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  1. Got another letter from them yesterday (dated 3 days after the last letter) telling me they are sending a bailiff to collect my things within the next 2 weeks. I thought enough is enough and called them.... Equita: Have you called to pay the outstanding £263 Me: Nope Equita: Have you called to arrange a payment plan Me: Nope Equita: Then why have you called? Me: To get an apology from Equita! He then said the outstanding balance is for council tax, i told him the council tax has been paid and the outstanding costs were bailiff charges which were illegal. I then carried on using words like fraudulent, vulnerable, harrasment etc. The guy then said he had escalated the matter to his manager who will call back Later on in the evening I got a call back and i was prepared for a war, but the manager was actually pretty good, i fibbed and said the owner of the vehicle who had the car levied doesnt want to send out the information to Equita as they have seen them on Watchdog, the manager just looked through the history and said that they will take off all bailiff charges and just charged the visit fees of £42 which i happily paid Hopefully thats an end to the saga, just a quick thanks to everyone who has helped out.
  2. Not sure if this is gonna help me, but my partner has not changed her address on her V5, she still has it at her previous address...If i send this without insurance docs it would still prove ownership of the car isnt mine
  3. I asked the council a while ago to send the bailiffs a letter confirming all outstanding balance payments, which they have as the bailiffs have acknowledged that payment, but they are still demanding the levy charges. What if I send a copy of the V5 documents but black out the addresses and say I dont trust them with the information but have provided proof that the vehicle is not owned by me?
  4. does it make a difference if we are not married? I just dont know what the next steps to take are
  5. I am not a named driver on my partners insurance. They did hand deliver the first visit letter. I dont want to really give my partners details to equita, I just dont trust what they would do with the information
  6. Will the levy be valid even if its owned by my partner who is not named on any of the letters/demands/orders etc?
  7. Im Back I sent a letter to Equita telling them that they have not removed the invalid Levy fee, they responded by saying that they contacted the bailiff and he has stated that I knew that a levy was made. They have also asked for V5 and insurance docs to prove that I am not the owner of the vehicle. Couple of things: 1) The letter states that 'he' (the bailiff) knew I made a levy...but the bailiff is female and I have pointed out that everytime I spoke to them it was a male who has not been proven to be a certified bailiff...any idea why this would be the case? 2) Yes I knew about the Levy fee and stated in my first correspondance to them I knew about it and that the vehicle in question is not mine 3) My worry is that the vehicle is my partners and she lives in the property, but is not named on any of the liability orders or demand for payment or any of the bills from the council, if I send the V5 and insurance docs can they count it as a valid levy? 4) The levy on the car was made on the first visit by the bailiff, I thought this can only be done on the 2nd visit....am I right or wrong? if I am right surely me sending the V5 and insurance docs shouldnt be applicable
  8. I just checked the notice of seizure and inventory of goods form left by the bailiff on the 1st day and they added £213.50 on that day when they levied my partners car.....which means all those charges where for that 1 day. Should i be making a complaint? what is stopping them from coming down and actually finding my car outside this time and levying it with the disputed balance of £213.50?
  9. levy visit and attendence/removal fee is for the same day..which was their first visit the statutory visit is probably going to be for the second visit by default.
  10. Got a response from Equita this morning. They have given me a breakdown of what I owe them.....I have paid off the original outstanding amount for the council tax to the council, the only thing outstanding is the bailiff fees. Breakdown is as follows: Liability order: 21/09/11 Period upto: 31/3/12 Debt: £510.61 Statutory Visit fees: £42.50 Levy/Visit Fees: £41.00 Attendence/Removal Fees: £130.00 Total: £724.11 Payment Received: £510.61 Balance £213.50 Are these charges something I should be paying? The first visit was 7 days after the letter was sent (my understanding is it should have been 14days) on first visit levy was done on my partners car (who's name is not on the liability order) 2nd visit was some time later on and I paid off the outstanding amount to the council. Who should i be contacting in regards to the fees?
  11. Ok guysI have paid off the initial outstanding amount via Bham city councils automated service. I'm not sure what I should do about the bailiff charges now. Told the bailiff the car they levied on isnt mine, but they have not said they will take away the costs. They have sent another hand posted letter saying they will come to collect all outstanding amounts by Saturday 7.15am and can get the goods even in my absence. This has obviously freaked me out. Should I tell them that I have paid the amount off to Bham city council? Would i still need to pay the enforcement fee of £200 odd quid they charged? Is that a valid charge considering its not my car they levied? I didnt get a 14 day notice letter before the bailiff was sent out, also the certified bailiff isnt registered under Equita on the certified bailiffs database but under a different company. It was a female bailiff and the 1 call i had with them it was a male who answered the phone...do I have any reasonable grounds not to make the payment?
  12. It is...I can see where your goingBut surely DVLA will not be able to give out that information to a bailiff
  13. Dont think BCC have her name or anything...its always been under my name, whats stopping me from saying that its my friends car etc
  14. Not heard anything from Equita yet.Just had a look at what they actually left me was Form 7 Notice of seizure and Inventory of goods, which lists my partner car (she is not the one who owes the money).There isnt a breakdown of costs just Bailiff costs of £213.50 added onto the original amount of £510 I owe BCC. As this is the first visit should it not just be £24.50?
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