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On Friday 2nd May, Newlyn bailiffs came to my work and clamped my car.
They then rang the bell and I went and discussed the issue. They claimed that the vehicle had been in an offence in Harrow, 12 months before, and the council had heard nothing from me. So they had a warrant, which they showed me and it was clamped "...and now you owe £698 or I am going to call the tow truck, and get it towed away"... "Whereupon it will cost you £40 per day in the pound and tow truck fees of £250+!"
Well, I remember the offence, I stopped on a Sunday afternoon in Harrow to take a look at an old site of interest, I was stationary for less than 1 minute.
I received a letter 1 month or so later to which I wrote a reply, explaining the brief stop, and heard no more. I had assumed coomon sense had prevailed and the council had waived the issue.
The Bailiff claimed that I had been written to 3 times by Harrow Council, and that Newlyn had sent a letter 4 weeks previous. He could not show me the letter, (it would have to be retrieved by IT and sent later)
I requested to see the letter before I paid the bill, this was not possible, due to IT etc but was promised it would follow, and I was assured it would come through, in the next couple of days, so said when I see that I will pay it.
This was refused with a "pay now or else attitude", - we do need the vehicle so I had no option but to pay.
The following day I received the notification by email from Newlyn, which I should have received by post 4 weeks previous. (For an offence that I believed the council had waived as it was such a brief stop and I had heard no more for a whole year!)
The final amount for collection on the letter was £185.44!!
With a warning that goods to this value will be collected etc etc.
Tell me - I have been conned over £500 by a national company in the UK. Do I have anybody I can appeal to that will take up my case.
They then rang the bell and I went and discussed the issue. They claimed that the vehicle had been in an offence in Harrow, 12 months before, and the council had heard nothing from me. So they had a warrant, which they showed me and it was clamped "...and now you owe £698 or I am going to call the tow truck, and get it towed away"... "Whereupon it will cost you £40 per day in the pound and tow truck fees of £250+!"
Well, I remember the offence, I stopped on a Sunday afternoon in Harrow to take a look at an old site of interest, I was stationary for less than 1 minute.
I received a letter 1 month or so later to which I wrote a reply, explaining the brief stop, and heard no more. I had assumed coomon sense had prevailed and the council had waived the issue.
The Bailiff claimed that I had been written to 3 times by Harrow Council, and that Newlyn had sent a letter 4 weeks previous. He could not show me the letter, (it would have to be retrieved by IT and sent later)
I requested to see the letter before I paid the bill, this was not possible, due to IT etc but was promised it would follow, and I was assured it would come through, in the next couple of days, so said when I see that I will pay it.
This was refused with a "pay now or else attitude", - we do need the vehicle so I had no option but to pay.
The following day I received the notification by email from Newlyn, which I should have received by post 4 weeks previous. (For an offence that I believed the council had waived as it was such a brief stop and I had heard no more for a whole year!)
The final amount for collection on the letter was £185.44!!
With a warning that goods to this value will be collected etc etc.
Tell me - I have been conned over £500 by a national company in the UK. Do I have anybody I can appeal to that will take up my case.
