Help! Levy of distress....

RAS

Martin

They are not allowed to break in, read Robert's posts above.

What you do need to be careful about is any vehicle you own.

Martin_Mac

RAS wrote: »

Martin

They are not allowed to break in, read Robert's posts above.

What you do need to be careful about is any vehicle you own.

Sorry RAS, posted before reading them all.....:rolleyes:

I am a self-employed courier so a car is pretty much a vital tool of the trade. It's an Escort estate that cost me £250 three weeks ago, I haven't got round to sending the docs off yet...:mad:

insider66

Hi MM

sorry i had to dash this morning, hope it started you off.

how's things now?

Martin_Mac

insider66 wrote: »

Hi MM

sorry i had to dash this morning, hope it started you off.

how's things now?

Yes thanks mate, much appreciated....:T

I've posted further up how I got on today. I'm going to write to the bailiffs tomorrow and offer a payment scheme to them but in the meantime, I'll keep my windows shut and doors locked.

insider66

Martin_Mac wrote: »

Yes thanks mate, much appreciated....:T

I've posted further up how I got on today. I'm going to write to the bailiffs tomorrow and offer a payment scheme to them but in the meantime, I'll keep my windows shut and doors locked.

Good stuff....

not so "scared witless" now hey!

Information is power :T



all the best

RobertoMoir

Martin_Mac wrote: »

Sorry RAS, posted before reading them all.....:rolleyes:

I am a self-employed courier so a car is pretty much a vital tool of the trade. It's an Escort estate that cost me £250 three weeks ago, I haven't got round to sending the docs off yet...:mad:

Assuming you own the car
1. It's a "tool of the trade" as you say, so would be exempt from removal.
2. As a practical matter, good luck with proving that to a bailiff's satisfaction. Be very careful.
3. With all due respect, if you paid £250 for it then seizing it and selling it would not clear a very large debt anyway. Don't mean that to be rude, just that a bailiff looking to seize goods has to seize goods to many times the value of the debt including their costs due to poor returns in the kind of 'fire sale' auctions that usually happen in auction houses used by bailiffs.