Argos returns policy is a con - just sue them in County Court for a refund

[Deleted User]

When you take out a CCJ against a company, and get a warrant etc, you can send the bailiffs to any branch of that company. It does not have to be their head office. If you used your local branch on the claim then that's where the bailiff will turn up, they don't !!!! about.

Stevie_Palimo

Deleted_User wrote: »

When you take out a CCJ against a company, and get a warrant etc, you can send the bailiffs to any branch of that company. It does not have to be their head office. If you used your local branch on the claim then that's where the bailiff will turn up, they don't !!!! about.

I find this very hard to believe as having a bailiff turning up at numerous stores whereby only a manager is in place and would not have the power to pay them.

With that in mind I am afraid you are wrong and it would only be head office for large Companies that they would need to collect debts from.

ThumbRemote

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

I find this very hard to believe as having a bailiff turning up at numerous stores whereby only a manager is in place and would not have the power to pay them.

With that in mind I am afraid you are wrong and it would only be head office for large Companies that they would need to collect debts from.

Baliffs aren't there to get paid by a manager. When a baliff is called in, a company has already had numerous chances to pay and not done so. The baliff is there to claim goods to cover the debt owed.

They can claim any of the assets of the company, not just those located at a head office.

Stevie_Palimo

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Baliffs aren't there to get paid by a manager. When a baliff is called in, a company has already had numerous chances to pay and not done so. The baliff is there to claim goods to cover the debt owed.

They can claim any of the assets of the company, not just those located at a head office.

I understand what your point is here but in most cases any bailiff would not be seeking goods and in large Companies that are trading the ultimate goal is to get paid in cash/bank transfer so with this in mind they most certainly would not get it from a store and it would need to be dealt with at Director level, My post is correct by stating head office as that is the norm here.

DoaM

Yes they could ... all it needs is for the manager to contact the owner or a director - that person can then authorise a payment to the bailiff.

This scenario comes up often on Here Come The Sheriffs (or whatever that programme is called).

That said, the bailiffs will go to the address that is on the enforcement order - they won't randomly choose a branch of Argos (for example).

neilmcl

ThumbRemote wrote: »

Baliffs aren't there to get paid by a manager. When a baliff is called in, a company has already had numerous chances to pay and not done so. The baliff is there to claim goods to cover the debt owed.

They can claim any of the assets of the company, not just those located at a head office.

Sorry, but this is largely incorrect. Taking of goods is the last resort for bailiffs. They turn up to enforce the CCJ and will always seek to get a cash settlement of the debt in the first instance.

neilmcl

DoaM wrote: »

Yes they could ... all it needs is for the manager to contact the owner or a director - that person can then authorise a payment to the bailiff.

This scenario comes up often on Here Come The Sheriffs (or whatever that programme is called).

That said, the bailiffs will go to the address that is on the enforcement order - they won't randomly choose a branch of Argos (for example).

True, but that program is about High Court enforcement officers, not bailiffs, hence the name.

Stevie_Palimo

DoaM wrote: »

Yes they could ... all it needs is for the manager to contact the owner or a director - that person can then authorise a payment to the bailiff.

This scenario comes up often on Here Come The Sheriffs (or whatever that programme is called).

That said, the bailiffs will go to the address that is on the enforcement order - they won't randomly choose a branch of Argos (for example).[/QUOTE]


And partner this bit up with Director level authorisation would mean one thing only :- Collecting from a head office as that is where any enforcement would be listed, If you made a claim at store level it would be switched/amended to head office anyway.

fleshandbone

I prefer can't pay take it away

[Deleted User]

Stevie_Palimo wrote: »

I find this very hard to believe as having a bailiff turning up at numerous stores whereby only a manager is in place and would not have the power to pay them.

With that in mind I am afraid you are wrong and it would only be head office for large Companies that they would need to collect debts from.

Think you will find that you're wrong. Watch 'The Sheriffs Are Coming' on the BBC, they show you them going into a branch of a well known high street sofa retailer to collect a debt, plus numerous other companies.

Yes the store manager might not have the authority to pay it, but he can get head office on the phone to liaise with the bailiff to make payment otherwise the bailiff will levy on assets in the store.