On another note, I did take the phone number where he said he got the id badge from and I have just phoned it and the number has not been recognised. I have also phoned manchester county court who have no record of him being a bailiff neither

I asked to see his idenity and for his certificate number but he said they don't provide certificate numbers anymore they just put the name on id badge which he showed me and it did only contain his name. This whole saga has smelt wrong from start to finish. I can't stress enough how gratefull my family are that you are taking the time to provide us with this information.

Well they came this morning and suddenly changed the Bailiff charges to £425 including card payment from £555.48, this is still extortionate When they knocked on the door I asked for list of charges, he would not provide one, I then informed him that I was filing a form 4 against him and got my son to take pictures of the bailiff, van, wheel clamp on my car and the second bailiff who turned up with the key to the wheel clamp. I also informed him that I was filing a complaint with the police for Fraud, this did not seem to phase him, however it did the second bailiff who had the key to the clamp. We documented everything pictures, sound and witnesses and we intend to pursue this to the very end, after seemingly being proffesional they turned a little unproffesional whilst we were taking photos of both their vehicles registrations by waving at the camera and one baillif tried to hide his face. One of the bailiffs suddenly decided that he didn't like what we were doing and shouted as they were leaving that they should have towed the car away as they would have made loads of money on that, those are his exact words.

Thank you so much Happy Contrails, you have given us some glimmer of hope and ammunitation to gaining some justice against these Council Backed criminals who hide behind a title to extort money from people. Browsing the internet today whilst trying to find advice has opened my eyes to the many people who have fallen victim of this [problem] not just from the mentioned company but from many different bailiff agencies.

Today we have had such an ordeal with a Bailiff and his company I thought we were under Nazi regime, we felt so helpless and dominated and I feel it my duty to warn you about this company, so here goes. My wife was given a Parking ticket on the 28th December 2008 and we did not pay it, we didn’t pay it because we were in no state to even think about money during the following months as my Wife had a miscarriage with twins and it was an extremely traumatic time for us both. Consequently things got out of hand and we received a letter from Phoenix Commercial Collection stating that they had gained a warrant of execution to gain the outstanding balance of £125.38. My wife promptly phoned them on the 16th June 09 and spoke to a gentleman who said that we could pay the debt off on the 26th June 2009 when my wife was paid, unfortunately to our cost she did not get his name. On the 25th June around 6am in the morning a Bailiff Mr. Walker attended our property and fitted a clamp on our car, he never knocked and just left a sign on the windscreen stating not to remove the car and to contact him immediately. My wife phoned him 25th June 8.30am and she explained that she had contacted Phoenix Commercial Collection offices and had arranged a payment date; he denied any knowledge and said the car would be towed away if the full balance was not paid by the end of the day. My wife then phoned 25th June 9am Phoenix Commercial Collection offices and tried to explain the events of the morning and what had been said by Mr. Walker, she explained about the miscarriage and how she had made arrangements to pay the debt over the phone using her card on the 26th June 2009. The woman she spoke to was so arrogant, rude and unprofessional to the point of sounding like a gangster. The woman said to my wife that she was wasting her time and that nobody in that department would make such an arrangement she then put the phone down. My wife then phoned back 25th June 9.15am and spoke to a man who said “stop pleading with me there is nothing I can do “my wife then asked him to check his records for her phone call on the 16th June 2009 he replied “there is no point it’s out of my hands phone the bailiff” my wife then asked do they record telephone conversation so that they could check, he replied that they didn’t, again he was totally arrogant and completely unprepared to even listen. My wife by this time was a complete mess and had to make an appointment at the doctors for her nerves as she has still not fully recovered from the miscarriage, so we have no choice but to pay the £555.48p they are demanding £125.38 outstanding fine charges and £430.10p Bailiff Charges, Mr. Walker claims to have visited our house twice before which is a lie, from the first letter being delivered 8th June to him clamping our car 25th June is a total of seventeen days and reading through some legal documentation I believe you have two weeks from the first letter to make arrangements to pay the debt off which we did. I am unemployed at the moment and I am at home 95% of the time and we have never had a letter through the door to say that anyone has been, when Mr. Walker was confronted about the charges he then back tracked and said it was for the clamp charges. How can they justify the charges, I have even had to ask for a break down and documentation of these charges when he comes tomorrow, this is extortion at it’s highest form all be it legal and is being abused by this company with ridiculous charges and the most foul people for staff I have come across. I have come to the conclusion that this company saw an opportunity to make money on other peoples misery before the date was up for us to make the payment of £125.38 on the 26th June as we originally agreed. I am so angered by this mostly about the way they treated my wife, maybe if she was a Member of Parliment she could have claimed on her expenses, if anyone else has had trouble with this company I encourage you to report them to Fair Trading as they so proudly display their certificate but don't live up to it's policies.