standing and Barclays, just a small one

[standingupformyself]

I sent the LBA to Barclays yesterday (29.5.07) I am only after £120 from them, charges they took from me during a sticky patch towards the end of last year. I have a few other claims going through (All at LBA stage) but am going away on holiday 1st week in July and an extra £120 spending money would come in handy!!
Surely this will not go as far as court? I had a similar amount with Nat West who offered me a settlement last week (which I accepted, only a fiver less than my claim) and that was about 3 weeks after I sent the LBA,
Any idea what Barclays are like with little ones?

[standingupformyself]

Anyone got an email address for someone I could drop a line to? Surely, surely I am not going to have to take this one to court?

[Xena]

Hi standing try emailing


thomas.hickey@barclays.com....if no joy on that let me know and i will dig out my file

Xena

[Amy]

I would not advocate emailing them.

I would ring them and follow it up with a letter. As it is such a small amount they may well settle, but Barclays are extremely slow at settling.

[standingupformyself]

Hi standing try emailing


thomas.hickey@barclays.com....if no joy on that let me know and i will dig out my file

Xena

Did it work for you?

[TANZARELLI]

You should get this sorted fairly quickly, however Barclays are renowned for dragging their heels.

[Xena]

Did it work for you?

yes it did standing, phone them up aswell...

[standingupformyself]

No reply as yet from the email, you are right maybe I willphone them... not worth the hassle surely taking them to court

[standingupformyself]

Just got home after a week away to find a letter from Barclays, they have offered me £90. I am inclined to accept it as I really dont want to bother taking them to court, but having said that, If I do not accept it, will they offer me a further amount before court proceedings start? The 8% is not worth thinking about as these charges were all about 8 months ago, so there is no incentive there.....

What do we think folks?

[Paule]

Personally i would carry on for the full amount, its YOUR money

P

[Amy]

I would carry on too.

[enaid]

so would I, but they are sooooo stubborn and long winded.

[standingupformyself]

I agree Enaid.... and whereas I would be one of the first to agree that yo should fight for all the money, I have just come back from hols, feeling the pinch so to speak, and do I really want to fork out money for this one un-necassarily?
Question is, will they up the offer without me taking this to court? If so, I will contine.... dont need the £90 immediatly,

[enaid]

You could try a last letter giving them 7 days maybe threaten them with the interest and court costs. It's not worth doing CI either as it's not that old a claim is it and I don't think it would add that much, but I don't know for definate. They are a bit of a ball ache but I do hate to see them get away with one penny.