Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) seems to have been in the news forever with news of people getting major payouts from Banks and Building Societies but did you know the deadline for claiming mis-sold PPI may end in 2018?
You can find a wealth of information on how to reclaim PPI on the Moneysaving Expert Website and I won’t even try and replicate it because it is so comprehensive and so well put together so my advice is to go there to find out how to do it. But first! Read my story!
My experience of PPI
I only had my credit card for one year before I fell into a default through lack of repayments. After that it went to a debt collection agency who I didn’t contact for over 12 months until we got out of our debt denial stage! After that I agreed a repayment plan which, after a year, transferred back to the bank and we are now on speaking terms again! Finally!
I thought there was no way that bank would consider giving me PPI with the way I was when I banked with them!
I asked for advice on MSE forum to see what the more knowledgeable people on there thought. This was their response:
“Nothing indicates you have any grounds for complaint based on what you have said. Why do you think you have grounds for complaint?”
Undeterred I pushed forward and thankfully other (kinder) people came forward and suggested I go for it! After all, what did I have to lose? I used the template provided by MSE and within only a few weeks I got a letter back offering me a cheque for £800; no questions asked! And a few days after that the cheque arrived! I cashed it and that was the end of it!
I filled out the PPI forms from @MoneySavingExp and within only a few weeks I got a cheque for £800
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Simples!
That was 3 years ago! Suddenly last week I got another letter through the post – they had taken another look at my case and had decided to award me a further £300! And true to their word, 3 days later a cheque appeared in the post (again!).
So, there you go! Think you were mis-sold payment protection insurance? Go for it!
It is free, takes only a few minutes of your time to fill out the form. Be truthful and tell them the impact the mis-selling had on your life and finances, and why you think it was mis-sold and wait to see what happens. If they say no, ask the Financial Ombudsman to investigate.
But remember: time is running out!
Do you have a PPI reclaiming story? If so I would love to hear it. Let me know in the comments below.
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