vint1954
In each case I'm waiting for their proper follow-up letter, as opposed to introductory ones. It passes a bit more time, and I will certainly throw in the telephone harassment letter in due course.

[vint1954]

Re: Which Way to Go?

Another update:-



Update:

20/02/13 returned my SWID letter to Moorcroft, telling them to read it properly.
27/02/13 Moorcroft letter - "Communicating with client - meanwhile follow-up action suspended."
15/06/13 Moorcroft letter - " ... advised that this is for a bank account which does not have an executed agreement. Further to this sections 77 78 CCA74 do not apply as it is not a credit agreement"
28/06/13 letter to Moorcroft pointing that they have been misinformed, and the information given to a previous agent was also incorrect, and that I can prove if necessary that this does not relate to my current account, as they have alleged.
02/07/13 Moorcroft letter - "Communicating with our client ... follow-up action suspended."
12/08/13 Moorcroft letter - "POSSIBLE FURTHER ACTION"
20/08/13 letter to Moorcroft referring to previous correspondence, and their last letter.
28/08/13 Moorcroft letter - "Moorcroft no longer responsible for collection ..."
20/09/13 letter purporting to come from LTSB - "We've transferred your LTSB CURRENT ACCOUNT to Robinson Way ..."
25/09/13 'Nice' introductory letter from RobWay enclosing a financial statement form which I can complete and return with my payment offer. (As if!) Three unanswered calls and a voicemail message from Robway since.

Same with this one, sold while in dispute. There is also a telephone harassment letter if the calls bug you

[vint1954]

Re: Which Way to Go?

Hi folks. Not much of import in recent developments on the accounts, but time for a few updates anyway, so here's the first.



Update:

09/04/13 letter sent to Wetcloths telling them to address the issues raised in my letter of 30/01 and to tell Nelson Guest to stop writing to me.
09/04/13 (received 13/04) Wetcloths doorstep collection notice.
16/04/13 sent Harassment/Threat of Doorstep Visit letter to Wetcloths.
19/04/13 Wetcloths letter acknowledging query and suspending collections activity while under investigation(Identical to 12/02/13 letter - Filed)
20/08/13 Wetcloths letter – almost identical to their previous one. (Filed)
30/08/13 Wetcloths letter confirming account remains on hold. (Filed)

05/09/13 Bank of Scotland letter referring to my recent communication and enclosing a copy of my signed application. It is so small that the printed part is illegible, but it appears to be just that – an application (single page). I don't think there are any Terms there at all. However, I will still send to Niddy for a quick look.
05/09/13 A separate letter purporting to come from Bank of Scotland advising that they have transferred my BoSCC to Firstsource Solutions. In the same envelope an introductory letter from Firstsource. There have since been 5 unanswered calls which - on checking Whocallsme.com - were from Firstsource. No further letters from them yet.

I would send the sold while in dispute letter Still Waving