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catalogue debt dispute

I started buying goods from a catalogue on 2/4/1997. After many years of paying, due to very bad circumstances in my life at the time, I defaulted and had no contact with this company whatsoever until about two years ago when out of the blue I started to receive letters from debt collectors. The debt collection companies changed about 4 times. At the end of July just gone I received a letter from a firm of Solicitors together with a County Court Summons stating that I owe £775.11 including Court costs. I replied to these people using a template letter which I found through this site, quoting 7.15.4 and 7.15.8 of the Limitation Act 1980 Section 5. They have now replied saying, inter alia, "please be advised that the cause of action accrues on termination date which was 24/12/2008. I have never been advised of any termination date whatsoever. This debt is 17 years old and how convenient that they have made a termination date which will end on 24/12/2014. I asked in my letter to them to provide me with proof of evidence of payment or written contact with them under Section 5 of the Limitation Act but they have totally ignored that. They also say that their client wants to work with me to agree a payment plan and they have placed the matter on hold (as I sent the Summons back to them telling them to deal with it). As far as I am concerned, this is not only statute barred but a "stale claim". I would be most grateful if anyone could please advise me of the next steps to take. Thank you.
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