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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:21 pm
by ray_a
Had a call from a business who would not give their names and came out with a load of half truths. Waited for the call to end pressed 5 and spoke to one of their agents and proceeded to tell them that they were mis selling IVA's. She really did not understand when I mentioned the fact that creditors are looking to maximise their return and that this should have been clearly stated in their advert.
The best bit was that this was a new Governmental legislation for dealing with debts of over 5,000. I thought IVA's were introduced in 1986! Hardly new is it!
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:37 pm
by iva.com
Hi Ray,
Thanks for this. There was a lot of this going on a few months ago but I thought it had stopped. Do you think they were based in the UK?
Kind regards,
Terry Balfour
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:41 pm
by ray_a
Hi Terry
Had a busy day and just got on.
It was hard to tell as it was one of these telephone adverts and then you put a number in and you were put into a call centre. They wouldn't tell me who they were!
Doesn't look like it has stopped!
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:19 pm
by marsha1
I have had two calls from a company whose name I did not quite hear think it was something credit plan. The caller started off by asking if I was having a good day, I said very suspiciously "yes" and then he went on to talk about new government regulation bla bla bla, I said no thanks and put the phone down. The day after I got another call from them, this time I said please take me off your database as I do not want baraging with calls.
I think this really cheapens the insolvency practice, I understand that IP'S such as Melanie who post on here have undergone years of study and exams,it's such a shame when companies try and give the hard sell over the phone.
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:45 pm
by MelanieGiles
Rest assured Marsha, the majority of IPs don't associate ourselves with "ambulance chasers".
Regards, Melanie Giles, Insolvency Practitioner for over 20 years.
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