Claiming Bank Charges back

To try to recoup some financial backup I have now done as the money saving expert at www.moneysavingexpert.com has suggested and started to claim back all my bank charges from Abbey £1400 or there abouts We have had one reply offering us £325 which I have refused so waiting now for a reply to the next letter I have sent them. Also trying to claim compensation for a mis-sold endowment which also was via the Abbey. I only sent the letter last week so I will keep you informed of the details.
A bit of info for those of you in the same position as myself watch out if you get a basic bank account with Co-operative bank. We went overdrawn by £4 the money went in the next day then we went overdrawn by a miniscule amount because a standing order came out and then once again because money was late being paid in ie. the same day the the standing order came out and Coperative bank closed the account on us.

I rang their management services and explained the overdrawn amount didn't even reach £20 and on each occassion the money was paid in the same day,whilst they sympathised they said thats it three strikes and you are out. So be very careful, I am not sure if other banks do this.

Debt Management Plan/Payplan

Is this Debt Management Plan with Paylan a good idea? I am not so sure now. Granted they have managed to get all the creditors and collection agencies to stop all the phone calls, but still the interest is accumulating. What little we are paying the creditors is disappearing I feel there is no point paying anything. If our circumstances dont change and we don't get finances from somewhere I can see the creditors forcing us into selling the house. What is it about Mondays,I always feel desperately low and depressed I think it is because a new week has started and we are still no better off.

This time three years ago we both had good jobs, we have worked all our lives but circumstances changed I am too ill to work and who will employ a 60 year old male,not to worry theres always the lottery on Wednesday.

Barclays/Barclaycard

Barclays or maybe Barclaycard debt collecting agency Merciers have been on today saying they wont accept the payment that Payplan have sorted out. When I asked the guy what did he want, he said a higher payment which I told him I didnt have. He said they would be passing the debt on to a local collection agency. I am not sure what that means, whether they will come knocking on the door or they just take over the debt.Has this happened to anyone else out there. I will keep you informed as to what happens. Everything has been quiet so far I wonder if this is the start of all the creditors having a go at us again. Most of them are still charging interest which is a ridiculous amount, we initially dug the hole for ourselves but they have got a mechanical digger and are burying us rapidly.