Hi guys and girls,
I is a little bored so thought I'd write something.
Firstly for any tweeps that are even contemplating using a Claims Management Company-DON'T! Quite simply do not use ANY Claims Management Companies. Regardless how good they claim they are or how how good their reputation is, please do not use them. Even if they don't charge an upfront fee or if they only take 10% of any monies they win for you, do not even be tempted to use them.
Apart from the fact they WILL take a certain percentage of any monies they get for you, they can not and will not make your claim go any quicker if you do the simple work yourself.
I have made PPI claims in the past using both a CMC and doing it myself. There is as much if not more paperwork to be filled in for a CMC to pursue your claim as there would be if you were going to complain directly to the bank.
Again and I can promise you this, you WILL use as much time and energy if not more chasing your CMC for updates as you would chasing up the banks if you complain directly to them. The only difference is the bank won't be taking a percentage of your any monies refunded to you.
Think of it like this if you use a CMC. You call your CMC for an update, they say we'll have to phone the bank. So your CMC then calls the bank gets the update or to be told they'll get back to them. You phone CMC back for update they either tell you what they know or they tell you they are waiting for bank to call back. Bank calls the CMC back with update. The CMC then has to call you just to repeat what the bank has told them!
If you do the work yourself. You call bank and ask for an update. You either get it there and then or wait a few hours and call back for it. Simples.
A CMC can't, won't and don't do anything for you that you can't do yourself.
No matter how hard or how difficult you think it is to do the work yourself, if your browsing on this site, then your home on a bloody boat!
The CMC I used was called 'The Claims Guys'. And they were indeed absolutely 100% useless! However once you sign those forms, they own you! It took 'The Claims Guys' 2 months after the bank had sent the refund cheque to them for them to then send out my refund. This was just one of many problems I had with them.
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Originally posted by cappo
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