sole a/c that used to be joint

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johnz

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Post by johnz » Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:45 pm
Evening everyone

I just had a letter from one of my creditors with the standard if you don't pay we'll do this message, but one of the sentences has given me a bit of a fright. Bear with me on this, cos in my head it was all confusing, so hopefully typed it will make more sense.

So, the sentence was "As you are aware, the Terms and Conditions relating to your Platinum Agreement authorise us to transfer balances held in any current or savings accounts you hold with us or Lloyds TSB Scotland to pay off overdue sums on your Platinum account. Therefore, unless we receive your payment or agree a repayment schedule we will enforce this particular clause of the Agreement"

Fair enough, I thought. But then I panicked. For 2 reasons.

1. I used to have 2 joint accounts with my husband, a gold account and a savings account. Before I defaulted on any of my payments we had me removed from both of these accounts. They are now in my husbands sole name. So the question here is, can they take money from my husbands account(s).

2. As requested by them, I have not used my current account since all this started. There is a Zero balance. However, I have just checked and the overdraft limit is still £500.00. Can they take the money from the overdraft (in effect paying themselves). If so, then it will be going against their very direct and specific instructions that I am not to get into any further debt with them.

Confused? I am.

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Post by Andrew Graveson » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:02 pm
Hi johnz,

If the other accounts are not in your name they cannot take cash from them.

There is no benefit to them to take money from your overdraft to pay, for example, a credit card. It would make little or no difference to you either as one account would see the balance go up, the other go down.

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Post by johnz » Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:03 pm
Cheers Andrew. Would have e-mailed you to ask, but figured I'd pestered you enough for one day [:D]

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Post by Adam Davies » Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:56 pm
Hi
Just be careful with accounts that used to be joint,you never know the finer details may allow the bank to offset a debt using an account you once had even if your name has been taken off.
Be careful
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