gpiero

Cool story; uncool experience... Read the other fella's post earlier, unlucky but not altogether surprising.

AnotherWorld

Were you stressing after you lost your freedom? Were you alone?

gpiero

I don't think you read the story carefully enough - I didn't loose my freedom. I was in a holding cell for half an hour at the airport before being taken to the main station in Bur Dubai, where a friend came and left his passport (together with mine) as insurance.

And no, I wasn't stressing because I knew it had all been paid off. Had that have not been the case, I would have been plotting a daring escape with the other inmates... what a daft question.

AnotherWorld

You lost your freedom, you were in a holding cell and had no permission to leave

gpiero

You're right... good one.

If you really want to know how it feels, get yourself back over there, I'm sure they'll be only too happy to accommodate you

AnotherWorld

I will try to remember to bring a copy of my Arabic, bank stamped clearance letter first... oh wait, I don't have one yet

gpiero

Yeah... well... good luck on that one.

fabrikaromantika

Hi guys

i'm also in the uk now and hate to admit it but i did skip dubai with 2 cc, an auto loan and a personal loan i think totalling approx Aed 50,000/-

it was 1.5 years ago when i left after living there for almost 4 years.

i plan to pay this amount back - are these debt consultancy companies any good - do they really help . . or shou3d i just approach my banks direct to pay . . .

thanks for reading

shel_82

Yes they help..the banks take absolutely ages getting back though, even with the debt consulting doing the negotation on your behalf. The debt collectors stopped calling me when the negotiations started..I am still waiting (4 months later) for the banks to get back with a final figure to be paid back!

TGFKASE

Let me get this right...

You left here 18 months ago and, only now, are you considering paying back the debt you accummulated over your 4 years of the Dubai lifestyle??

I will gladly put up with the haranguing I am going to get for saying this but...

Its pricks like you that make our life harder. Whether its debt, walking about with **** all on, treating sub-continent workers like shit.. Those of us who are still here have to put up with the shit you caused..

Suck it up, pay the money back with the realisation that you can NEVER come back here... and good riddance..

PS. Were you in Real Estate by any chance?

g18c

just read the first page of someone being put in Jail by Standard Chartered... what a pack of w****rs!! Summarises the quality customer service of this place and that bank in partciular

shiva

not from me, i totally agree

banter64

Me also

tatlock

Hi Guys
I was interested to read the info at the link below.

http://www.federalmanagement.co.uk/n...ebt-collectors

I know that it is a webpage from a company trying to sell its services but wondered if there is any truth in what it says about recoevring a debt from someone who returns to the UK.
Would apprecaite any comments you might have.
Cheers

hnd

Have heard, third hand, about debt collection agencies going after 'skippers' in Australia and the UK. If this is true, then that's good.

I can agree that not all skippers are guilty of living beyond their means (many are victims of fraud or non-payment for services rendered) but those who have racked up debt simply to enjoy a lifestyle they can't afford should be made to pay, wherever they are.