Synergi do not get good press on this forum. Not sure how many of our current posters are with them.
Are you in an IVA? If not, I would certainly look into another company before making a final decision.
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I am not going to comment directly about this firm, however I would point out that if you are unhappy at this stage, this may be indicative of how the relationship may develop - and you do need to develop a good working relationship with your IP, as five years is a long time.
I am with Synergi and have just started our 4th year. They are I must say a bit slow in answering letters but by and large they leave me alone. I haven't had any personal contact with my IP if I do ring the call goes to a call centre and often the person I speak to can never answer my question or do the simplest thing like send a payment slip when I was changing bank accounts after asking 3 times I then received a letter saying I was in arrears! But as I can see the end of this experience I am hoping that I do not have to contact them and any contact from them is the next review due in November. I must also say I didn't choose Synergi I was put moved on to them from another company. If I knew what i know now I would have shopped around a bit but at the time I was just so relieved to get things sorted I didn't ask all the questions I should have done.
As the others have said if you haven't already signed up see what other companies can offer you.
Good luck
Jan
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Hi, My experience is the same. I didn't start out with Synergi I was moved to them. Since then they have changed my supervisor twice and now I have joint supervisors for some reason. However so far my IVA has been smooth (40 months in) and they do tend to leave me alone which I prefer.
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Sharing from experiences of dealing with debt
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
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I took over a lot of the staff from the Cardiff office when it was sold on - and they are very good - in fact one of my my fellow IPs used to be with that firm. Have you noticed a bit change in client service since the changeover?
I have an IVA with Synergi since 2006 and fully understand the problems all of you have experienced. Althoug as a whole they leave me alone, Synergi do increase the IVA per year and take 50% of bonuses I may get a year and despite strugling each year, the cost rises,i am also lookign to move my IVA for the remiander of my term
enza_m wrote:
I have an IVA with Synergi since 2006 and fully understand the problems all of you have experienced. Althoug as a whole they leave me alone, Synergi do increase the IVA per year and take 50% of bonuses I may get a year and despite strugling each year, the cost rises,i am also lookign to move my IVA for the remiander of my term
That is a very hard thing to do I am afraid.
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I'm afraid Plasticdaft is right, it is not easy to move companies, it has to be done through the courts and is costly and I believe you would need a good reason.
The 50% uplift cause is a fact of life for most of us in IVA's these days, so Synergi are doing nothing different there.
At least you do get to keep 50%.
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