Anyone kno about Scotcall?

[Blossomandebony]

Hi,

 

Just got a strange visit from a so called 'bailiff' from a company called Scotcall. Answered the door and he says, "I'm from Scotcall. It's about a debt to Barclaycard, etc, etc". I told him that they owe me more in charges I am claiming than I owe them so kindly go away. He says he is a 'bailiff' at which I laughed and told him that was impossible because i haven't got any CCJs! Then he asks me to tell them this on his little phone. I refuse, saying I only want contact by letter, at which pont I slammed the door. He carried on saying something and then proceeded to wait outside my house, sat in his car, for 20 minutes.

 

Straight away I phoned Trading Standards who said as it was a new complaint I would be put through to Consumer Direct. They were very nice and gave me phone numbers of the FSA and CCCS - which I will phone later. I'll also be contacting Barclaycard to tell them about the harassment.

 

Basically, this guy tried to intimidate me by claiming to be a bailiff and I need to report this company to the relevant authorities.

 

Just wondering if anyone else has had dealings with Scotcall and any suggestions on what to do.

 

Cheers

[Curlyben]

Gee that's nice of them.

Wonderful breach of OFT Guidelines claiming to be something they're not.

 

Have you even received any letters or cards from these "people" yet ??

If he comes back, just call the police on him.

[Bookworm]

Scotcall

 

 

address:

Scotcall Debt Collecting Services

Carrick House, 40 Carrick Street

Glasgow

G2 8PJ

telephone:

0141-248 8098

 

Scotcall are pretty much at the bottom end of the bottom feeders of all DCAs, which gives you an idea of how low they are.

[renegotiation]

From what I can gather a number of DCA's use Scotcall to threaten home visits and also to make more nasty phone calls and send more nasty letters on their behalf. It's my guess Scotcall don't own the debt. I'm not 100% on this though. Anyone know if Scotcall actually buy debts or are they purely a third party in all of this? Whatever they are, they need a good dark, dingy dungeon like the rest of them.

[djdave]

Scotcall originally contacted me by letter claiming to be acting for Cabot. As soon as I CCA'd them they decided they were no longer dealing with the account.

 

Which is good, because they sound like a right nasty bunch, who definately need reporting.

 

In this case, they picked on someone who knew their rights, but I wonder how many people are intimdated by their behaviour and scared witless

[jaxads]

Scotcall were chasing me for an old Next account (I have a thread running). Basically, they couldn't adhere to my CCA request and have said the account has been passed back to their clients (I thought NEXT) but they said Debt Managers. up until that point I'd never even heard of debt managers!!!!

[Blossomandebony]

Thanks for a quick response.

 

I did contemplate calling the police and certainly will if there is a 'next time'.

 

Can't find any letters rom them so presume they'e agents for Mercers, who I've had an on - off relationship since November. If this company had carried out any of their threats, this would have been in court moonths ago. But they know they can't win in court on the issue of the charges and the fact barclaycard's CCA agreement was the old type, not having the precribed terms.

 

As for the debt, they say I owe £5500, while I have submitted a claim for charges and interest worth £5600.00, (including going back to 1995). I would gladly settle the account at a zero balance and have done with it, (losing £100 as a sign of goodwill!) but they will not agree to anything that makes sense.

 

By the way, the agent, (and I use that term loosely) was a dead ringer for Grant Mitchell, but not as clever. Wonder if anyone in the North West area has met him. Any more comments welcome. I'm off for a walk on the beach and then it's down to writing the numerous letters of complaint etc. . .

[oneofakind]

Like DJDave & Jaxads, I found a CCA request to Scotcall got rid of them very quickly. don't suppose you got Baldy's car reg, by any chance?

 

[Bookworm]

Like DJDave & Jaxads, I found a CCA request to Scotcall got rid of them very quickly. don't suppose you got Baldy's car reg, by any chance?

 

 

ARS 1?

[Blossomandebony]

Oneofakind,

 

I had the same thought as you as his car was driving away - should have thought quicker - so only got the first 4 digits, which were NUO4 I think. Seeing another post today with a photo of the so called bailiff clamping a car, it might be a good idea for anyone in this position to keep a camera or mobile phone handy.

[Guest Fallenangel]

Hi

I had a similar experience with a guy from scotcall a few years ago and he frightened me half to death. Was very intimidating, and sat outside house for a bit, took my car reg number down, which at the time freaked me out. Am just wondering if its the same guy. Was he tall?

[Blossomandebony]

Hi, Fallen Angel,

 

I would say about 5'10, stocky, bald head. I'm not the best for faces to be honest, that's all I can recall.

[oneofakind]

Identikit Rent-a-thug, then.

 

[ashmk]

took my car reg number down

 

theres not a lot they can do with it. I think the main reason they do it is because they know your going to be peeking out the curtians at them so they do a little scare tatic before leaving.

[oneofakind]

sat outside house for a bit, took my car reg number down

Must have been there ages with his crayons, was he?

[ashmk]

lol yer they like you to think that but in reality what there really doing is filling in the box from the happy meal they just had 10mins before they arrived at the door.

[Guest Fallenangel]

Ha! yeah i think they were crayola.......

 

This guy was about 6 ft, and looked like lurch......from the adams family?....anyway he paid me a few visits, and the last one was for a very old debt......told him I knew nothing about it...and he agreed it would be an old debt....and he had another guy with him.

 

Wish I'd have taken HIS number down!!!...and lets hope he runs out of pictures to colour!!!

[vandermerwe]

Scotcall is, I believe, the para-military wing of Mercers which is owned by Barclays Bank.

 

Vandermerwe