Just wondering whether anyone has actually gone through these steps and whether anyone has any success (or failure) to report ...?

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/bank-charges

Wouldn't you be better off posting that on the MSE forum itself?

MSE? C'est quoi?

Just wondering if those with UK bank accounts (but over here) have tried this...

MSE = money saving expert.

That website has it's own forum - in fact one for this very topic is here

Funny, I started out just asking the question for asking's sake and I hadn't even considered the MSE forum ('cos I wasn't looking). After seeing so many hundreds (thousands?) claiming and receiving charges back, I'm deffo going to try this myself. I just need to trawl through several years of bank statements to do it, however.

Thanks Alan for the simple reminder. I'll buy you a beer with my 'winnings' if you're ever around these parts.

i used to do this for a living ! but on the bank side.

its easy to put in a claim.

you just need to get the last 5 years statements,(if you dont have them its 10 quid from the bank) work out exactly what the charges are you wish to claim, call the banks complaint number, they send you the paperwork you send back the claim and it will get logged and put on hold until the test case is finished. if you are suffering financial hardship you can claim that and they will deal with the case now.

there is no need to fill in letters or use an external company. its simple

oh and i managed to get over 7k back from a miss sold endowment policy from the bank i worked for.

Yeah I did this a few years ago with overdrawn charges, late payment fees etc... ( i was young) I got it all back.

I also filed a P50 I think it was when I left UK, sent in p45 and they gave me about £600 in tax rebates.

I put in claims to lloyds & Halifax - had holding letters from them just before we left - hmm shall chase them up - they were waiting for a court ruling. . . .

I flied a claim (in 2007) on behalf of a family member and she received back almost 700 quid - she was in an overdraft position at the time so they put the money back in as a credit.

I got the templates and info from MSE - I wish we had a Canadian version, Martin Lewis is a god :O)