So worried about Bailiff payments, advice please

homeworkgirl

I got behind with my CT and it got passed to firm of Bailiffs with whom I had an arrangement to pay £23 per week. One week I stupidly forgot to pay and my account got passed over to a Bailiff because I had "broken the agreement" which I am not disputing. What was a £500 balance has now become £700 because he says I incurred extra charges because it was passed to him for collection which seems scandalous. However, my real worry is that he has said I have to pay over £100 per week to get the balance cleared. For the past two weeks I managed to scrape it up but now I am really in trouble because I did that and as I am only living on tax credits plus a very small amount via self employment each week, there is no way that I can pay this amount every week. He has my card details and puts the payment through each week. He told me the balance has to be cleared in three weeks at the latest or "further action" will be taken. I am worried sick that my car will be taken and what else is going to happen. The sickening thing is that if I was paying the council tax normally by dd then it wouldn't be paid up until Jan. Please can anyone advise me?

*Sorry mods, for some reason this got posted twice, please remove for me.

RAS

Please pm Herbie21 and have alook at her site here:

www.bailiffadviceonline.co.uk

Has the bailiff been in your house?

Did he do a walking possesion order?

Has he listed the fees he has charged?

When you PM Herbie answer these and tell her the name of the company and the name of the bailiff who you are deailing with.

homeworkgirl

Thanks for that. I have posted on their forum and am awaiting a reply. In answer to the questions

No, a Bailiff has not been to my house, or at least when I have been there, no correspondence left or anything

I guess the above answers that.........no walking possession order

I have not received a list of his charges, he just told me that I had incurred £200+ because the case had been handed to him because I had failed to keep the payment arrangement.

homeworkgirl

Just spoken to Herbie21, what a lovely and helpful lady she is. I would highly recommend anybody having Bailiff problems to contact her or at least have a look at her website as in RAS's above post where there is lots of helpful information. Thank you so much Herbie, now I might be able to get a good night's sleep.