How To Tell If You Are Victim Of Creditor Harrassment

Written on March 3, 2010 – 11:26 pm | by TC |

I don’t know the laws relating to this, but I can give you an insight into what I consider to be creditor harrassment – phone calls everyday!
I have for the past two months, January & February 2010 received a phone call from Mercers/Calders on behalf of Barclaycard regarding one or both of my credit cards with [...]

Should I Let My Debts Get Me Depressed?

Written on December 10, 2009 – 9:46 pm | by TC |

I have just had a recent comment from someone saying that they are depressed, I can only assume this to mean that they are depressed about their financial circumstances. Well, as someone that has been through some difficult times with my own finances, I can whole heartedly say, do not despair! Any money worries you [...]

Third Party Debt Order Being Used By Lenders

Written on December 3, 2009 – 2:48 pm | by TC |

I read an interesting piece in The Times on Wednesday 2 December about a rise in creditors seizing debts from third parties. In this article it states that creditors are taking a more aggressive approach to recovering debts from their borrowers.
According to the article, there has been a 24% rise in the number of applications [...]

How To Repay Your Credit Cards Quickly

Written on November 20, 2009 – 6:32 pm | by TC |

A lot of this website is advice about how to write off debts as this is an area I strongly believe in having already written off 25% of my debts and looking to get the other 75% of my creditors to agree to full and final settlements.
However, I appreciate that there are a number of people [...]

Struggling With Debts? Do Not Panic!

Written on November 11, 2009 – 8:58 pm | by TC |

During the last couple of years there has been a massive increase in the number of households that find themselves struggling with debts. This is the result of a number of factors:

The credit crunch and subsequent reduction in availability of credit
The recession which has meant many job losses and reduction in household income
Rising household costs thanks to [...]