£714 - How much??
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My building society want me to prove I am who I say I am.
They already have copies of my passport and other docs.
They ask me to go to a solicitor with my passport.
Why a solicitor & not my local building society branch is beyond me.
I go to solicitor with my passport and other docs to prove that I am me.
They write to the building society & confirm that they've seen my passport and I am me.
Cost £714..
They already have copies of my passport and other docs.
They ask me to go to a solicitor with my passport.
Why a solicitor & not my local building society branch is beyond me.
I go to solicitor with my passport and other docs to prove that I am me.
They write to the building society & confirm that they've seen my passport and I am me.
Cost £714..
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.
As I have mentioned before -----------
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.
Nothing more to the story, that's the complete story.
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.
Nothing more to the story, that's the complete story.
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Gavia said:
Side issue, but this thread has got to be a wind up, any challenge to the OP around providing some proof is met with a stone wall.
As I said way back at the start of the thread, he has a history of this. Don't feed him.Edited by Gavia on Tuesday 15th August 00:53
This is a copy of my email from the solicitor.
She says 'further correspondence'. That was an email from me to her to make contact after my meeting in her office to which she replied to acknowledge me.
This is the second and final email I've had from her.
Gavia said:
They have done a lot more for you and you're avoiding answering that question. No solicitor will receive your money into their client account for a simple identity verification check.
Where have these funds come from? What other services have they provided?
I'll repeat yet again.Where have these funds come from? What other services have they provided?
Santander owe me some money [where it came from is my business and not relevant]
To pay me out they asked me to go to a solicitor with docs to prove who I am.
I don't have a solicitor so chose one local to me from the 'net.
I made an appointment, went to meet Amanda with all my relevant docs.
This took about 15 mins.
Amanda the solicitor wrote to Santander to confirm my id.
I've only met Amanda once, the initial 15 min meeting.
They have sent her my money.
No more, no less. That's the whole story.
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hstewie said:
hstewie said: I would assume that solicitors don't handle money for free and for fun.
Therefore the fee is not just for "looking at your passport".
It may or not be reasonable for whatever other work they have done, but either way they have done other work and there's more to it than you originally suggested.
No other work done.Therefore the fee is not just for "looking at your passport".
It may or not be reasonable for whatever other work they have done, but either way they have done other work and there's more to it than you originally suggested.
As I keep saying, all she had to do was confirm my id & write to Santander.
No more - no less.
Gavia said:
That's complete BS, the solicitor has your money in their client account, that does NOT happen in the simple ID verification scenario you're claiming.
You're also being very evasive about the source of the money. What it clearly isn't is some money sitting in an unused account in your name,mas you've led us to believe via omission.
>>>>>>>>>>>"That's complete BS, the solicitor has your money in their client account, that does NOT happen in the simple ID verification scenario you're claiming." ------ Well it did in this case.You're also being very evasive about the source of the money. What it clearly isn't is some money sitting in an unused account in your name,mas you've led us to believe via omission.
Santander owe me money, where it came from is of no importance.
As I've said MANY MANY times,
They needed to ensure that the recipient is me, so they asked me to go to a solicitor with id proof.
The solicitor did that & reported to Santander.
She had no other things to do other than that.
I repeat:-
All the solicitor had to do was confirm my id & write to Santander. No other work was carried out
I'll say it one more time:-
All the solicitor had to do was confirm my id & write to Santander. No other work was carried out.
Slaav said:
This thread seems to have gone horribly quiet??
Or is the OP in debtor's prison?
The reason it went quiet is because I've been waiting for replies from Santander who previously said that they would settle the solicitors fee.Or is the OP in debtor's prison?
I wrote to them four times concerning this and received no reply. My solicitor wrote twice and also received no reply.
So I phoned them last week. They said that they'd not received any of my letters nor those from the solicitor. They agreed to settle my solicitors fee, which they did on Monday, and I picked up my cheque today.
I'm not interested in a breakdown of Amanda's fee, it wasn't up to me to settle it. But I was surprised at the amount of £714 for a simple ID check. Perhaps Santander asked her to do something extra without my knowledge?
I cannot understand why I've been given such a hard time...
Email from Santander
Dear ______,
As per our earlier conversation I can confirm that I have arranged for payment to be processed urgently. A cheque will be raised and sent out to the Solicitors for the total sum of £714.
If you have any questions or require any help with completing the form please do not hesitate to contact us on 0800 090 1938. Lines are open Monday – Friday, 8am – 6pm.
Kind regards,
K_ F___
Senior Resolution Manager – Historic Complaints
Dear ______,
As per our earlier conversation I can confirm that I have arranged for payment to be processed urgently. A cheque will be raised and sent out to the Solicitors for the total sum of £714.
If you have any questions or require any help with completing the form please do not hesitate to contact us on 0800 090 1938. Lines are open Monday – Friday, 8am – 6pm.
Kind regards,
K_ F___
Senior Resolution Manager – Historic Complaints
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