Fake bag /court 15 January 2020 at 10:42AM edited 30 November -1 at 12:00AM in Consumer Rights 9 replies 837 views

Abbiedabbiedoo

Took a girl to court as I bought a fake bag, stupid I know now, I won and need to send her a letter asking for money back. Is there a draft letter, can I do it myself. Any help would be welcome.:)

DoaM

Previous thread for context:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5866651

What does your court judgment say?

garth549

If you won a country court claim then she will automatically receive a letter from the court instructing her to pay in full within 28 days (I think) or have a CCJ registered with CRAs.

If she doesn't pay up then you have enforcement options available via the court (the methods depend on whether you sued a business or an individual). This incurs additional upfront costs to you but everything is added to the claim, provided a recovery can be made.

MEM62

You have already sent her a letter asking for your money back. That go you nowhere.


If you want to throw more money at it you can, via the court, ask for the assistance of the bailiffs.

Abbiedabbiedoo

She hasn’t paid and can’t as she doesn’t work but I need to send a letter to her I think

davidmcn

Abbiedabbiedoo wrote: »

She hasn’t paid and can’t as she doesn’t work but I need to send a letter to her I think

If you know she can't pay then what's the point in spending any more time and money pursuing her?

Abbiedabbiedoo

I don’t want her to get away with it. It’s £600 is there nothing I can do?

waamo

Abbiedabbiedoo wrote: »

I don’t want her to get away with it. It’s £600 is there nothing I can do?

You can send the boys round to lift the widescreen. You definitely don't want to send a letter telling them that though.

Whether there is a widescreen worth lifting is another matter though.

These people can tell you more https://thesheriffsoffice.com/ other providers are available

unholyangel

Abbiedabbiedoo wrote: »

I don’t want her to get away with it. It’s £600 is there nothing I can do?

She has to have something in order for you to get anything back.

Was this a one off or does she regularly sell similar items? In other words, when you say shes not working do you mean she's not employed or that she has no revenue stream?

davidmcn

Abbiedabbiedoo wrote: »

I don’t want her to get away with it. It’s £600 is there nothing I can do?

Not sure what you're expecting to do if she doesn't have the money? I mean, you could go through the motions of other debt recovery methods if you want to really make sure she can't repay you, but you'd probably be throwing good money after bad.