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equita again

i paid equitas baliff £490 fo my 04-05 council tax owing, when he then told me i had another £498 from a previous year, but said that i could make an arrangement to pay it at the end of every month at £30 starting the 28/08/2011...i rang equita and made the arrangement for £40 a mth, have today received a letter off them confirming this arrangement...at the bottom of the letter it then says that a baliff will still be calling to levy distress????letter sent out on the 1st aug after my phone call
rang today 4/8/11, the guy on the phone said this was a new way of securing the arrangement that i made?? he also said that the baliff might ring me or might not ring to arrange this, can they do this as what was the point of making the arrangement if theyre goin to come and levy distress my goods, as of yet not heard anything an no ones been round, want this add charges as well ...thanks in advance

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  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 36,414 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Errr..

    No. Do not let a bailiff into your house to levy on your goods.

    Why? Because he can then add masses of extra fees to the debt.

    I will post up and e-mail you need to send later, with respect to this account and the previous one.
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • thing is what was the point of making the arrangement if there still goin to come round
  • the again the guy on the phone said the baliff might not ring me as i made the arrangement??
  • RAS
    RAS Posts: 36,414 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    This is hallowitch's advice

    send this to the baillif company by e-mail (anything you send the bailiff company send to the council addressed to the Head of revenues and vice versa ) [EMAIL="info@equita.com"]info@equita.com[/EMAIL] should work
    Name
    Address

    Equita Ref: Account No: 123456
    Council Ref No: 435672
    Date
    Dear Sir,
    With reference to the above accounts, please provide me with a breakdown of all fees charged and payments made for the above account
    This includes:
    a - the time & date of any Bailiff action that incurred a Fee.
    b - The reason for the fee.
    c - The name(s) of the Bailiff(s) that attended on each occasion a Fee was charged.
    d - The name(s) of the Court(s) the Bailiff(s) was/were certificated at.
    e - The date of the Certification.
    National Standards for Enforcement Agents state that if a written request is made an itemised account of fees will be provided.
    Please provide the information requested within 7 days of this E-mail /recorded delivery letter
    Yours faithfully
    Ripped off customer"
    If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing
  • the one i paid £488 for was originally for £325 i only had that 1 visit off the baliff where i made the payment to clear it, shouln't they have just charged me £24.50,instead of charging me £163
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