is there any update on this at all OP please? only i have my own issues with DVLA at the moment regarding same thing so am interested! thanks for any info u can provide

hi all. am hoping for some advice on best way forward, and wanted to rant. my father owned a car for one week before it was sold - he filled in the little slip thing (what is that called again?!) to notify dvla it was sold. this was in the summer, around june/july time. he received a failure to notify letter around the end of summer time saying they hadnt received this slip. so he wrote back a letter to explain he had. we didnt hear anything more from them so thought that was that. come jan 2010 (great start to the new year!) we received another letter saying the same thing - pay up £35 now or go to court. so i ring up DVLA ENFORCEMENT in sidcup who have sent this letter. i get a disinterested (here are the facts, i cant help u) response from a lady who basically says that: 1) DVLA swansea sent me the original failure letter (which triggered off an enforcement action) 2) DVLA swansea cant have received my original repsonse letter (by this time, i realise there is a common theme here of not receiving post) as if they HAD, they would have notified DVLA enforcement to cease action 3) she cant help me, i have to write in (AGAIN!) to explain circs - and they would review the case. by this point im like 'wtf'!!! i explained to the woman on the phone that: 1) we DID send back the slip thing 2) we DID send a letter in response to the original fine notification 3) we DID NOT receive anything after that (since summer 09!!!) regarding this matter so considered it closed. 4) i mentioned to the woman that my father is (and has been) ill and this was the last thing we needed - SHE SAID THAT IF I COULD PROVIDE PROOF OF THIS THEN THEY WOULD TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN CONSIDERING THE CASE!!!! i am like really angry at this now - surely if i went to court with this, the burden of proof is on DVLA to prove we didnt send the form to them etc and not for us to provide proof we did and certainly not for us to disclose personal info that is none of their business to support our case?!?! my question is this - what should i do now? given my fathers condition, i was originally in a mindframe to pay up so they'd leave us alone. but now im like really angry. if i write back, what sort of letter should i write? my dads memory of the actual dates/timeframe etc are a bit hazy so i cant quote exact 'sold' date/'letter received' date/'letter sent' date etc - would that be a problem? please can someone help?

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very good news - good start to a new year!

Any updates on this situation?

last time I spoke to them (admittedly in 2007) i had a very bad experience as the person i spoke to on the phone was condescending/judgemental and stated that unless i pay the WHOLE outstanding amount over the phone, they would not be able to help me. they advised me to write in to them if i wished to consider other payment options - which i did back then. since my last post, i have not paid anything towards this debt as i cant afford to at the present moment in time. i have decided to, as advised, write them a letter enclosing a copy of the letter they sent me to confirm the amount owed and then set up some sort of payment plan. thanks to all your advice/support - will keep you updated

well i re-sent the 'proof it' letter (as before) about account B and they have just ignored it!!! i received a letter from Red stating the usual that i owed them on this account etc etc. if they are indeed ignoring (as they appear to be) my proof it letters, what is the next step i can take? or should i just keep sending them the same letter until they get the message?!

since my orginal post, I have been busy with house buying and family issues so haven't had a chance to deal with this problem today i received a letter from the council saying that the debt has been passed back to them from the bailiffs. they say i can stop a 'commital summons' being issued against me if i pay £464.81 immediately or send details of how i intend to pay (they will then consider my offer). from my previous post, I thought I owed in the region of 1K. I am now confused as to how much I owe. is the correct plan of action to contact them to find out once and for all the amount I owe? or should i just pay the amount they are asking for and hope they forget about the rest? ........... actually, thinking about it, thats a bit of a head in the sand attitude, i suppose they could always chase me again down the line..... ok - i write them a letter asking for full amount owed before i offer a payment plan? will a normal letter do or should I SAR them? i really wish it was just 400 odd i owed!!!

hm, interesting read! thanks! i have checked, there is no default on my credit file as of yet. i seem to have stopped receiving any sort of correspondance from them i want to send them another letter, stating debt is statute barred and i want written confirmation from them that the matter is now closed. what is the best way to do this, and does anyone have a name to write to?!?!

thanks for the replies. the credit may show me if they have messed with my credit life by putting a default on it etc, but it still doesnt tell me what i need to do to get rid of this altogether? assuming they haven't done anything to trash my reputation, shall i do as i wrote before and chase them for a 'closed matter' letter? i just need them to leave me alone and not send anyone around to the new house once its bought etc ..... i know im probably worrying about nothing, but i cant help it! any ideas please?

Cheers Castlebest. i've sent the letter thanking them for closing account A and enquired as to whether this is the same for account B and enclosed a cpy of the 'prove it' letter i sent them before. will update once i hear anything!

Hi all - hope someone can help. (if this isnt the right place to post this, grateful if someone would move it to relevant forum ) I owe council tax on a previous rented property which I moved out of in 2005 and didnt leave a forwarding address. sometime in 2006/7, they found me at my current rented place (assuming from credit checks) and a started receiving letters from bailiffs etc. I ignored the bailiff letters and subsequently, the debt got passed back to the council. I wrote a letter to the council in late 2007 to explain i didnt have much money and could i pay back £100 a month. they didnt accept this as they wanted the full amount to be paid by the end of the council tax year (March), but were willing to accept £150 for the next 3 months and then review the account. I made a payment of £150 in Oct 2007 and Nov 2007 (i have email receipts for these) I then didnt make any more payments as I was unable to afford to. since then, the only correspondance i have received is a leaflet about 'naming and shaming' those who owe the council money, and that i would be put on this list. From what I remember, they claim I owe about £1300 (for one years council tax) but I dont know if they amount includes any charges or fees etc which they added on. As I am in process of buying a house with my partner, I would like to get this sorted out into some sort of payment plan so at least I wont have to worry about bailiffs knocking on the door etc. What is the best way to go about this? With the payment of £300 already made, i owe about £1000 probably and am not in any position to pay anything more than £100 a month on this. As its already Sept, I am worried they wont accept this (like before) and want it all cleared by march again. how do i go about finding out how much i really owe them and also, whether i have a liability order against me? once i find out the amount, what is the best way to get them to agree to £100 a month as i really am struggling. i would be grateful if anyone could offer any advice/insight into this. thanks

i sent for a credit report on my current address and listed my parents address (which is where the SLC letters go) as my previous and nothing came up. this was a few months ago. u think i should do it again?

Well you'll never guess what. I'd composed a letter and was going to send it today when I checked my mailbox. There was a letter from Lowell in there. Well, not really a letter but a "Statement of your account". It looks like any normal statement but says on it under the title statement: This notice is being given to you as required by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 because you fell behind with your payments under this agreement with your original creditor. Its a statement from 01/10/2008 - 31/08/2009 showing I owe £1076.56 On the bottom of this statement, is a FAQ section. Under the question 'why have we sent you this' it says " irrespective of whether you have agreed a payment arrangement, under the 2006 amendments of the CCA we have an OBLIGATION to send statements to you annually" Well I never. According to their previous letters, HSBC gave them this debt way back in 2006 and this is the FIRST statement I have received from them - not really doing what they are obligated to do then! That is until they received my proof it letter! So now what?!!?? shall I send my letter as I intended to this morning? asking them if this debt is also going to be discarded? Is this a new tactic?!?! Has anyone received one of these apart from me??!!!

just out of interest, which are the right places or who are the right people to apply pressure to/on please?