Turnbull Rutherford sent letter -with no return address on envelope

[Mrs E Blackadder]

You may wonder why I am bothering to leave a message about Turnbull Rutherford not putting a return address on their envelope, but in my opinion they are being somewhat underhand.

 

A letter arrrived for the ex today, and I did my usual of marking it 'Cleared off - Return to the person who bothered to send it' only to find that there was no return address to send it back to. In my curiosity, I found that the envelope could be opened without tearing it, so this I did. It turned out to be from the aforementioned Turnbull Rutherford Solicitors who are now dealing with an old Barclaycard debt of the ex's, passed to them by... HFO! It gives 21 days inwhich to reply before they take 'legal action', but by not putting a return address on the envelope this means that if you are not the person it is meant for and you can't get hold of that person you are left with two options - bin it or open it. If you open it, then you are knowing the business of the person it is meant for. If you bin it, then TR could start legal action against that person without them even knowing, and get ccjs by default.

 

I will be sending it back, so they are quite welcome to sit and wonder how I found out who they are without having to open the envelope. Just call me Mystic Meg

 

I know it's not major in the great scheme of things, but just thought that this piece of information might be of use to someone dealing with HFO and their crummy solicitors.

[coledog]

That is the letter they send before a court claim arrives. Expect the court forms next. They like to get CCJs by default!

[citizenB]

If you arent too concerned about giving your ex grief, you could have still marked it the way you normally do and the Post office would have opened it to return to sender.

[harrassed senior]

Agree, if there is no return address and you have marked it suitably, the Post Office will open it and send it back to the sender, usually in a small plastic bag with an explanation as to why it was opened.

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[Mrs E Blackadder]

Thanks for the tip off about the court papers Coledog. They can go back as well! Presumably if they go straight back to the court then the court has to take notice of the fact that they have been returned as 'moved away'.?

 

As an aside to this thread, looks like my house is going to (finally) be repossessed in the not too distant future. As I will probably be going to live with a relative, I will have my post forwarded which means that some of the ex's post will inevitably end up at my new address. Does anyone know if debts collectors will try to tie my ex to my new address if this happens? My relative is elderly and I certainly don't want them having to deal with anything untoward simply because some of my ex's post has found its way to me.

 

Interestingly, returning to the original point, the ex's debt seems to have risen by over £2000 since it left Barclaycard and passed through HFOs hands!!!

[coledog]

The post office will only re-direct ex's post if you specifically request them to do this i.e you would have to put his name on the form as well as yours, otherwise they should not.

 

HFO add interest at up to 17% per annum! Amazing they have never made contact with your ex but are taking him to court!

Edited June 18, 2011 by coledog

[DonkeyB]

17% per day? Ouch!

[coledog]

17% per day? Ouch!

 

Sorry, meant per year- have changed it. Might as well be per day as they are unlikely to be entitled to it!

[Mrs E Blackadder]

HFO add interest at up to 17% per day! Amazing they have never made contact with your ex but are taking him to court!

 

 

HFO have tried to make contact with my ex, but as I don't have the foggiest where he is now living I have sent everything back marked 'Gone Away'. I have also had two Men in Black round, claiming to be banking investigators (they wouldn't tell me anymore than that, but expected MY life history in return lol). Perhaps they were visitations from HFO. I told them (probably not) politely to get off my land and that Mr Blackadder had done a runner several years before. I also told them that they were entitled to absolute zero information about who I was.

 

Thanks for the info about forwarding my post. I thought you could only forward from address A to address B rather than being able to specify particular names. I'm also a bit concerned because oldest son is approaching an age where he will need to appear on electoral rolls etc, and he has similar initials to his father. Combined with the same surname I am hoping that no debt collectors try to contact him - they shall incur my wrath if they do

 

Thanks for the replies everyone. I know it's not my debt, but I am still having to deal with the backlash of it and when you get support it makes you feel just that little bit better xx