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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:40 pm
by n958g
Thought i'd get a poll going for a change. I've been called 8 times and texted twice today by Sky Card - i only called them myself yesterday to explain i'm starting an IVA as well! So, what's your record for number of calls in one day from a creditor?
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:50 pm
by Andrew Graveson
Hi n958g,
Was this 8 answered calls or did the calls persist when you either chose not to answer them or were unable to do so?
Seems very excessive.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:54 am
by size5
I have heard of 27 separate calls in 1 day to home/mobile from one of my clients, however there were 3 different cards with the same company so I suppose that could explain it away a little. Seems a shame that they didn't seem able to cross reference the different accounts to limit the stress.
Regards.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 12:44 pm
by FreshStart2008
Sounds like Mercers, I must have had 10 messages left from them in 1 day, albeit for 2 cards. Must have told them on at least 6 occasions I was proposing an IVA and they just kept phoning wanting money and threatening a debt collector. Ignored them in the end. Didn't affect the outcome of my IVA at all.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 1:22 pm
by jane.l
Mine was NROCk, they rang on the hour, EVERY hour, even at weekends, they just said the same thing, that the calls were automated and the only way to stop them was to pay! Once they rang at 9.30pm on a Saturday evening, then the same man rang the following Sunday morning at 8am asking me to make a payment! I just said to him "what do you think has changed from last night? I have not won the lottery"
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:07 pm
by aguise
I had 14 in one day from aa financial services.
Ang x
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:48 pm
by size5
You would be hard pressed to find a worse case than the one below
http://www.24dash.com/news/Bill_Payment ... -over-debt
Regards.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:21 pm
by Skippy
Disgusting.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:57 pm
by kallis3
How awful! I think the most I used to get was about half a dozen a day, I didn't answer them and that was only for three or four months until my IVA was approved.
I wonder if they won their case? I do hope so.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 8:54 pm
by karenanne23
We have 1571 answerphone which is now full and i will not delete the messages as that will stop further ones being left.
Mercers seem to be the worse, so now i am ignoring them. Luckliy all my creditors have an old work number which is unobtainable.
Have had a text and about 4 calls on my mobile from Mercers today but ignored as had it on silent.
Had a bit of an argument whith a very nice lady from MBNA tonight [}:)]who politely told me she WOULD be making the decision on my IVA.
and asked me if i had the money for the IVA then why cannot i pay them something now[:o)]. I actually threatened her with BR advising they would get Jack s*** , at that point i hung up.
Was not in the mood.
Such is life!!![:)]
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:27 pm
by n958g
goodness. I thought 8 was bad!
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 9:51 pm
by Lisa2009
Wow Mike, thats really bad.
Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:06 pm
by james.c
i found the best thing to do was to cancel the phone line
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 12:32 am
by size5
It IS bad Mrs S, but do you not think that the worst bit is about them contacting the daughters mobile phone?
Regards.
Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 1:08 pm
by Lisa2009
Deffinitely Mike. Nobody should have to put up with harassment like that, leat of all somebody that has nothing to do with the debt.