RLP Hounding me - what do I doAfter

[Debbie4]

Hi,

 

Can anyone help please? I received a fiscal fine for shoplifting in Boots, although I was ill at the time and not really aware of what was going on. Since then RLP have been hounding me with letters to pay in excess of four times what was taken even though the goods were undamaged. They have suggested I get a doctor to write to them explaining my condition and they were consider the circumstances but cannot promise they will still not pursue me for the money. I can't afford to pay and I am terrified of my family finding out. So far i have managed to intercept the letters before the rest of the family but they come in envelopes with RLP - Retail Loss Prevention in big red letters stamped on them. I am at the end of my tether and don't know where to turn. Some days I feel almost suicidal. Please, please advise me - I don't want them to take me to court but don't know how to stop them.

 

Debbie

[Lefty]

Hi

 

I have moved your post to a more appropriate section of the forum.

 

In the meantime, you may like to have a good read of some other threads here, and see what you are dealing with. You should get the gist pretty quickly.

 

Lefty

[rebel11]

Hi debbie

 

Welcome to CAG

 

The guys will be happy to advise as soon as they are available.

 

What you have received from RLP is an invoice. As you have highlighted the product was returned undamaged. To date Boots haven't taken anyone to court,

they are in the process of doing so. CAB have done reports where they feel the way RLP and retailers pursue individuals for monies is unfair as they are

speculative, regardless of any actual loss. The only way you might be able to prevent your family is to ask the post office to stop your personal mail and collect it from the delivery office personally. Again don't speak to them over the phone, just send recorded letters. It might be an idea to visit your local CAB office see if they can assist.

 

http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/unreasonable_demands.htm

[dx100uk]

they can do nothing to you.

 

ignore them and get on with your life

 

dx

[Debbie4]

Thanks for the responses but if I ignore RLP, will they eventually leave me alone or take me to court? Should I try and pay some of the money to them or not?

[Debbie4]

Sorry for being a bother but this is really worrying me. I would like to ignore thme but am afraid of the consequences particularly as their letters are extremely threatening in tone. Please advise what would happen if I ignore them or send them a recorded delivery saying I can't pay and they must take whichever action they deem appropriate

Debbie 4

[dx100uk]

real court letters are not threatening

 

thats what they pray on

people beieving their threat-o-grams

 

they can do nothing to you

 

no RLP has ever gone to court

 

totally ignore everything

it'll get a bit more scary when a dca then a 'fake' solicitor writes too you

 

but just hold your nerve

 

you might even get the great white solicitor phonig you to threaten all manner of nasty things

like killing you cat and un-burying your great grandma

fact of the matters is they can do nowt too you

 

just read those CAB reports

that'll put straight

 

sleep tiht

they've had their 15mins of fame.

 

dx

[Debbie4]

Thank you dx100uk . You have really set my mind at rest. I feel a good bit better now. I have hardly slept for the last four months and been absolutely sick with worry. I appreciate you taking the time to respond.

[perplexity]

no RLP has ever gone to court

 

 

That may be true, literally, but in how many of the cases where proceedings were indeed issued, was the judgement achieved by default, and in how many did the defendant cave in by admitting or settling, before the hearing?

 

If the intention is to suggest that they never proceed, I call it a deliberate deception.

 

They do proceed if need to be and in the mean time a paucity of proceedings proves that RLP is wonderfully effective. The court service especially instructs to do everything possible to avoid the need for a case to be heard, so this is what we get.

 

The cost to the taxpayer, if every case had to go to court would be enormous.

 

 

P.S.

 

To see the other side of the story, read this:

 

http://www.lossprevention.co.uk/pdf/Richard%20Mawrey%20QC%20Advice%202.pdf

 

Then decide for yourself who tells the truth, legal counsel or the CAB.

Edited August 1, 2011 by perplexity
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