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Last post Wed, Mar 28 2007, 8:03 PM by Trossachs. 4 replies.
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  •  Wed, Mar 28 2007, 8:03 PM

    If you do not pay your bils on time audreyanne, they will write you letters. It is standard practice and yes, they can charge you money each time. I'm sure it's in the terms and condiitons somewhere.

    Your credit rating will be affected due to these late payments.
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  •  Thu, Mar 08 2007, 5:28 PM


    My understanding is that you can sell the car, but you would need to find alternative finance to cover any shortfall (ie a personal unsecured loan from elsewhere). Not sure if this is a viable option (esp. as you indicate you are getting late fees, which will no doubt be affecting your credit rating).

    Another option is to potentially prioritise who gets paid first - it might be that you can let another bill be paid late without incurring such high penalties.

    You say you are usually only a few days late, so it sounds like cashflow is the problem - Do you have somebody you could potentially borrow a months payment from, to get you ahead of the payments. You could agree to pay it back at the end of the agreement (if the friend/relative you have borrowed from can wait that long), or possibly pay it back in small amounts each week/month which are managable for you. This could be done via an Overdraft facility, but make sure you check the APR (and annual fees) of any Overdraft facility to ensure you dont end up paying more for it on your overdraft than you currently are in late payments.

    You dont say why you are late - I have assumed above that it is a financial problem, but it could be that you just forget to send the money - in which case, setting up a standing order to send the money over on the correct day would resolve this.

    Hope one of these ideas is of some use.

    Fiamold aka Dave
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  •  Thu, Mar 08 2007, 5:09 PM

    ITS NICE TO KNOW THERE IS SOMEONE SO PERFECT IN THE WORLD ,I WOUNDER WHY YOU ARE ON THIS SITE IF YOU ARE SO PERFECT.
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  •  Wed, Mar 07 2007, 9:00 PM

    you say they "KEEP" sending you letters saying you are late with your re-payments and charging you £25 "EACH" time ! YES you most certainly can do something about it, MAKE YOUR PAYMENTS ON TIME as you agreed to do when you took out your loan, read the contract.
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  •  Wed, Mar 07 2007, 5:50 PM

    I HAVE A CAR ON HP, BUT INSTEAD OF THE AMOUNT GOING DOWN ,THEY KEEP ADDING CHARGES ON ,LIKE £25 TO WRITE ME ALETTER FOR BEING A COUPLE OF DAYS LATE.ETC CAN I DO ANY THING ABOUT THIS, I HAVE BEEN TOLD I CAN,T SELL THE CAR BECAUSE MY LOAN IS MORE THEN THE CAR IS WORTH.
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