Hi, another newbie with a similar problem...
In the late 90's i ran up a lot of debt, i paid it all of including this debt for £338.90 from 1998 by by various means including doorstep collection. In June of 2002 i received a letter from Wescot and later that month their solicitors chasing the debt, i contacted them by telephone and told them the debt was repaid which they seemed to accept after a bit of convincing and i thought nothing more of the matter.
I decided to check my credit file this weekend and found a search at my previous address by Wescott in October 2006 listed as an unpaid debt search, i contacted Wescot by telephone to ask about this but after initially not being able to find anything refering to me they then came up with this old debt again.
My problem is that i no longer posses the proof that i have repaid the debt and now have a search on my credit file that will remain as a black mark for 6 years, can anyone suggest what to do before i have to pay this again to clear this mark
Thanks, (sorry for the war and peace )
Alby