Thank you very much for your help

So to stop the bailiff entering my house in the meantime, I just inform him of my intentions to contact the TEC? Or is it guilty till proven innocent in these cases?

I think the point thats trying to be made here is "how were the clampers to know the OP had a disability" I could be wrong. I usually am.

The local council. But I don't know what the charge was.

A few years ago i bought a car on credit as i couldn't afford a new one outright. Long story short, i lost my job, couldn't keep up with the repayments and it got repossessed (sp) About 10 months ago my neighbour came round with a letter for me, made out in her address, saying I had an unpaid parking ticket from march 07 and it now had charges on it. I called the debt collector and informed him (a) he had the wrong address (b) the car was repossessed the month before the ticket was issued. He was quite happy with this and asked me to send him a copy of the reciept from when the car was picked up, which i did. Haven't heard anything else till the 19th of this month. There was a hand delivered letter through my door stating i now owed £514 and they would be back to clamp my vehicle/remove goods on the 20th. I no longer have that vehicle but got an old bangor to get me to work which is kept on my shared with next doors driveway. Now i am worried that even though I did not incur the ticket that they will clamp my car untill i can prove otherwise at the doorstep, making it impossible for me to get to work if they end up towing the car. Plus they didn't come back on the 20th anyways. Can they clamp any vehicle? or does it have to be the one the ticket was issued against? Where do i go from here??

Not really, they still call me on the phone to ask for him and have since visited his references on several occasions since to ask if they have seen him since.

Made me laugh...ty

Looking at my situation i'm not surprised some people are scared of these people and believe anything they say. It's forums like this that open your eyes.

THANK YOU...i feel so much better already. I've fired off an email to my local store quoting that letter. If my OH comes back I will help him clear this debt but if he doesn't then i don't see why I should be responsible for it.

Hello everyone and thank you for this site... I've just had a visit from Brighthouse who my husband had an account with. Unbeknown to me he is a few weeks behind and basically our relationship broke up this weekend. He left taking everything with him (including his purchase from brighthouse) and at the moment I have no idea where he is. I did tell them this. They wanted to enter my house which i refused as i had company (my mum who knows nothing about my problems) but offered to let then look through my window at my ancient TV in the window, as the one my OH had was a flat screen, and then they tried to accost my 13 year old son on the street, questioning him about where his dad was. They demanded to know were I worked and also where he worked. Unfortunately my other half had a nervous breakdown and his employment finished 4 weeks ago which is why he ended up in arrears. My son knew no different and told him where I worked (started this week) and where his dad was working. Within 5 minutes they had turned up at my new job and also at my ex's work (unfortunately both are staffed 24 hours and i dread the reaction when i get there tomorrow after being there 2 days) My arguement is...it's not my damned name on the account? Why should i be accountable for this? When i argued this his answer was "Thats not my problem...your the only contact I have for him" BTW...all this was discussed in front of my 13 year old son and his friend who were sat on the garden wall. And it's not even my account !!!! We've been with them that long that his other references have long since moved on so me being the only contact could be true. The short of it is....whats my options here? Can i stop them calling in the evening and questioning my son and his friend?? I would love for my OH to come back if he is feeling ready and we will face this together, but can i request they put all details in writing and stop harassing me??? Kind regards Rain