Claire's County Court Carry On

philnicandamy

Claire, fingers crossed for you i'm sure things will be fine, just remember to be as open & honest as possible (the OR's usually allow for nerves!) you shouldn't have any problems...when its all done & dusted you'll wonder what all the fuss was about

ClaireLR

27 July 2007

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All I want to do is change my bank details on my direct debits. I've been sitting here for well over a flipping hour now, some companies have been brilliant, took a debit card payment and changed my bank details so that my payment will come out on 01 September. Then theres other - my council tax I sat waiting for someone to answer the phone for 25 mins only to be told the payment system is down and I would need to call back. I asked if I could set up a new direct debit, they said no, not until this payment has cleared, which means I need to call them back twice, once to pay this month and then when thats cleared call back again to set up a direct debit. GRRRRRRRRRR. Severn trent - their payment system was down as well. TV licensing - they ve taken my new bank details but dont know when the payment will come out. Rent and housing insurance - they need to send a direct debit mandate for me to sign and can only take the payment AFTER they have recieved this back - meaning I will be in arrears.

I don't know if it's just me but this is doing my head in, I feel like crying. I had all my payments set (on my old account) to come out on 1 or 2 of eac month, that way I knew exactly what I had left to live on for the rest of the month. Now I feel all confused with who I need to call back and sort payments out with and when they will be coming out.

I hate sorting out money related things.

Leaving to go cry and smoke huge amount of cigarettes. Sorry for the pathetic rant.

thebride

Oh Claire, have some big hugs... I can sympathise with you on the council tax system - I rang up about our direct debit, only to be told "oh, just do it online", it took me half an hour to find the form on the website... filled it all in only for it to be asked to printed and posted! Arrrgh! It wont get there on time! So.... today I'm listening to the phone ring as I post to get them to put our new detials straight on the system like she could have done yesterday :mad: !!!!

Also just wanted to say GOOD LUCK for your interview! Let me know how it goes xxxx

ampersand

Hello Claire - just saw this by chance and send my warm hugs(it's a foul, cold, windy bleak Summer's day again - just to set the mood)for your appointment today.
Spotting your note about the bike, PLEASE JOIN YOUR LOCAL FREECYCLE GROUP. Join several - you'll be amazed by what people post as OFFERED and FREE means FREE.
I'm assuming you check all the Say No To 0870/0845 numbers on this site for those wretched 'phonecalls.
I would write a letter and get a Certificate of Posting, or send it Recorded Delivery for another 68p.
I'm doing this with Tesco, over a kaput camera with 2-year guarantee, valid>21 /4/08, which they won't honour, saying their only guarantee is for 1 year.
There are good little tricks for lowering stress, but that's enough for now.
'All will be well and all will be well and all manner of things will be well.'
Remember, les fonctionnaires at your appointment are human, too - as others have said, be completely open and straight and they will empathise/do their best, too.

fermi

Good luck Claire. I'm sure it will be fine.

Bat, that smiley is disturbing.:eek:

philnicandamy

Make the nasty smiley go away.....i'm scared!

tigerfeet2006

Good luck with this afternoon Claire.

tigerfeet2006

Good luck with this afternoon Claire. I am sure it will go well.:grouphug:

Bat I concur that smiley is frightening :eek:

fermi

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Good luck with this afternoon Claire. I am sure it will go well.:grouphug:

And I always think that smiley looks decidedly dodgy.:o:rotfl:

PixiePie

Hope it's going well as I type Claire - remember by the time you read this the really hard bit of first contact with the OR will be over

And we wonder why people's finances are in such a pickle when places that you would have thought would make it as easy as are the very places that make it absolutely impossible. Every place I've lived (as an adult, not with parents) and had to Pay Council tax for I have been to magistrates court because 'I haven't paid' and the second I get there and show the magistrate all the correspondence etc, they immediately throw it out and say they are happy there is no problem/case etc etc. What a waste of tax payers money!!

Fingers crossed here for you