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Ok....actual balance due to the council.... £277 (£377 then) and the balliff wanted £450 + £40 to knock on her door lol what'll happen once i've cleared the debt? will the balliff chase her for their charges? even though they've done nothing?

Ok, i thought i'd listen behind the sitting room door, to hear how he spoke and what his body language was like.... So my friend answered the door, stated that i had gone down to the council tax office and paid £100 off, he IMMEDIATLY said "your lying, the council dont accept money once it's been passed to us, the baliffs, now let me in and we'll sort something out" Of course, this is where i step in, his foot that was, again, between door and frame, so i promptly put abit weight behind the door with a little speed.....and he moved it, explained that's twice he's attempted to gain entry by force without a warrant, or police escort....then i stepped outside and shut the door, his whole attitude changed, aswell as his language towards me/her.... i asked what he'd feel like if i began to bully him ETC then got onto the real details.... I told him i'd just been down to the office and paid £100 cash to he cash desk (i did too) and he said the same as above "you didn't they can't..etc....". and grabbed his phone, "ok i'll call them" and he did, and they confirmed that i'd paid it, welll...that put him right in his place, i'd obviously called his bluff and won, now i had his tail between his legs, i told him to knock on the door all he wants, add all charges that he wants, but that i wasonly pyaing MY money to the council, and any charges he's made up....can be settled elsewhere/how. he then asked to 'just write on my notepad' on the drawer set in the hall way, well i'd caught straight onto this "let me in ploy" and told him no before she had a chance to say ok.... he then said, look your the householder, you have to answer, she said no, and he walked away saying i'll be back wanting more money ETC.... i've again been down today and paid a further £100 to the council and had a word with the women behind the desk, gave her an outline of what my friends going through with post natal depression, lack of money and taking her down to benefits place, she said she'd consult her manager and see what she can do.... so now the baliffs will be coming o the door for a £250 debt.... i THINK it's cheaper for them to give this one up isit not? any help again greatly appreciated as my backs starting to ache sleeping on her setee now lol Cheers people

Help for a vaunrable friend if you please? Long story short, she got a council house with her then 'boyfriend' ready for parenthood, when it came to the crunch, he couldn't take it, and flew the nest, now she has suffered with post natal depression in a severe way since the both (not helped by an unhelpful boyfriend/father), and has fell behind with the rent a little (£250) and council tax by £450 (as stated by baliff letter, will confirm with council first). She's just been informed by her employer that her entitlement for sick pay has now ran out and she'll have to seek benefits, now to my knowledge, the benefits she's about to recieve, will JUST get her by yes? She's scared witless now, because last night a, in her words "a really big, mean looking guy knocked on the door, asking to come in, whilst putting one foot between the door and door-frame" Now i KNOW for a fact that he's seen she's a 22 year old, 5'3'' female with child and has tried forcing/bullying her into getting in, he told her 'it's costing you everytime i come, and i'll be back tomorrow, and the day after' but of course, i'm there this time, i'm 6'1'' bodybuilder, so we'll see how he likes the aggressive size difference/bullying tactics. i've temporarily moved in with her on the setee as she rang me in histerics last night after the visit thinking everything she'd bought would be getting taken for the sake of £450 (TBC) weather she let them in or not... So.... my question is, i'm about to send the above mentioned letter to both ballif company (Rossendales) and local authority.... am i ok to say at the door "your not getting in, i'm in the process of contacting your company and local authority, but also the police for your attempted forced entry yesterday, and any payment for this debt will be made directly to the council?" From what i've read above, i'm within my/her rights to do this, as he wont be breaking any protection act with regards to my friend as he wont be giving me any details of amount owed, or whom to? QUICK RESPONSE if possible guys, he's coming at 11 today.....but not getting in either way

Thanks people great help Contacted trading standards.

Well this place has went to pot since i left..... usually LOADS of people would offer their opionion or facts if they knew them...

Hey, not been around for a few months, had a few life changing decisions to make....but i'm back... and WOW this place has changed lol anyway....

Hi there, Instead of the missus being paid £800 onthe nose. She's been paid £8,140.14.... now when she said '£8k' to me i thought, oh they've added a 0 by mistake, but 140.14 has come from nowhere.... i've just taken the money from her account and put it in my savings to start earning me interest....and once they ask for it back...we do, minus the interest i've made. What would happen if we were to spend this money on paying off some of our debts? would it be a £20 a month repayment plan thing from her work or what? and what does the law state too? Cheers Aaron

so nothing i can really do, other than claim for charges (AGAIN) 3rd time lol

I'm TOTALLY outraged at this.... for the last year i've been living out my overdraft.....mostly has been fine.... but this month i was paid less than i was s'posed to...and only found out byt the time i was at £880 or my £900 overdraft... So i've stopped spending, but obviously couldn't cancel stuff that had already gone through, top-up,shopping and the like, or within 5 days of a DD coming out.... Well i've just went online to be faced with this, which is an absolute OUTRAGE.... my balance is now £1,074....bearing in mind that my OD is only £900....i've been charged the max 3 times too in one month.... so the £90 charges have come off my already overdrawn...overdraft lol (AARGH) Surely, if my overdraft has been reached, they can't allow me to go over, let alone £174 over!??!?!!?! have alook for yourself and let me know what i can/should/can't do as i'm SEVERLY pee'd off by this, my next months wages would have covered me for the downfall i had this month, but now i'm going to be paying £174 just to get back INTO my overdraft. (PS going down the high street later to open a parachute account which is going to be my main one until this is sorted out) PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK TO THE .DOC FILE (anybody direct me to a good host for pics/docs ETC? cheers redeem file

^^ lol Oh well, atleast it's still a victory though ey lads and lasses SETTLED IN FULL (albeit in my MBNA account and not ME lol)

Oh well. he phoned back and said they've not only credited the FULL amount back onto the account, but also the interest incurred (£110) so i have no grounds to claim. and to be fair i dont now lol would have been nice to have £800 extra to go on holiday with though lol