business HP Loan charges...?

[boblebob]

Hi All,

 

I had a loan to purchase some hardware from a major bank, the loan went swimmingly until last year when i struggled to pay on time for four monthly payments due to cash flow issues (basically clients taking 60-90 days to pay me rather than 30). This resulted in a total of 8 direct debits being returned at the cost of £35 per DD return. A total of nearly £300.

 

I was under the impression that the HP was a personal loan so I applied under the Consumer Act to reclaim (if not all some) of the charges.

 

Unfortunately I was wrong in this assumption and the HP agreement, although paid out of my personal account was an agreement "in connection to my business" and hense a commercial loan according to two lines of small print on the original contract.

 

I need to respond to this and to do this could do with some advice on how best to restate my case. Although this loan is now paid in full - i'm aggrieved about the £300 in lost fees which i believe to be too high.

 

Is there a sample template letter with the wordings for a commerical or business reclaim which i can use as an example in my responce?

 

many thanks for any help

[reallymadwoman]

Hi and welcome to the forums.

 

I don't know much about business stuff, but I know there's a whole thread somewhere about reclaiming charges on business accounts and I'd have thought your claim would be similar. See if you can find it through the site search and have a good read, then come back with specific questions. If you can't find it, let me know and I'll see if I can find a link.

[boblebob]

thanks for your post reallymadwoman - i've taken a good look around the forums and taken a snippit from here and there ready to mount my 2nd approach - i think i'll give it a couple of weeks of the dust of the oft case to settle first. In the mean time if you notice any sample/template worded letter on a business claim please let me know which posts they are in.

 

many thanks, ;D