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Article #228Re: False RBS arrears claims
From: Gareth
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:11
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:11
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Windmill wrote: > Gareth <me@privacy.net> writes: > >> Windmill wrote: >>> This is the third time, and they send notices which scream in large >>> capitals that 'DOING NOTHING COULD MAKE THINGS WORSE'. >>> >> You may be interested in this recent case, where British Gas were sued >> for harassment: >> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/4591212/Woman-sues-British-Gas-for-harassment-over-repeated-letters-and-bills.html > > My God, they (British Gas) were trying to argue that because they were > computer-generated she should not have treated the letters as seriously > as if they had come from a person! > If they had called in the bailiffs, computer-generated letters would > have been what they sent. > > I hope she doesn't lose (or has nothing to lose). > She did win. Sorry I meant to post a link to a report containing the result. See: http://www.out-law.com/page-9826 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/26/debt_collection/
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