It’s Halloween, so we’re jumping on the band-wagon and doing a ghoulish post full of gorey details. We’re going to lift the (coffin) lid on the top 5 ways to save money and get the best deal when making PPI claims, ignore it at your peril, muhahahahahaha! Here’s the juicy stuff:
1. Don’t pay a fee up front – there’s no need. If you’re thinking about making a mis sold PPI claim, don’t ever pay a fee up front. Real solicitors never need to do it as they’ll get their fee when they win, there are plenty of no win no fee PPI claim companies out there – like us!
2. You can claim yourself – Most claims companies won’t want to tell you this but we’ll never hide it from you. You can take on your bank alone and make an official complaint to the Financial Ombudsman, it’s free to do it but you’ll need to put aside some time, effort and plenty of patience; you’re dealing with banks after all!
3. Make sure the PPI claims company pays for paperwork – If you don’t have your original loan or credit card agreement, you’ll need to get hold of it. Your lender is legally allowed to charge up to £10 to send the agreement out to you (and most will), but we’ll pay this fee for you if we handle your claim. Every solicitor should take care of this cost, if they don’t – walk away.
4. Keep call costs free – In the UK you have the right to seek justice at no cost, if you’re considering using a PPI claims company, make sure they have a freephone number and a mobile-friendly number. Ensure they have an address, email, company number and MOJ authorisation number while you’re at it – if you can’t see any of this on their site, they should be happy to give it you over the phone. If not – you know what to do.
5. Reclaim unfair charges as well – You may have heard of unfair charges being levied against financial consumers, your chosen PPI claims company should handle a refund of these as well. It makes sense for them to do it if they’re looking through your statements and asking your lender for money back. We do!
And there we have it, 5 shockingly good ways to get a better PPI claims service and save money on costs while you’re at it. Remember – it’s a scary world out there, look out for money vampires!


