worth a complaint?

myothercarisaferrari

OK, day 3 of my bailiff saga continues.

He was banging on the door at 9:30am this morning, we hid again, this time he left a note saying he was coming back in 4 hours to remove the goods.

OH phoned him to say the house/any goods were in his name. Bailiff said as i live here, it doesnt matter and he will be returning to take them this afternoon.

Phoned the bailiff company, they were no help. He in the meantime is phoing OH's phone, then mine, then OH's. OH picked up and he was rude, aggressive and very intimdiating.

Crux of it, OH has just extended his overdraft and paid it. Now he is incredibly pished off with me (which I don't blame) and he is fuming with this company. I am currently grovelling majorly to OH for his help.

Is it worth writing a letter to this company to make a complaint?

Dave101t

i bailiff needs a court order to remove goods, and no court will allow that if the goods are not yours

myothercarisaferrari

I said that to him and he threatened me with 3 months in jail:rolleyes:

Its paid now x

Tixy

Yes - did you get the baliffs name? Who are the baliff company acting on behalf of?
Hope you got a receipt from the baliff for the cash paid - keep this somewhere very safe.
He would not have been able to remove goods that did not belong to you.

Jesthar

Hmmm, does Herbie21 know about this one? She sounds like the best person for this particular job...

myothercarisaferrari

yep, got all that.

Will PM Herbie

thanks MSEers. You are all angels

grahamlaw

myothercarisaferrari wrote: »

I said that to him and he threatened me with 3 months in jail:rolleyes:

Its paid now x

JAIL? What company was that? I think the bailiffs don't know about this website.

RobertoMoir

This is one for Herbie. She's more up on that side of things than I am.

Bailiffs often threaten people with jail but it is an empty threat. A bailiff CAN return a debt to the court if the bailiff cannot enforce the debt, however it is the decision of the court, not the bailiff, as to what happens next. There are very few debts for which you can actually go to jail over non-payment, and in all those cases you pretty much have to be shown to be willfully avoiding payment (e.g. "refuse to pay" as opposed to "unable to pay".

myothercarisaferrari

thanks Roberto

kaya

NOOOoooooooo...............
you let them win!!

myothercarisaferrari

Kaya I didnt have much choice. My boyf answered the door and the guy was abusive to him, OH is livid that its come to this and i am so embarassed, esp as most of our neighbours know now.

I don't want them at the house x