 Council Tax and Jacobs Bailiffs
Just a bit of advise if poss. Had the bailiffs round on Monday this week re: business rates. The original bill was for £74.00 then court costs of £80.00 takes it up to £154.00, this bailiff knocks on the door by time I get to the door he's shoving a "Notice of Removal" through the letterbox, so I open the door and ask him whats its about, he did not show me any ID and went on to say that unless I paid him £329.00 he would be back in 7 days to remove my property to that value.
My reply was that I would contact the council and find out what the situation was as I had wrote to them on the 2nd Feb asking for a payment schedule for this and for another £998.00 of council tax. The council said it had been passed to the bailiffs and nothing they could do.
So I then called Jacobs only to be told that I had to call the bailiff on his mobile and talk to him, I then called the bailiff on his mobile and asked what the break-down of £175.00 I'd been charged, his reply was £25.00 attendance fee and £150.00 for a van, when I asked him why he needed a van to make a first visit for £154.00 his reply was they charged everyone £150.00 if it was a business rates bill. So I asked if he was going round all his jobs today and charging them all £150 each, this is when the call broke down, he became quite agressive and when I asked to make an arrangement to pay he said he would be back in 7 days and if I didn't pay in full (£329.00 plus another £25.00 at least) he would come into the house and remove all my property.
My partner is currently in slow labour and has been all week and I had to sign on 1st Feb for the first time in 20years, so as you can imagine we're re-inventing the word skint (still waiting for Lloyds/TSB to payout £4k+ in charged etc...) | 
