so I overlooked payment of my council tax, a total of £433.43.
on the first notice I received from Chandlers Ltd (Bailiffs) I paid £301.00 and gave my mobile number, advised that as a chef I was working very long hours and its hard to meet up but I'd pay ASAP.
just got home after my car broke down on the way to work to discover a note from Chandlers advising that I owe £351.93, I called and questioned this and he said it was charges, I asked for a breakdown/statement of the account and he said that they couldn't send it as it was "for his eyes only", We established that the outstanding Council Tax amounted to £133.xx I said I'd pay that immediately over the phone but that I couldn't cover the charges as I didn't have the cash available and I would also like to see a statement of my account detailing all the alleged costs. He then refused to take payment stating that he would be at my house at 6am tomorrow to take property and that anything taken would be at 15% of its value and that I would be charged £50.00 per item per day whilst its stored until public auction, as well as all the other visiting costs etc.
I remembered that the £300 or so I paid was done on an automated line and I dug out that number and paid off the remainder amount of the Council tax but not his charges.
He then called back and said he'd had another look and would reduce his charges by £70-£80 if I made payment before 9:00pm, I told him that I'd just paid the amount equal to the outstanding council tax and I was very concerned at what seemed his unreasonable charges.
He then continued in his aggressive manner that he would be seeing me at 6am regardless and it was going to cost me even more.
This seems very wrong, I'm in no way flush with cash, very distressed and shocked that a Council Representative would seek to profiteer in such an unscrupulous manner from someone in obvious financial hardship.
STW Massive, what's your views on this? should I be at the door with my 66's tomorrow morning?
