Hi there,I had Rosendales Baliffs (Mr Duffy to be exact) come out today for "Unpaid" Council Tax think it was 07/08 (It wasn't unpaid the council very kindly didn't update thier records when we informed them of a change to incapacity benefit and we ended up with a claw back 6 months later) The total Council tax "owed" is £219.25 + £30 Levy Fee +£154.50 VAW? Fee and SCH5? Total £403.75 I am not happy about this situation at all.We contacted Rosendales several weeks back about making a payment plan,they asked us to send through documentation (i.e. incapacity,WFTC etc) all of these forms were at the solicitors as my Partner has recently applied for a divorce and they needed them for legal aid.We only recieved them back 2 days ago.Obviously they can't be bothered with waiting. When the Baliff arrived he he told us about the debt and that we had to pay it there and then we explained that we Live on the breadline and that was impossible so he said well I have no other choice to take away your car (02 Zafira) A car with a value of about £2000 minimum sell on value!!!!!! £2000 car for a £400 debt??? I argued the case stating that it was the only means of getting our 3 children to school as we are very much out in the sticks.I said that we would have to look into ways of getting it payed,he said "if you can't make payment now I will clamp it" I was fairly certain that he wasn't allowed to do that and I said "you can't do that!",I argued the case some more and eventually he buckled and said I can give you till Friday to pay.He then handed me the notice of distress (which had my Zafira listed on it and the various fees).I said can we not set up a payment plan and he flatly refused! Now I'm in a position that I am able to pay them as my mother has offered me the money to clear it.But I am unhappy having to pay thier charges especially the visiting fees,We have never seen a baliff till today,the only thing we have recieved are letters with the morning post say "our Baliffs called yesterday".I said to Mr Duffy that we had never seen a Baliff,he replied that they had these tracker pens and they never lie (which is crap as far as im concerned) I asked him for proof and he pull out a timeline but only uncovered 2-4 lines of printed writing (I noticed one stated a day and time that we were definatly) I have read though quite abit of this thread and from what I make out of it I ask these questions? Is it true that I can pay the council the original bill or is this only the case in certain areas? If I do pay the council can Rosendales still claim thier "costs"? At the end of the day the bill can be cleared but as my mum is paying it I don't want her paying for something that legally she shouldn't be paying for.