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I would be grateful if anyone can help me to understand whether the charges that have been made against me on an outstanding parking fine are reasonable.
I forgot to pay a parking fine from June 2009 (£70 fine) and have recently been contacted in writing by rossendales debt collectors. One issue is that my car had been registered at an old address, so I have not been receiving any correspondence/reminders and had completely forgotten about it. I first received a letter one week ago stating that I owed an outstanding liability order of £163.04. Owing to the fact that I had forgotten to pay my fine, and forgotten to change my address, I was fully willing to pay the outstanding debt and settle things. However, 2 days later a bailiff removal magistrates liability order was posted through my door.
I then rang the number on the form to try and settle things and the bailiff told me the charges had now gone up and I owed something in the order of £550. I explained that the letter I received 2 days previously was the first I had heard from them and that I was fully willing to pay that amount. He said because of the circumstances of me being at another address, he could reduce the fee to £440. I argued that it was still a steep increase over the course of 2 days, and that I wanted in writing what I had been charged for.
I received a 'Notice of distress' with the following charges:
Client debt and costs outstanding £123.16
First visit fee £39.88
Second visit fee £51.04
levy fee £65.33
Other £162.15
Total £441.56
These charge seem a touch excessive, and I am not sure what the 'other' charges mean, it is written just below 'walking possession act', so I am not sure if it supposed to represent that.
At one point in our telephone conversation, the bailiff asked me if I was still in possession of the car that I received the fine on. He explained it was so he could take it off register that would mean my car would be pulled over if. I now suspect it was a sly way he could levy against it, because even if he visited my house, my car has been elsewhere recently.
Just to note, when bailiff removal order was posted through my door, I was in the house at the time and they did not knock on the door. It states they attended 'with the intention of removing goods'. If this really was the case, I suspect they would have at least knocked.
I would be very grateful if anyone can help me with this
I forgot to pay a parking fine from June 2009 (£70 fine) and have recently been contacted in writing by rossendales debt collectors. One issue is that my car had been registered at an old address, so I have not been receiving any correspondence/reminders and had completely forgotten about it. I first received a letter one week ago stating that I owed an outstanding liability order of £163.04. Owing to the fact that I had forgotten to pay my fine, and forgotten to change my address, I was fully willing to pay the outstanding debt and settle things. However, 2 days later a bailiff removal magistrates liability order was posted through my door.
I then rang the number on the form to try and settle things and the bailiff told me the charges had now gone up and I owed something in the order of £550. I explained that the letter I received 2 days previously was the first I had heard from them and that I was fully willing to pay that amount. He said because of the circumstances of me being at another address, he could reduce the fee to £440. I argued that it was still a steep increase over the course of 2 days, and that I wanted in writing what I had been charged for.
I received a 'Notice of distress' with the following charges:
Client debt and costs outstanding £123.16
First visit fee £39.88
Second visit fee £51.04
levy fee £65.33
Other £162.15
Total £441.56
These charge seem a touch excessive, and I am not sure what the 'other' charges mean, it is written just below 'walking possession act', so I am not sure if it supposed to represent that.
At one point in our telephone conversation, the bailiff asked me if I was still in possession of the car that I received the fine on. He explained it was so he could take it off register that would mean my car would be pulled over if. I now suspect it was a sly way he could levy against it, because even if he visited my house, my car has been elsewhere recently.
Just to note, when bailiff removal order was posted through my door, I was in the house at the time and they did not knock on the door. It states they attended 'with the intention of removing goods'. If this really was the case, I suspect they would have at least knocked.
I would be very grateful if anyone can help me with this
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