thankyou what would i do then with out a supply would they leave me with nothing or pre paid meter do you think? is it worth going back to edf to see if i can come to an arrangement or just get them to come fit a pre paid meter now rather then this as he was quite aggressive in manner banging down the door like the police?

thanks for the reply no warning of this lot coming im afraid ...my meters are outside anyway lol not going to be able to pay the debt off in the time that they will want it in .there are 3 children in the house but they not little youngest is 10. is it likely they will return tommorow when im at work with a warrant of entry? what would happen if they broke in a my dog bit them?

firstly im very sorry if this is in the wrong place but i got confused as to where ths should be. today i had a visit from power2contact didnt answer door for a debt with edf who are currently supply my power although i have actually switched (but thats not gone throught yet) anyway long story short fuel bills just keep going up and i cant keep up i am aware i owe them money and am quite frankly struggling to pay but thought i was getting there. anyway it says if i dont contact him in 24 hours there next course of action may be to make an application for a court warrant to come back with a lock smith and enter my property. my questions are this ...is this likely to happen? surely this will take more then 24 hours to happen? apart from paying in full or accepting a card meter is there another way to go with this? many thanks in advance i basicaly was trying to hang it out until new supply started so i could have direct debit not card meter and pay edf off on a monthy basis as im aware that a card meter will just cost me even more.

ahhh intresting thanks again hallow,well if he has levied on our car i know nothing about this at all,only charges the council were aware of on the account were £42.50 which i think accounts for a first and second visit. i have a letter from equita sent in the post dated the 22/7/2009 balance 300.12 hand delivered collection letter dated 7/08/09 balance 493.12 council werent awre these charges had been added but said he can add what he likes he is your last stop,he is a van bailiff

hallo should i write a leeter to the council enclosing the requlations you posted for me as above?

really really ??? so the cant charge for a van ect? hmmm i need to find proof of that some where lol

yes this is council tax no walking possesion orders yes she will take payment from me as long as i pay the bailiffs charges in full. do i understand from up there ^^^^ that equita can pass this betweens them selfs incurring hundreds of ££££ every month or so while i am still paying it off.

ok weirder still i have just had a phone call back from the old bailiff asking why i havent paid him and can he take a payment now:confused: he said they might have taken that case off him with out telling him grrrrrrrrr

missed same payment on another payment plan for the same this with equita.council tax,no walking possesion no levie. had tried to contact them but just kept getting recorded message of phone number who was apparently no longer my balliff. when i was away had a visit and eldest son rang me said there was a letter through the door.new guy in town. rang him and had a chat he admitted he was new on this patch and had no idea what happened or was arranged previously. but arranged to carry on paying the debt at £50 a month (which is again more then i can afford) early this morning before i went to work i was looking for paperwork and found the letter new man had put through door when i was away. orginal ballance had been approx £300 plus cots of £45.(paid £50) between 22/07/2009 ballance £300.12 and the 7/8/2009 it has jumped up to £493.12 so i phoned him and asked him what the charges were for he stated they were for letters and his time. so i asked about the 24.00 for first letter ect he said it doesnt work like that and he has to get paid for his time ect. he then went on to state that tbh with me if this dept is not paid in full by the 14th of next month it will get passed on to another of there agents and more and more fees will be added and there are over a 1000 agents working for that company so it could go on forever. ok even i know this totaly is not allowed. so i rang the council lady was very nice but said well he is a van balliff so they can charge you what they want,for hire of the van for the day and a porter ect ..........she did say on the 14th it will be passed back to them and they will probaly pass it to another company and not to worry to much as they shouldnt pass it back to the same company and just to pay my instalments.

oh bottoms i was writing and missed your post hallow will post another thread if you think i should.

re posted else where as requested

ok according to the council he is certificated and all his fees are perfectly within the law :rolleyes:council have agreed to take payment directly from me but i have to pay his fees and advised me to hide my car and not let him in ffs. i need some help with something else i over looked before and because of this thread i had an intresting conversation with equita today.do i post it on this thread or start a diffrent one?

well its monday i havent heard anything sent letters slightly edited as could not get anyone to take money off me. have now made arrangements that i will have the money in full in 6 days if i need it.fingers crossed i wont need it all but at least it will be paid then.

what if her bailliff isnt Certificated ?? what then ?

thanks hallo i will try and sort all this out today but how im not sure as im working till 6. this company dont seem to have a web site very odd. also going to keep trying that number you posted to double check he is certificated.

thankyou hallo i have worked for the same company before on a 0 hours temp contract this will be my first day on a permanent contract with proper hours whoop whoop!!! thats if i can hang on to the car long enough to get there and earn some cash

thank you halo im trying to find an email addie for the company now

thank you muchly only thing is im working all day tommorow i will have to try and ring them on a break and pay on my card.

thank you hallow here is fine

i tried ringing the courts earlier to check if this guy is certified

no he has never visited in any thing other then his car as far as i can see saw him driiving off once and today in the same car.

i think the levvy was made on the 27th of may and removel attendance the same day.

ok this is the costs on the distress notice; seizure of goods inventory total as per order:149.59 visit fee 24.50 2nd visit fee 18.00 removal attendan 120.00 levy fee 37.00 total £349 just to add before today i have never met the man a letter and a distress notice were shoved throught the door the same day when i was in and i rang him straight away but he doesnt knock.

The orginal debt before passing to hh ltd is £149 with costs from baillif £349 of which i have paid £50 so now £299. im wondering how likely it is that he isnt certified as he is not on the court list?? but i see its not completely up to date.

thanks please excuse typo,s today my head is all over the place i will ring the company direct and pay half tommorow so i just need to confirm if he is certificated and play for time until i can pay the rest in about 10 days