Thank you for both replies. What can i do to force a means test with the courts? I have just been sent the charges which states a £228 van/abortive removal fee dated 28/01/11. the payment of £65.50 was made by myself just a few days before on the 21/01/11. I truly dont understand these charges but see from above they are overcharging! I will now start emailing and sending letters to the council, local MP, and Bristow & Sutor to see what i can do in reclaiming the last charge. Is there a standard letter form i may be able to use with this sort of thing? or any links to help understand what my chances are? One thing to note... they have sent everything to 71. My address is flat 3, 71. I have a hall for the 4 flats for number 71 so im not sure they even have an idea which falt im living in. Thanks in advance

Please advise! Hi all... Worcester council Parking ticket was issued which i didnt want to pay (less than a third of my car over hanging double yellows in my dead end street) and the ticket went from £35-£110. This then went to Bristow & Sutor who sent letters... i think. At the time i had no income and didnt open my mail as i had lots of debt with other creditors. I am now on tax credits (£50 a week) which is my only income as my business is not making a profit yet. The fee's went to £320 in no time as a ballift left a letter at the door one morning at which time i made calls to them to find this out. I made arangements to pay this off at the lowest rate they offered (£25/week) and started making them. During xmas i missed 3-4 payments and then tried to call to make arangements to catch up. They informed me this would not work and told me i had to pay the full amount be day end or the account would be passed back to the ballift to seize goods etc. before this call i made a £50 payment online thinking this would show my intent... shouldnt have! A week later i made another payment of £70 followed by a call to them again to try and make arrangements to make the last "catch up" payments the next Friday (about £70) to get back to the £25/week. they told me it was all to late and it was now in the hands off there ballifts! Again my £70 payment to show my intent before the call... shouldnt have! I then decided the fact i had been advised it was with the ballifts to not make anymore payments since they WOULD come to my door. 3 weeks had passed without any door knocking or letter and i got a text from them. After calling them i found, to my shock, the balance which i thought was under £200 was now £430!!! i was told someone tried the door on the 28th jan (someone was in all day without a visit or letter) and this incured another fee of £230. At this i will not make anymore payments and would rather pay hundreds of pounds in lawer fees if this will end the nightmare. Sorry for the lenght but please help me. Regards HATE Bristow & Sutor!

How do you go about sorting out a total charge of £40 for being .69p overdrawn for 5 days of which include sat and sunday given a refund for fees was issued 13 months ago for card missuse? (internet transaction in us dollars was made knowing i was close to the limit but not sure due to the dollar rate. Thought if the transaction goes through must be enough in the account) Or do i just ask for my pants to be pulled up after i pay?