Should i trust my bailiff?

[Martins9]

Phoned the bailiff today. He started by saying that since my fine is for magistrates fines they are told to collect in full, I said this is impossible as we are on benefits. He then said if i can pay £250 today he would discuss a payment plan, Again unfortunately this is also impossible and i had hoped to make a deal to pay weeky payments. I then went into my financial position telling him what i was getting and when, He paused for a while and said you get bad bailiffs and good bailiffs, And i was one of the lucky few. He then offered to send the debt back to the magistrates and i would make an arrangement to pay them, He also said he didnt want to chase after money that i clearly didnt have and didnt want to distrupt my family. What was funny though was he said he would rather go to darras hall and get there money as they have enough of it:lol: (Darras hall is the home of the rich)

 

The downside is he said sometimes it slips through the net and another bailiff could end up on my doorstep, And if this happens i am to show them the letter i got from him and to say that i have spoken to Kevin and he has sent the debt back to the magistrates.

 

Can i trust him or is he trying to lure me into a false sense of security:?:

[Guest MizzPiggy]

I think you should trust him.

 

There are many Bailiffs out there that are good and do the job properly and know that if you are on benefits you are entitled to have Magistrates court fines taken from your benefits at a small sum per week to be able to manage.

 

He sounds very genuine and I would like to think he is a good one!!!

 

What he will do is hand the file back to his company with a note stating on benefits and to refer back to the court. What you can do is go to your job centre on Monday and let them know you have a Bailiff and can they please arrange to have the money deducted from your benefit.

 

I do hope this man is genuine as clearly as you have seemed to state as it does prove our theory!! I would like to hear what happens!

 

Alison

[Martins9]

Well he did sound really genuine, And it may have helped that i contacted him as he said i was honest and showed that i wanted it sorted out. He also said the courts would give me another chance and now im wondering if he has a say in that?

 

Id just to explain what my fine is for about 8 years ago i was serving in the armed forces and i had to deal with 2 deaths that happened one after the other, They were my grandparents and were like parents to me. The armed forces refused to allow me to be at their bedside, Which infuriated me. After they had both passed away i become angry and felt my employers had let me down badly, So i become absent without leave i was that angry. Anyway while i was on the run i used my cheque book to book into a B&B even though i knew i never had any money left, To cut a long story short i was returned to the armed forces and sent to the glass house, Then after returning from there i had to go to court and got a criminal record for bouncing a cheque, They called it fraud:confused: i was 18 when this happened and had heard of people bouncing cheques all the time but never heard of anyone being dragged up to court.

 

 

One of the biggest problems i feel that dont get mentioned enough, Are the staff who you deal with initialy they were horrible to me and even after i said i was on very low income i couldnt afford huge payments. The replied with we dont take your income situation into account, But we will accept £52 per week....As if

[Bailiffchaser]

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[jwp001]

Well he did sound really genuine, And it may have helped that i contacted him as he said i was honest and showed that i wanted it sorted out. He also said the courts would give me another chance and now im wondering if he has a say in that?

 

Id just to explain what my fine is for about 8 years ago i was serving in the armed forces and i had to deal with 2 deaths that happened one after the other, They were my grandparents and were like parents to me. The armed forces refused to allow me to be at their bedside, Which infuriated me. After they had both passed away i become angry and felt my employers had let me down badly, So i become absent without leave i was that angry. Anyway while i was on the run i used my cheque book to book into a B&B even though i knew i never had any money left, To cut a long story short i was returned to the armed forces and sent to the glass house, Then after returning from there i had to go to court and got a criminal record for bouncing a cheque, They called it fraud:confused: i was 18 when this happened and had heard of people bouncing cheques all the time but never heard of anyone being dragged up to court.

 

 

One of the biggest problems i feel that dont get mentioned enough, Are the staff who you deal with initialy they were horrible to me and even after i said i was on very low income i couldnt afford huge payments. The replied with we dont take your income situation into account, But we will accept £52 per week....As if

Just a quick one but I thought that a debt over 6 years old was deemed not recoverable in court and hence you are no longer liable.... I could be wrong so check this out but I am sure I heard it somewhere