Thanks for your comments guys Ok so had a response from the court with my complaint. Have attached the edited letter for your viewing. Yes point (2) that is true recorded on tape bailiff offered me to come to his house after working hours to view the distress warrant. Point (3) bailiff was never certificated in the court he said he was from seems when court sent me there final response to my complaint they didnt bother to check his claims out so sent an embarrassing letter giving them the details of the actual court he was certificated at and the telephone number to confirm it. also asking them to explain why they have not investigated my complaint properly??? I will be taking my complaint further as there is more questions to ask than before. http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j429/distress2/complaintedited.jpg

Hope you get things sorted

Anyone know how to properly upload images on here?? Keep coming out to small.

I had dealings with arrow global for a contract taken out by someone else in my name. They didnt want to know bunch of cowboys.

Thanks Got some more info will post up.

Quick Update: Ok so i said i would fight and that's exactly what i have done. The warrant is now on hold pending multiple of serious complaints i will be making. I did not mention in last update about the recording of all calls this has been invaluable in my situation. I understand there is an organisation which i cant name will not only investigate my complaint but will be looking into more wider things. I will come back and let you all know very soon along with the edited audio clips to show how serious this situation turned out in the last few days. At 2.50pm the bailiff rang with threats of locksmith and the fact i will be paying and the levy was still valid but by 3.15pm he was ringing back to explain all he ever had was my familys best interests at heart i do understand that his manager has had a word in between regarding the telephone call he had with two organizations. Sorry i can not be more specific but i will put everything up once i have got it sorted to show others and hopefully others may benefit from my experience. Birde

Hi Thanks for your reply. Its the posts from Tomtubby i have got this information on after reading around the forum. Surely are consumer rights and the wrong doings of companies like Marston should be fought for rather than backing down to making payments to them over few months that's easy way out what about the wrong doings do i just blatantly let them get away with it. Or do i stand up and fight for my rights and do whatever it takes to deal with it?? What about the next person this bailiff visits does he carry out what he has always done or learn from previous jobs and see people wont and will not back down if there in the wrong. Its time to break the trend and make some noise any help Birde

Quick Update Rang the court involved distress warrant issued in October 2010 was never renewed. I have read many interesting posts on the 180 day rule for returning un-executed warrants back to the courts Bailiff has argued 12 months for criminal fines saying his warrant ends in Dec 2012????? I have looked on hmcs and came across this SPECIFICATION FOR PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT PROVISION Which clearly state in 6.13 that its 90 days but i know from reading around been increased to 180days. I cant help feeling i am being shafted Why should my warrant and any dealings with it be any different. The rules are the rules. Surely any fees incurred in this matter are invalid?? Go back to the bailiff i keep being told as he is dealing with it but when i do he knows no other words as an explanation other than Locksmith and Payment!! Any thoughts on this as to me whats the point of having rules if companies like marston can just ignore them?? Birde

Ha ha thanks dx Spelling/grammar never been my strong point, Well talking thats another subject altogether. appreciated with name change sums it. Birde

Hi Wonder if somebody could give me some advice relating to a bailiff visit on 6th September 2011 At approx 9.30am my partner was waking me up she informed me that there was a bailiff sat outside and wanted to speak with me. I went outside to find out what was going on the bailiff informed me that he had a distress warrant and wanted full payment or was going to take my goods. I asked to see such warrant to which he said he didnt have to show it to me so i told him to sling his hook to which he replied i will call a lock smith then showed me his ID badge. I told him to call a lock smith then good luck to them as my door is reinforced to prevent any tomcat burglar from coming along and breaking into my house. I couldn't wait for the lock smith to arrive to watch, Was going to record it would of been funny Anyway the bailiff decided to call the police instead so they arrived young single copper on his own explained to him that i was not letting the bailiff in on my own free will after the bailiff flashing his ID card again to the police officer he told me in front of the officer that he forgot to mention earlier that preventing him from his duty i was committing a criminal offense the police officer said nothing about what he had said as i ****ed myself with laughter Anyway after the officer and the bailiff had a word the officer told me that by not complying with him i was causing a breach of the peace to which i was forced to let him in to which the officer stayed till he was in my door then left. Inside the bailiff took an inventory of goods didnt mount to much i would of gladly paid him to take the goods he wanted the 100 pound that was on my kitchen side and then wanted 100 pound a month he filled out this notice of distress which i have attached to my post to view. When he left i just put it down to sods law and the fact you cant win them all. Until i was looking on the forum the other night and came across by chance a post relating to bailiffs and how some ****** bailiff had treated them unfairly, So i decided to check my info in relation to threads left and to my surprise firstly notice the police officer had no right to get involved and threaten to arrest me for not complying. I ring the court named on the notice of distress which you will see is pontypridd to which they tell me they have never heard of me let along a distress warrant being issued they even go as far as checking gwent magistrates to which again nothing i was advised they don't use marston group only excel and swift, I was then told to take legal advice as nothing they could do for me. I contacted the ministry of justice to check the bailiffs certificate to which they could not find this bailiff on there register, So i contacted marstons and kindly asked for confirmation that the bailiff was certificated to which after being put on hold for ages the lady came back and told me he was i asked in which court was this certificate granted to which she said she didn't know and would ring me back after speaking with this bailiffs manager to which she didn't. I took advice briefly to find also that the police are responsible for viewing this distress warrant as he could be anyone but didn't bailiff just flashed his ID card at him and they become bosom buddies. The dates represent a time in Devon criminal fine i had moved and didn't pay and can only assume the distress warrant has come from there but notice says pontypridd??? I really wanted to see a copy of this alleged distress warrant as i understand after 180 days it becomes void if all was in order with the paperwork there shouldn't of been a problem to show it to me upon asking him, Is that correct that he does not have to show it to me??? Also the goods he marked up would of nowhere near covered the balance he was asking not even if he sold them 10 times over, I was advised that the warrant i didn't see should of been sent back as goods don't cover it?? Is this correct??? I have today rang my local police station to make a formal complaint and advised a Sargent will ring me today but didn't bother, I know they can be busy so will wait or ring them back. Apart from the complaint i don't really know where i go from here in relation to this threads i have read are of similar nature but not my circumstances so would much appreciate your advice. Thanks for reading and sorry if i have bored you to death Birde

Hi Caggers I am in need of your advice on behalf of my father. My father took out a loan with black horse to buy a caravan last year. He rang me today to askmy advice as black horse keeps ringing him to get him to change his address which i though was very odd after speaking with my father he tells me when he originally took out the loan he wanted to go joint with his long term partner which he does NOT live with. the lady who did the application told my father that the loan couldn't be approved at his address and that what she was going to was put my father as living with his long term partner and use her address and the loan would be approved my father has told me that there is no mention of his address anywhere on any paperwork and all correspondence goes to is long term partners address who is joint on the agreement. This seems very odd to me that black horse is chasing my father to change address to his own and the lady who originally signed it all up for my father no loner works for black horse???? I also though that black horse would of had to by law seek identification from my father for that address they were using which as said previous has never lived at his long term partners address. This is what really confuses me my father had had a previous loan with black horse that was paid off and no payments missed and his own address so why they wouldn't do it again and insist they put him at his long partners address instead is a total mystery??? My own thought are this lady from black horse has been caught out and the company are most probably looking at all the applications she had done and discovered my fathers and i feel they want him to come in to sign a new credit agreement instead of some change of address rubbish there saying? Have Black horse done something illegal here or anything that makes this situation wrong for all i know this could be completely legal but it just seems very suspicious given the loan was taken out last year and everything that surrounds it. Would so much appreciate if somebody could advise me what i should do if anything thanks for you time guys. Birde