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Hi just looking for advice on a current issue I have with a bailiff from marstons
Last January supposedly I got a parking ticket, I didn't pay it as my car and licence is registered at my mums and I don't live there so for one reason or another didn't get any paperwork relating to this nor did I receive the original ticket on to my car.
the next I new of this was in December when a bailiff left a note at my mums house stating that I owed £412! This was not itemised and I will happily share a photo of this letter. This is the only letter I ever received from marstons
having had no recollection of this I did some digging, various phone calls later, I found that the parking fine had gone to court and had been increased to around £120.
i spoke to the bailiff and he advised me that he had left the letter on the second visit although I do not believe he ever made the first visit as there is no evidence other than him stating this.
I spoke to the bailiff on the phone and he advised me that these fees were correct and would not accept any payment plan, he wanted the £412 in full. I told him I didn't have that sort of money, I am currently on a debt management plan with stepchange, and he agreed that he would give me to the 31st January to find the funds.
Using this to buy me some time I had a look on some forums to see what I should do next. As I was not living at my mums (and still do not) and did not receive the relevant paperwork relating to the charge I filed out of time witness testimony to the TEC which has last week been rejected. The first I heard of this was when the bailiff rang me and left a voicemail. I rang the bailiff back and he advised me that this had been rejected and that I now had to pay the amount in full. I asked him where his charges had been made up from, he said that £175 was an attendance fee and he couldn't remember the rest as he didn't have my file in front of him, utter bull**** how did he come upon my number!!!??? He also told me that at the original time he had made 3 visits, when I told him he originally said 2 he said it didn't matter whether it was 2, 3, 5 or 10 visits as the fees were capped at 3.
It seems he is trying to extract the maximum amount of money from me without doing any work!!
i asked him how could he charge me so much for an attendance fee when he hadn't made any sort of levy, been in the property or even spoken to anybody at the property, he said that only applied to council tax so I should go back and read my law books!! So here I am!! I really need some advice on he next step to take, I would happily pay the correct fees which I believe should be under £200 but I can neither afford or bear to part with any more than that.
I have emailed marstons complaints email asking them to send me any information regarding the charges and fees, when they happened, how much etc but am awaiting a response from them!
Anybody any ideas what I should do next?
thanks
James
Last January supposedly I got a parking ticket, I didn't pay it as my car and licence is registered at my mums and I don't live there so for one reason or another didn't get any paperwork relating to this nor did I receive the original ticket on to my car.
the next I new of this was in December when a bailiff left a note at my mums house stating that I owed £412! This was not itemised and I will happily share a photo of this letter. This is the only letter I ever received from marstons
having had no recollection of this I did some digging, various phone calls later, I found that the parking fine had gone to court and had been increased to around £120.
i spoke to the bailiff and he advised me that he had left the letter on the second visit although I do not believe he ever made the first visit as there is no evidence other than him stating this.
I spoke to the bailiff on the phone and he advised me that these fees were correct and would not accept any payment plan, he wanted the £412 in full. I told him I didn't have that sort of money, I am currently on a debt management plan with stepchange, and he agreed that he would give me to the 31st January to find the funds.
Using this to buy me some time I had a look on some forums to see what I should do next. As I was not living at my mums (and still do not) and did not receive the relevant paperwork relating to the charge I filed out of time witness testimony to the TEC which has last week been rejected. The first I heard of this was when the bailiff rang me and left a voicemail. I rang the bailiff back and he advised me that this had been rejected and that I now had to pay the amount in full. I asked him where his charges had been made up from, he said that £175 was an attendance fee and he couldn't remember the rest as he didn't have my file in front of him, utter bull**** how did he come upon my number!!!??? He also told me that at the original time he had made 3 visits, when I told him he originally said 2 he said it didn't matter whether it was 2, 3, 5 or 10 visits as the fees were capped at 3.
It seems he is trying to extract the maximum amount of money from me without doing any work!!
i asked him how could he charge me so much for an attendance fee when he hadn't made any sort of levy, been in the property or even spoken to anybody at the property, he said that only applied to council tax so I should go back and read my law books!! So here I am!! I really need some advice on he next step to take, I would happily pay the correct fees which I believe should be under £200 but I can neither afford or bear to part with any more than that.
I have emailed marstons complaints email asking them to send me any information regarding the charges and fees, when they happened, how much etc but am awaiting a response from them!
Anybody any ideas what I should do next?
thanks
James
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