A national day of anti DCA action!

[kurvaface]

I reckon it would only take about 10 caggers to shut down a DCA call center, or at least clog its lines up so that they can't take any other calls.

[sythe]

i am Spartacus

[dcakiller]

hi just a quick thought would be not to call them on 0870 or 0844 but to find a normal 01 02 number for the dca in question so they do not receve a penny from the call center that day

[mr.ton]

I reckon it would only take about 10 caggers to shut down a DCA call center, or at least clog its lines up so that they can't take any other calls.

 

[angry cat]

I am starting this thread with the hope of building up a consensus of as many people as possible, were by we all agree on a national day of action against the DCA's.

What i mean by this is....say for example, we all agree that on Wednesday 24th June, everyone of us would contact the OFT & any other official authority we can think of to complain about DCA's.

If enough people did such a thing on a specific day, then it might have an effect & something might happen as a result?

I personally am sick of them now & especially after my war of words with BCW last week

The DCA's do seem to be getting more arrogant,rude & downright nasty in recent times - maybe thats a side effect of the recession etc...who knows?

Anyway..i could be whistling in the wind with this idea, but even still..i thought id bring the idea up to get the initial feedback etc...

Something needs to be done & Caggers need to join forces & agree/plan a day of direct action (nothing vigilante/violent or anything of the such) like what ive mentioned above.

 

Right Guys, above is the original post.

 

I believe that the point is, to bring to the attention of the OFT/BERR consumer concerns in a mass form, about DCA's 'Bad Business Practice'.

 

If we just focus on the DCA's themselves, nothing much will be acheived apart from disruption of a few.

 

I started a thread some time ago, about Link Financial Limited;

many members, both on here and on other sites wrote letters/emails of complaint.

Yes, it did take a long time to see the result; the OFT is a painfully slow moving mechanism.

But, eventually a result was obtained!

 

In order to gain any sort of impetus, we need at least 500/1000 complaints being sent the OFT/BERR and all on the same day.

http://www.berr.gov.uk/aboutus/ministerialteam/page40241.html

 

These Gov. bodies really do have to take notice of the General Consumer.

 

AC

Edited June 10, 2009 by angry cat

[sythe]

Hi angrycat............can you give more info about the result that was obtained?

 

iamspartacus

karenruthj8

[babybear39]

i am Spartacus

 

NO!!! I'm Spartacus :lol:

[angry cat]

Hi angrycat............can you give more info about the result that was obtained?

 

iamspartacus

karenruthj8

 

http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/press_release_attachments/Link-requirements.pdf

 

http://www.oft.gov.uk/news/press/2009/58-09

 

AC

[angry cat]

5. Failure to comply with a requirement could lead to a fine of up to £50,000 and/or be grounds for revocation of a consumer credit licence.

 

AC

[sythe]

hi again all.............surely the crux of the matter is to get DCA licenses revoked...........due to bad business practises.......but just how do we do this?..........any legal experts out there?

 

iamspartacus

the debtors prayer "please forgive me my debts, and the ones who charged me the dreadful interest to begin with"

[kurvaface]

I agree angry cat.

 

However - what hurts a DCA most is the impact on its bottom line.

 

The DCA call center on the whole is a tool that is used to bully, intimidate and extort where they have no case (Otherwise they would write a letter) and is therefore fair game as far as I am concerned.

 

Interfering with the call center would have an immediate and direct effect on the business' cash flow and would have a much greater impact on practice than one thousand complaints to a dysfunctional and ineffective organisation like the OFT.

 

We should organise a whole spread of action.

[angry cat]

hi again all.............surely the crux of the matter is to get DCA licenses revoked...........due to bad business practises.......but just how do we do this?..........any legal experts out there?

 

iamspartacus

the debtors prayer "please forgive me my debts, and the ones who charged me the dreadful interest to begin with"

 

COMPLAIN to the OFT, en mass!

 

5. Failure to comply with a requirement could lead to a fine of up to £50,000 and/or be grounds for revocation of a consumer credit licence.

[babybear39]

*BB waves to the guests*

[sythe]

NO!!! I'm Spartacus :lol:

[angry cat]

If there is to be a, Day of Action;

then all must be done;

specifically complaints to BERR & the OFT and;

get the press involved!

 

DCA's/OC's won't like the adverse publicity...

[sosumi]

Please somebody explain Spartacus!!

I am easily confused you know

[sythe]

COMPLAIN to the OFT, en mass!

 

5. Failure to comply with a requirement could lead to a fine of up to £50,000 and/or be grounds for revocation of a consumer credit licence.

 

Ok sounds good..............so how do we do that?

iamspartacus

[babybear39]

Maybe one of the guests is Spartacus

[angry cat]

Photos from Spartacus

[sythe]

spartacus is a legendary man who fought against the power or Rome, he was so loved by his comrades that when given amnesty if they would identify him they all stood together and said.............I AM SPARTACUS

[angry cat]

LOL...loving it!

 

AC

[sosumi]

ah, right

[angry cat]

Photos from Spartacus

 

Hunk?

 

Or, this one?

 

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3313605888/tt0361240

[angry cat]

Spartacus Cartoons

[angry cat]

Right, that is enough silliness for now...

 

Onward Centurions...