Halifax served a default notice on the 03/07/2009 when the interest stopped. Wescot have been collecting on behalf 0f Halifax since then the account since then.However from the date it defaulted to the 17/11/2009 the balance rose by £1100.00, I assume this must be charges added by Wescot

Thanks for the advise, I am not expecting a cheque, would just like any unfair charges removed so the debt is more manageable.Not sure what right they would have to add these extra charges, may look through the Libary to see if there are any letters to send to DCA regards charges if not I will send a SAR to Wescot making sure they are aware it applies to them.

Do you think a SAR request should be sent to Wescot as well then as it appears they have added the charges as HBOS have informed in witing the account was defaulted and the interest stopped. The balance has risen £1100.00 since this happened.I am hoping these will be deemed illegal charges which I can get wiped.

Hi everyone, and thanks for the advice.I have received the CCA from Halifax signed by me but not by anyone at Halifax, not sure if this affects anything.However in the letter from Halifax they state that my account was defaulted on the 08/07/2011 with a balance of £5079.66 when all interest stopped. The account was then passed to Wescot to collect. At this time I had stuck my head in the sand and was not really dealing with anything.However by the 17/11/2009 Wescot were telling me the debt had risen to £6256.66!. I am unsure where this extra £1177.00 comes from, ie Halifax or WescotI have sent a SAR request to Halifax today, however should I do the same to Wescot and if it is Wescot who have addeed these charges, are they legal, can they do this etc etc To find out where these extra charges came from would I need to send another SAR to Wescot? or would a letter do?

Thanks for the advice, will get the SAR's sent today with completed Postal orders.

Hi looking for a bit of advice.I am about to send some SAR requests out to a number of different organisations where I have accounts with in order to look for an PPI or illegal charges.I am aware that there is a cost for £10.00 for the request. I am going to enclose a postal order to each financial organisation, however my question is , is it OK to leave each postal order blank .The reason for my question is I have had problems in the past for example I have requested a CCA and forgot to put a Ltd on the end of the company name and had the request returned.

Thanks again.I will get SAR sent off to look at the charges.

I have a couple of defaulted current accounts with main street banks.Both accounts defaulted back in 2009 and have balances of around £500 owed.I have attenmpted to make F&F offers to these banks but one never responded and one refused.I am about to send a SAR request to bth in order to see if there was illegal charges on the accounts.My question is though, should I also send CCA requests or is this negated by the SAR requst.Many Thanks in advance.

Cheers ,I have stopped paying the account is in dispute.I will get the SARS to Citicard today and see if the truth jumps out at me

Any things I should be looking for when I get the SARS request back? any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thats a shame! All the charges appear to be £12.00 late payment charges and unpaid interest on the account. How do you think a SAR will help now. Worried about continuing to make payments on this account as people have suggested iv been cash cowed with this debt, but for the life of me i cant se how.

Hi, Got a letter from Crapquest today. It stated that they had received statements from Citicard but unfortunatley they had still not received the CCA but had requested it. ( Its over a month since the account was put in dispute because of their failure to produce the CCA) The letter also had a paragraph stating they purchased the account from Citibank in 2009 and were not made aware of any dispute or issue with the account and were acting on good faith based on the information provided by citicard. Does any one think this paragraph has any signifigence? There is no PPI on the account and charged add up to about £300 of the debt, all £12 late payment fees

Cheers for the reply, will get the letter sent off asap, however am in correct in thinking the bottom line here is the debt is still collectable

I started Paying Capquest again because I owed Citibank £3500 which was sold to CQ when I defaulted and my CRA confirmed this. I understand what your saying in that no DCA will offer a discount from a position of strengh, that is why I started with a CCA request which they have not complied with, hence me coming on here for further advice. Are you suggesting that I should not have been paying them anything even though they are on my credit file and the account is defaulted. The bottom line is these were my debts and I want to try and clear them one day and no longer be in debt, the reason im on here is looking for some advice that will improve my hand

Cash Cowed! Look I have come on this site hoping to find some help and advice on trying to clear my debts. I have started with one Capquest and sent a CCA to them as off tomorrow they would not have replied with in the 12+2 days allowed. I jst wanted to ask someone if I should be sending a follow up letter puting the acount in dispute. In any case I was under the impession that even if the DCA can find the cca the debt can and will still be collected/