Following on from a discussion we had on here last month....

 

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/v...141050760,24632,

 

Includes new letter templates, and useful information.

I would recommend everybody to go on this site and sign up for the mailing list. I receive a mail the equivalent of once a week, you don't get bombarded with mails. There's always something in there you can do to save money. So far I've saved money on a credit card transfer and train tickets.

I would recommend everybody to go on this site and sign up for the mailing list. I receive a mail the equivalent of once a week, you don't get bombarded with mails. There's always something in there you can do to save money. So far I've saved money on a credit card transfer and train tickets.

 

I agree. Got a free cappuccino couple of weeks ago from BP. Tasted of petrol mind.

I got return air tickets to New York for ??160 by reading those newsletters.

thanks for that Smiley. I must admit it is a cracking website that offers you loads of good advice

I've just got all my statements from the Abbey dating all the way back to 1999.

 

It turns out that I have paid them over ??2500 in charges.

I shall now attempt to reclaim them.

I've just got all my statements from the Abbey dating all the way back to 1999.

 

It turns out that I have paid them over ??2500 in charges.

I shall now attempt to reclaim them.

7 years of statements? Will we be seeing your house on one of those programmes about 'eccentrics' who have to have their house cleared by professionals?

I've got all my bank statements going back to 1963 and all my pay advices since I started work. I think I might bin the pay advices now.

I'm the same with paperwork, I keep everything!

 

I draw the line at insulating my house with piles upon piles of old newspapers though!!

I draw the line at insulating my house with piles upon piles of old newspapers though!!

 

its not insulation my love- its emergency toilot paper!!

its not insulation my love- its emergency toilot paper!!

 

Dammit! All the years I've bought Luxury Andrex. Doh!

Just a late addition to this thread. I was so peed off with paying bank charges and also having no time to sort out getting them back.

 

Sooo, I've just signed up with Robertson Holbrook, basically you fill out two forms which give them the ability to request information from your bank and they sort out the rest with charges going back 6 years. The way that they make their money is from the interest from the charges. If you to do with without a legal team you can get back the interest yourself but I'd rather let the professionals get onto it and get my money back.

 

The thing is bank charges are such a hot topic at the moment that the banks are trying to tie up the legaity of them, the only reason why you can get them back at the moment is because of a loop hole in contract law.

 

This company take between 3 -4 months to get your money back and will offer advice if you have to go to small claims court.

 

Here's the link http://www.robertsonholbrook.co.uk/home.php?page_id=1

Edited December 5, 200619 yr by Crawley White

Robertson Holbrook are approved by moneysavingexpert too!

Just a late addition to this thread. I was so peed off with paying bank charges and also having no time to sort out getting them back.

 

Sooo, I've just signed up with Robertson Holbrook, basically you fill out two forms which give them the ability to request information from your bank and they sort out the rest with charges going back 6 years. The way that they make their money is from the interest from the charges. If you to do with without a legal team you can get back the interest yourself but I'd rather let the professionals get onto it and get my money back.

 

The thing is bank charges are such a hot topic at the moment that the banks are trying to tie up the legaity of them, the only reason why you can get them back at the moment is because of a loop hole in contract law.

 

This company take between 3 -4 months to get your money back and will offer advice if you have to go to small claims court.

 

Here's the link http://www.robertsonholbrook.co.uk/home.php?page_id=1

 

Cheers, Crawley. Just sent my letter off, but no doubt the bank will refuse (saying that - it's not their faut I'm always spending money like Michael Jackson on a bad day :::::::::::::: ), so I'll use these fella's to sort getting my money back.

Cheers, Crawley. Just sent my letter off, but no doubt the bank will refuse (saying that - it's not their faut I'm always spending money like Michael Jackson on a bad day :::::::::::::::: ), so I'll use these fella's to sort getting my money back.

 

 

No problem, just hope it works out for both of us!!

 

Let us know how you get on.

Dropping my letters and cheques in with my two banks today.

I know for sure that one of these banks will pay out (my BM already told me).

It probably won't be worth the bother for me, every time I've been charged for going overdrawn I've rang up, stamped my feet and threatened to take my banking elsewhere. I would say, 9 times out of 10 I've got my own way.

 

Little Miss Tantrum

What can I do. 1968 was the last time I paid bank charges.

What can I do. 1968 was the last time I paid bank charges.

 

Someone turn his eartrumpet up and tell him we've gone decimal.

Someone turn his eartrumpet up and tell him we've gone decimal.

 

No need. Britain went decimal on 15 February 1971. That was when the value of the pound sterling was reduced to 8/4. Crawley will need someone to explain the last bit.

Dropping my letters and cheques in with my two banks today.

I know for sure that one of these banks will pay out (my BM already told me).

 

Good for you ! Good luck

No need. Britain went decimal on 15 February 1971. That was when the value of the pound sterling was reduced to 8/4. Crawley will need someone to explain the last bit.

 

Foreign language to me.

 

How much was a pint of mild?

Just a late addition to this thread. I was so peed off with paying bank charges and also having no time to sort out getting them back.

 

Sooo, I've just signed up with Robertson Holbrook, basically you fill out two forms which give them the ability to request information from your bank and they sort out the rest with charges going back 6 years. The way that they make their money is from the interest from the charges. If you to do with without a legal team you can get back the interest yourself but I'd rather let the professionals get onto it and get my money back.

 

The thing is bank charges are such a hot topic at the moment that the banks are trying to tie up the legaity of them, the only reason why you can get them back at the moment is because of a loop hole in contract law.

 

This company take between 3 -4 months to get your money back and will offer advice if you have to go to small claims court.

 

Here's the link http://www.robertsonholbrook.co.uk/home.php?page_id=1

 

Rock on.....im doing this!

 

Cha ching!