Debt Advice to Negotiate With Your Creditors, Call For Free on 0800 044 5659

Jan. 22, 2012 - PRLog -- The most important debt advice that can be given to someone in debt is to communicate with your creditors. You might do this by yourself or through a dedicated Debt Advice company.

There might be times when you cannot even meet the minimum payments that are required by your creditors eg. you cannot make the minium monthly payments to your credit card company. The natural temptation for many people is to ignore the problem, stop paying anything and hope that the credit card company chases someone else and ignores you. This will not happen, the only consequences of ignoring the situation is higher debt and more stress.

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The first thing that you should do if you cannot meet the minimum repayments is to close your account. This means that you cannot borrow any more on the card. You will then need to negotiate a payment plan. In essence the payment plan converts your credit card debt into a loan which you pay off at an agreed amount per month over an agreed period of time. If you are going to negotiate with your creditors directly then you should not phone the but write a letter. When you write you can compose your thoughts and lay out exactly what you want to say, rather than getting flustered in a conversation, you will also have a record of all correspondence.

You might be surprised at how flexible these companies can be. It is in their interests to come to an agreement with you as any repayment is better than nothing, after all they want to get their money back. By talking to them you have saved them the time and money that would have been necessary to chase you.

Many people are not comfortable negotiating with these companies themselves, if this is the case DebtLocal can put you in touch with an experienced and professional debt advisor in your area. They can be contacted through the website debtlocal.co.uk or on 0800 044 5659.