The background is that I had a great credit rating, did loads of stoozing, getting low APR balance transfers etc but in reality I was robbing Peter to pay Paul and only ever paying minimum monthly payments.
The availability of work in my job is quite erratic and I had a LBM in February 2010 when I realised that the situation with my debts couldn't continue. When I became (temporarily) unemployed I wrote to my creditors asking to pay reduced payments for a short while. Their unanimous response was "On yer bike!" even though I'd always paid on time previously. I was seriously considering bankruptcy, just waiting to have enough money to pay the fee, when I came across Niddy (Never-In-Doubt) in a thread on another forum. With his help and advice I set off on my UE journey.
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Today (8th July) is the first anniversary of me sending my cca requests. I was a jibbering wreck at the thought of what lay ahead.
So what's happened?
I feel like I have definitely got my life back. I'm not frightened to open my post. Dcas and their threats no longer scare me.
Apart from that, not a great deal.
To anyone reading this who is considering whether or not to try for unenforceability, I hope this has reassured you. There are many of us on here with very similar stories. It's not an easy route to take, it's not debt-avoidance but it is a lifesaver. Go for it! What have you got to lose?
Still not sure? Have a read of this thread UE- One year on
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The availability of work in my job is quite erratic and I had a LBM in February 2010 when I realised that the situation with my debts couldn't continue. When I became (temporarily) unemployed I wrote to my creditors asking to pay reduced payments for a short while. Their unanimous response was "On yer bike!" even though I'd always paid on time previously. I was seriously considering bankruptcy, just waiting to have enough money to pay the fee, when I came across Niddy (Never-In-Doubt) in a thread on another forum. With his help and advice I set off on my UE journey.
Edit:
Today (8th July) is the first anniversary of me sending my cca requests. I was a jibbering wreck at the thought of what lay ahead.
So what's happened?
I feel like I have definitely got my life back. I'm not frightened to open my post. Dcas and their threats no longer scare me.
Apart from that, not a great deal.
- Okay, there were numerous phone calls every day but I had my landline taken out so no more phone calls .
- There has been a whole forest of letters backwards and forwards with a lot of (generally) empty threats from lenders and dcas.
- There was one wobble when I received court papers for an enforceable debt (it was too new to be considered for UE) but now, a few months on, it hasn't had the slightest effect on my life. There may be other ccjs coming up for other 'new' debts but the thought doesn't worry me at all.
- Despite many, many threats from dcas, to date I haven't had one doorstep visit.
To anyone reading this who is considering whether or not to try for unenforceability, I hope this has reassured you. There are many of us on here with very similar stories. It's not an easy route to take, it's not debt-avoidance but it is a lifesaver. Go for it! What have you got to lose?
Still not sure? Have a read of this thread UE- One year on
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