Hello, we're in Bolton and the trafic incident happened in Bury. That's verrrryyyy interesting that this [EDIT] character is well known for his actions, is it common knowledge that he doesn't appear to be certificated?

Husband thinks original amount demanded by Equita was around £160 ( I'll hunt around for details) Thanks again everyone x

Thanks for the swift replies! My husband rang his bank yesterday and they confirmed the two payments of £51 were made last Nov and this Feb. Equita seem to believe that any payment made was not the full amount therefore bailiff action (even though they couldn't tell me how/where they were allocated) and Bury Council say that they received some monies earlier this year but were quite vague about it. Think I'll do the chargeback thing (after getting kids in bed). Thanks again.

Hello there people, I'll try and explain my situation as clearly as poss... Last year my daft husband (whilst driving my car) got caught driving a few metres in a bus lane. A penalty notice arrived addressed to me and he filled in a slip on the bottom of a letter with his debit card details to pay the fine (around £60). The council claimed they never received the letter and the fine was passed on to Equita. My husband made a payment arrangement and made two staggered £51 payments over the phone. He then thought the matter was dealt with and he'd learnt his lesson not to drive 2 metres of a 6 metre bus lane. Yesterday, I came home from an MRI scan (I have a spine/muscular disability which has me in and out of hospital) to find a scary looking letter from a bailiff wanting to execute a warrant from Northampton court to remove goods/vehicle etc. Attached to the letter is a copy of said warrant which states the amount due (including court fee and adjudication costs) to be £97.00. That amount has been crossed out in pen to be replaced by £292.84. I contacted the council who issued the fine who couldn't help me and Equita have said they can't find a record of how/where the two £51 payments have been allocated/gone and say that my husband mustn't have paid the full amount. I rang the bailiff (in tears) and explained that we're absolutely skint (on debt management plan with the CCCS, have four children, I've lost my job due to disability and would try and pay some of the money off when I could. I then found an emergency credit card with £102 on. He said he'd try for the whole amount but then rang back to tell me that only £102 has gone through. The bailiff said he would 'call off his boys until Monday' and said I had until then to get the £190 outstanding together. He wasn't interested in an offer of weekly payments. On Equita's own website their bailiff charges should come to £39.20 (a letter and fee for amount under £100) so don't know where the £195.82 charge comes from I've just done a search on the bailiff's name [edit] and he doesn't appear on the register of certificated bailiffs. He signed the letter in his name with the title 'Head Bailiff'. I really don't know what to do, we're completely skint and can't possible get the rest of the money together by Monday. Thank you very much in advance!