Article View: alt.consumers
Article #2134Re: OT:(ish)COMET "CREDIT" - BEWARE!!!!
From: Loz
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 16:11
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 16:11
32 lines
2748 bytes
2748 bytes
Andy <Andy@fannybatter.com> wrote in message news:9l1nua$9tv$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk... > > I rang the store and was told that this was normal > > and that the interest paid would be deducted from a final > > settlement occurring within the six month period. > > Now that's the weird bit... > > With 6 month IFC deals, I thought they ordinarily took bank details, and you > repaid by direct debit from your current account - Either by instalments, > or in full at the end of the term. I was paying DD installments of �20 a month but they were adding the interest to the balance each time. > > I am not at all surprised you incurred interest by paying by store card, in > fact I'd be staggered had you not. It's clear that you were misold the > card - but with no way of proving the circumstances upon which you applied, > I think you'll have a difficult task getting your refund due. The best > thing to put your case to customer services at head office, and with a > little luck they should hopefully remedy this situation. I have done this and have been told that it will be 'logged'. They say they cannot offer any further action. > > Andy > > >
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<QXcd7.19655$tq.2136984@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mailReferences:
<sfYc7.15610$tq.1706855@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <9l1nua$9tv$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 114ca4,281081b21140ef60 X-Google-Attributes: gid114ca4,public X-Google-Thread: 11474a,281081b21140ef60 X-Google-Attributes: gid11474a,public X-Google-Thread: f8fb7,281081b21140ef60 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8fb7,public X-Google-Thread: 10f73f,281081b21140ef60 X-Google-Attributes: gid10f73f,public X-Google-Thread: f827e,281081b21140ef60 X-Google-Attributes: gidf827e,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-11 09:26:18 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!212.74.64.35!colt.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!news5-gui.server.ntli.net!ntli.net!news6-win.server.ntlworld.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Loz" <l.dolan@NILSVILLEvirgin.net> Newsgroups: alt.consumers,alt.consumers.experiences,free.uk.trade.electrical,uk.media.dvd,uk.people.consumers References: <sfYc7.15610$tq.1706855@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <9l1nua$9tv$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk> Subject: Re: OT:(ish)COMET "CREDIT" - BEWARE!!!! Lines: 34 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Message-ID: <QXcd7.19655$tq.2136984@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 17:11:22 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.254.83.151 X-Complaints-To: abuse@ntlworld.com X-Trace: news6-win.server.ntlworld.com 997546864 62.254.83.151 (Sat, 11 Aug 2001 17:21:04 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 17:21:04 BST Organization: ntlworld News Service