My situation is that a moment of madness took over me, a week ago in m&s ... i decided to skip the queue and put a cookie in my bag, it seems stupid right now and yes i regret it but its done so there we go .....but 55p!!and then less than a 5 minute talk which seemed so laid back at the time and now £100 !! it seems so unreasonable but i just dont think my letter will make any difference , do you think i should contact the store?? i have less than 5 days to do anything ..what should i do? but thank you very much for your replies ..oh and yes iv read the CAB report its helped but not enough to make me feel confident about writing to them

Hi there! I am in the middle of writing a letter replying to drydens , i am curious what you have written ...i am being asked to pay £100 and iv noticed you have said : “offenders under 16 and over 65 or the mentally disturbed”, to “offenders who steal goods to the value of less than £3” ....Which applies to me , i admit to the mistake iv made and i have payed for the item and the police were not called ...i am not willing to pay £100 yet i feel i deserve to pay some sort of fine ...i am wondering whether to write i am willing pay X amount of money and see what they say...how much should i settle for?? ..i really dont have the means to pay for £100!!! thanks for any help