£714 - How much??
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threespires said:
Vaud said:
Alucidnation said:
Can you post a picture of the invoice?
Would be interesting to see the cost breakdown.
^^^ This.Would be interesting to see the cost breakdown.
Post a redacted invoice.
Holy Cow I should get in the verifying identities business.
threespires said:
Vaud said:
Are you saying your solicitor charged you without providing an invoice and break down of fees?
Correct. Once that is exhausted, you can (and should) complain to the Legal Ombudsman.
https://www.sra.org.uk/consumers/problems/report-s...
esxste said:
£714 to send a letter?
Have you checked your forehead to see if "mug" is written on it?
How on earth did you manage to hear that figure and not say the solictor "What the actual f
k, are you serious? No way. Bye"
I'm utterly baffled.
OP - what did they say when you complained? I could just be mis-billing on their side with something lost in translation in the holiday season..Have you checked your forehead to see if "mug" is written on it?
How on earth did you manage to hear that figure and not say the solictor "What the actual f
k, are you serious? No way. Bye"I'm utterly baffled.
CraigyMc said:
They were fined $1.92bn for failing to vet $670bn and you think the fine is big?
They could have had a fine ten times bigger and it'd still have been good business.
How do you work that out?They could have had a fine ten times bigger and it'd still have been good business.
They didn't get that £670bn, so that makes no sense at all.
If a bank transfers £10k between your accounts they don't get to keep the £10k. Mine would get none of it at all.
Stormfly1985 said:
If you knew how much of a basket case HSBC's AML systems and controls were (and still are), you wouldn't have made a statement like that. They aren't the only bank though.
They were trying, but like I said, not hard enough.There's the perception out there that they were actively choosing to launder money which ai don't think is fair.
ging84 said:
why is the solicitor handling your money when apparently all they have done is an identity check
you are clearly missing out a huge chunk of the story
before they did this identity check did they by any chance handle about £700 worth of work ?
The B/S owe me some money & needed me to ID myself. you are clearly missing out a huge chunk of the story
before they did this identity check did they by any chance handle about £700 worth of work ?
I don't have a solicitor so chose these as they are local. I was with her for about 15 mins.
She then wrote to the B/S to confirm my id. She has now received the B/S cheque and will pay me out less her £714 [inc VAT] fee.
threespires said:
The B/S owe me some money & needed me to ID myself.
I don't have a solicitor so chose these as they are local. I was with her for about 15 mins.
She then wrote to the B/S to confirm my id. She has now received the B/S cheque and will pay me out less her £714 [inc VAT] fee.
If that is all she did then either she has made an error in billing, or she needs reminding of the code of conduct for all solicitors...I don't have a solicitor so chose these as they are local. I was with her for about 15 mins.
She then wrote to the B/S to confirm my id. She has now received the B/S cheque and will pay me out less her £714 [inc VAT] fee.
Did she outline any costs when you engaged her?
James_B said:
CraigyMc said:
They were fined $1.92bn for failing to vet $670bn and you think the fine is big?
They could have had a fine ten times bigger and it'd still have been good business.
How do you work that out?They could have had a fine ten times bigger and it'd still have been good business.
They didn't get that £670bn, so that makes no sense at all.
If a bank transfers £10k between your accounts they don't get to keep the £10k. Mine would get none of it at all.
threespires said:
Vaud said:
If that is all she did then either she has made an error in billing, or she needs reminding of the code of conduct for all solicitors...
Did she outline any costs when you engaged her?
No, I didn't think to ask & she didn't mention the cost. Did she outline any costs when you engaged her?
Failure to provide a client with the information they need to make informed decisions about the services they need, how these will be delivered and how much they will cost is a fundamental breach. If she doesn't come up with a reduction/refund pdq then make a formal complaint. If that doesn't produce a result then - http://www.legalombudsman.org.uk/helping-the-publi... - I doubt she will want it to get that far.
If she really did do nothing more than confirm your identity to the Building Society then the Yanks have a word for you: a mark. I've got a bridge to sell you btw...
threespires said:
The B/S owe me some money & needed me to ID myself.
I don't have a solicitor so chose these as they are local. I was with her for about 15 mins.
She then wrote to the B/S to confirm my id. She has now received the B/S cheque and will pay me out less her £714 [inc VAT] fee.
The solicitors confirmed your identity I don't have a solicitor so chose these as they are local. I was with her for about 15 mins.
She then wrote to the B/S to confirm my id. She has now received the B/S cheque and will pay me out less her £714 [inc VAT] fee.
job done, so how did they end up with your cheque?
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