I totally agree! Ken reminds me of Prince Phillip, for putting his foot in the public cake quite spectacularly! And with a full knowledge of doing so, congratulating himself in the process! Why can't this great City have a proper leader and represenatation for goodness sake!!!???? Sorry, forgot that Ken himself keeps most bailiffs in employment!Silly me!!!

If he has now changed his spots its then the same people that voted for him must remember........Ken is not a man of the people...but a man of Ken alone I totally agree! Ken reminds me of Prince Phillip, for putting his foot in the public cake quite spectacularly! And with a full knowledge of doing so, congratulating himself in the process! Why can't this great City have a proper leader and represenatation for goodness sake!!!????

Sorry Elsi, looks like I am adding fuel to the fire.... Raging volcano more like.... Eventually I will emigrate, I just know it! If this country continues with its blatant disregard to it's citizens, what joy is there in living here, just to die a bitter old man, in front of the tv, with Coronation Street on? Seriously though, bailiffs & sheriffs are tip of the iceberg and a result of successive administrations not wishing nor caring to do ANYTHING about faceless corporations messing ordinary folk up! Oh, and huge amout of GREED!!! I sound like a lefty right now, but I am not, I promisse you! I am actually a bit of a capitalist, but as an employer I treat people fairly and as a consumer I demand the same! Ordinary people MUST take a stand! I mean, if we expect Governments to help us...God help us! Just a short list of some of the recent history "upstanding" citizens (MPs) meant to rule us: John Prescott, Jeffrey Archer, J.Aitken, Blunkett, Tessa Jowell & hubby, Peter Mandelson,Mayor Ken (of course) and other beloved personalities....Please feel free to add more....(and sorry for drifting completely off course, but searching for the roots of the Evil...) Prescott is my favourite though, he even looks like a bailiff!

Well it's true, the Albion is the most docile place known to me, they can paractically b**ger you for pleasure here, without much reaction from the masses! Mayor Livingstone is about to b**ger democracy back to the Stone Age...with just some heated debate on BBC Radio! Some revolt and revolution that......

.....and I agree my friend! Maybe some small doses of Anarchy won't be so bad for this country! We are far too submissive it seems! We are manipulated in outrageous ways! If people really put their foot down, and demanded accountability and respect from their PUBLIC SERVANTS, we won't be in this mess, where a parking ticked will cost you £1000.00 in time! That's on top of paying highest premiums for driving your car in first place! And don't even start me on Council Tax.....

Hello everybody, my first posting on this forum....hope it helps us all! I have had some dealings with Drakes Bailiffs only yesterday. I've had two unpaid parking tickets due to my being away from UK most of the time ,yestarday a bully boy from Drakes has turned up in my absence and has clamped my car. The car was parked in my own private drive. My neighbour allerted me by phone while I was out of London (woke me up actually) to tell me that my car is clamped and is about to be towed away! I then proceeded to talk to the bailiff (a certain Paul Hawker) who informed me that I owe him £933.00!! Well, I had to give him my debit card details over the phone so he won't remove my car! Imagine my surprise when checking with my bank whether the transaction has gone through to be informed that there is an additional £301.00 charged by the said Mr. Hawker, totally unauthorised by me!! It later transpired that someone has apparently tampered with the clamp and the cowboy charged me for it!! He's posted a receipt through my letter box for the charge for the clamp that has been "cut off". It gets better though... I started researching on the Internet and I came across a thread somewhere that mentions that bailiffs must have a "special licence in order to clamp on a private land". I called the organisation in question-the Security Industry Authority, and having run a check on Mr.Hawker it transpired that he doesn't have the said licence. Moreover, he was acting wholly illegally in clamping my car in my drive!!!! Now I am consulting a lawyer to take up the fight and sort them(Drakes) out. It looks like a wrapped up case.....or does it? What do you think? I will be interested in your opinion, Thanks P.S. OF COURSE THE OVERCHARGING, CHARGES FOR LETTERS AND VISITS-ALL MADE UP. I GOT ONE LETTER IN ALL FROM DRAKES!!! There certainly are - I'm one of them! http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4411&highlight=Bailiffs I got Equita bang to rights. Next is Drakes. I am preparing some FAQ's - excessive work load has slowed me down these last couple of weeks, sorry BF. I will have them sorted asap.

Hello everybody, my first posting on this forum....hope it helps us all! I have had some dealings with Drakes Bailiffs only yesterday. I've had two unpaid parking tickets due to my being away from UK most of the time ,yestarday a bully boy from Drakes has turned up in my absence and has clamped my car. The car was parked in my own private drive. My neighbour allerted me by phone while I was out of London (woke me up actually) to tell me that my car is clamped and is about to be towed away! I then proceeded to talk to the bailiff (a certain Paul Hawker) who informed me that I owe him £933.00!! Well, I had to give him my debit card details over the phone so he won't remove my car! Imagine my surprise when checking with my bank whether the transaction has gone through to be informed that there is an additional £301.00 charged by the said Mr. Hawker, totally unauthorised by me!! It later transpired that someone has apparently tampered with the clamp and the cowboy charged me for it!! He's posted a receipt through my letter box for the charge for the clamp that has been "cut off". It gets better though... I started researching on the Internet and I came across a thread somewhere that mentions that bailiffs must have a "special licence in order to clamp on a private land". I called the organisation in question-the Security Industry Authority, and having run a check on Mr.Hawker it transpired that he doesn't have the said licence. Moreover, he was acting wholly illegally in clamping my car in my drive!!!! Now I am consulting a lawyer to take up the fight and sort them(Drakes) out. It looks like a wrapped up case.....or does it? What do you think? I will be interested in your opinion, Thanks P.S. OF COURSE THE OVERCHARGING, CHARGES FOR LETTERS AND VISITS-ALL MADE UP. I GOT ONE LETTER IN ALL FROM DRAKES!!! There certainly are - I'm one of them! http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4411&highlight=Bailiffs I got Equita bang to rights. Next is Drakes. I am preparing some FAQ's - excessive work load has slowed me down these last couple of weeks, sorry BF. I will have them sorted asap.