Ok thanks. i was in the process of switching away from think as well.. ..unfortunately i dropped another clanger and got the account with natwest.. .so my plan to move away at the end of this month has somewhat gone up in smoke! if i wasnt so annoyed id probably have to laugh at the whole sorry mess! I get the impression the Think accounts are a pre requisite to the GP DMP. Thats why i wanted to ask someone if that is allowed as well. Checking various sources they claim to be seperate, and i am in contact with the head of think PR today on this very issue, but if having a think account is a must to have the DMP then thats got to be something like miss sold PPI hasnt it? And also its like adding an extra fee, as i dare say G.P get some kind of fee for customers they send to think, and looking over other threads people struggle when trying to set up payments with G.P if its not through think as well. It all stinks to high heaven the more i look at it! Sorry i probably sound like some kind of conspiricy theorist at the minute!

Thanks for the heads up! Did they set you up through think banking as well just out of curiousity?

I am seriously considering that as well if i am honest, i have found out recently that my overall debt has actually increased in the 3 years i have been paying! effectively i am paying GP for doing nothing! I just didnt know if GP were also pulling a fast one or if these 2 companies are in cahoots or linked before i lay my case out against one for both sets of issues or effectively attack both companies seperately

Hi Guys, I hope you can help me. I have several issues that i want to raise regarding think banking and gregory pennington and hope that someone can help. Firstly i took out a DMP with Gregory Pennington nearly 3 years ago. i provided my income / outgoings and explained that i was struggling to live and pay rent due to my high levels of debt. I looked over everything and even though i knew there would be a fee attached, decided it was worth the money as long as my debts got cleared....this is where things started to go horribly wrong! Firstly i was informed by Gregory Pennington that i would 'NEED' to set up a bank account with Think Banking. Since i was paying large overdraft fees each month the £12.50 monthly admin fee seemed a drop in the ocean in comparison, and so i agreed. I realise now that there is no need for me to ever 'pay' for a bank account and i feel like i was forced into taking this account and want to know if i can do anything about it in the same way people claim for mis sold PPI? These two companies claim to be seperate and yet with the mounting issues i am having with both of them they seem to be almost intertwined and i wanted to know if you had any further information about them? Also when i signed up for this account think proudly announce that they are part of the RBS group. I have found out today following the massive RBS banking issue on moneysavingexpert that this company is not part of RBS at all and merly uses there banking system and i am wondering if this is then fraud? I have several complaints that i wish to lay out to you but if i can start here any advice would / info would be greatly appreciated as looking over these forums you guys seem to have quite a bit of experience of dealing with people tied in with these con artists