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Playing with Rossendales Bailiffs

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  • LeeSouthEast
    LeeSouthEast Posts: 3,822 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    I enjoy playing the village idiot. They have assumed I am the person they are after. They have never actually ASKED. As stated above, it's their job to confirm identity, not mine to willingly offer it out.

    We moved in 2 months ago, but the people they want have not been there for at least 14 months (previous tenants were there for 12 before going back to Poland).
    Starting Debt: ~£20,000 01/01/2009. DFD: 20/11/2009 :j
    Do something amazing. GIVE BLOOD.
  • aldredd
    aldredd Posts: 925 Forumite
    I enjoy playing the village idiot. They have assumed I am the person they are after. They have never actually ASKED. As stated above, it's their job to confirm identity, not mine to willingly offer it out.

    We moved in 2 months ago, but the people they want have not been there for at least 14 months (previous tenants were there for 12 before going back to Poland).

    Did you include your name in your email to them?

    Presumably they can see that the same you write in and the name they're after don't match?
  • LeeSouthEast
    LeeSouthEast Posts: 3,822 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    aldredd wrote: »
    Did you include your name in your email to them?

    Presumably they can see that the same you write in and the name they're after don't match?

    I may have opted to use an anonymous email account that didn't have a name set at all. I also may have not put anything in the name field on the form of their website. I don't see why I should give them my name, it's not really any of their business :p

    They seem to have assumed because I didn't either a) burst into tears on the phone, or b) vehemently protest my innocence, I must c) be the arrogant hardened debtor they are after.

    Moi? Arrogant? Heaven forbid :A
    Starting Debt: ~£20,000 01/01/2009. DFD: 20/11/2009 :j
    Do something amazing. GIVE BLOOD.
  • keep us updated if poss, I am enjoying this.
  • Madjock
    Madjock Posts: 744 Forumite
    Sorry for the lack of updates - work has got in the way of my fun the last few days!

    I haven't specifically said I'm not the person they are looking for, because they haven't actually asked yet. I also haven't said that I am; it is just a dangerous assumption on their part based on the fact I haven't jumped up and down and offered to send in all documentation required to steal my identity!

    I have nothing to lose in this little game of cat and poison mouse except my car, which is currently recently broken down on the drive anyway and to be completely honest, they'd be doing me a favour removing it ;) Our house is fitted with a central station alarm that won't even arm if any door or window is insecure (and it's quite vocal about it when it happens), so I have absolutely no concerns about them gaining entry to our premises via peaceable means while we are not here.

    In response to the latest escalation in their carbon footprint, I have sent the following by email:



    Round 3! Ding ding! :A

    Absolutely outstanding!! If I can ever give you a kidney, or my first born child, just PM me.
  • Madjock
    Madjock Posts: 744 Forumite
    Lee, I hope you will forgive the shameful swipage, but I've put your last letter on my facebook. You deserve the widest possible audience.
  • LeeSouthEast
    LeeSouthEast Posts: 3,822 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Sorry for the lack of updates. Work is taking up all my play time at the moment. I'll be back with the next installments when I get 5!
    Starting Debt: ~£20,000 01/01/2009. DFD: 20/11/2009 :j
    Do something amazing. GIVE BLOOD.
  • Homeagain
    Homeagain Posts: 553 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    I don't think this is such a great idea (enjoyable as it may be). If they somehow remove your 'goods and chattels' you will have a really hard time getting it all back. I really couldn't be bothered with added confusion. Too much bother! I would tell them that you are not the debtor they are chasing/threatening.
    Just trying to help!;)
  • WhiteHorse
    WhiteHorse Posts: 2,492 Forumite
    Nicolafine wrote: »
    I don't think this is such a great idea (enjoyable as it may be). If they somehow remove your 'goods and chattels' you will have a really hard time getting it all back. I really couldn't be bothered with added confusion. Too much bother! I would tell them that you are not the debtor they are chasing/threatening.
    Unfortunately, many of these DCA's are so bent, they don't care whose goods they take.
    "Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracy
    seeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"
    Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.
  • Esoog
    Esoog Posts: 1,489 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    And they most probably won't need a unlocked door or window to get them..they'll just "unlock" them themselves; especially if they think you've been taking the !!!! out of them! :o
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