What have you decided to do sillylilly as EVERYONE IS SAYING TO IGNORE TO ME ASWELL THAT THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING BUT I AM SO SCARED THE BILL WILL GO UP IF I DONT ARRANGE TO PAY IT AND I MAY HAVE BALIFFS AT MY DOOR LOL I JUST DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO

hi I have had the same problem read my thread I joined and posted it today. I recieved a letter off retail loss prevention this morning and just do not know what to do

thanx dx certainly b handy if ppl followed through n let us no

thanx so much too u all I have been reading a few threads and saw the advice is always the same do not pay, but I am trying to find some with the final outcome, I know somebody ignored all correspondance and recieved letters from debt collectors but I dont know how far that went. I am just so scared incase it affects my credit or the amount ends up going up even further. thank you so much guys x

HI GUYS, I was hoping you could see past my most STUPID MISTAKE and help me as I just do not know what to do. I was shopping with my father in morrisons good friday, (my partner lost his job last year and since then we have been struggling to keep our home as debts have mounted since this, thankfuly my father has helped us so much and he was paying for my shopping), as my father was looking at items up one isle I went to another and selected 2 cosmetics I really need to wear makeup as I have terrible skin, but i thought my father has done so much for me I couldnt possibly ask him to buy what he would see been a man as non essential, and if he saw me get them he would think well how can you manage to buy them so I placed them into my bag out of sight not even thinking what it would look like, I really did have every intention of paying for them and I was certainly going to do so. We finished our shopping and paid for all the goods in the trolley, I was conscous of the fact I had the items in my bag and needed to get rid of dad so I could pay for them, I finally managed to get rid of him by popping to the cigerette counter whilst he went to the car, but as I turned away from the counter a man approached me and introduced himself as a store detective. I was taken to an office and I explained I wasnt stealing and I was going to pay for the goods but he just would NOT listen he wasnt prepared to, I felt so stupid I cried and cried and begged him not to call the police but my pleas did no good. The police arrived and arrested me, my dad was so ashamed I was too how did I let this happen. As I was leaving the room the store detective handed me a notice of intent for the store to recover costs I didnt think this applied to myself as the store had the goods back undamaged, I offered to pay and they refused, it said that the recovery was seperate from anypolice proceedings. I was taken to the police station and thankfully the officers took pity on me and cautioned me, they said I was lucky not to go to court I explained about the notice the guy gave me and even the custody policeman said or I dont think that applies to you as you have been dealt with by ourselves and you would only get a fine if you went to court but we have decided because of the circumstances to caution you. We think a fine would only add to the reason behind this in the first place and we work to prevent this sort of thing and to help people not to make their problems worse. I really had learnt my lesson I couldnt face my father I was so ashamed why didnt I just ask or make sure I went to pay whether dad saw or not as anything was better than this. I have just managed to put the ordeal behind me when I recieved a letter this morning from RETAIL LOSS PREVENTION TOTAL VALUE OF GOODS £11.96 RECOVERED GOODS - £11.96 STAFF MANAGEMENT TIME INVESTIGATING DEALING WITH INCIDENT - £82.50 ADMIN COSTS - £24.75 SUVELLIENCE COSTS - £30.25 TOTAL - £137.50 THEY SAY IF I PAY £110 IN FULL WITHIN 21 DAYS THAT WILL DO. I was dealt with by the police they do not know I only got a caution for all they know I could of recieved a hefty fine. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THEY WILL DO??? CAN THEY SEND BALIFFS??? THIS ALL I NEED ONTOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE I KNOW MANY WILL SAY ITS MY OWN FAULT BUT I NEVER WALKED OUT THAT STORE. I AM SO SCARED AS THEY SAY EVERY DAY ITS OUTSTANDING INTEREST OF 8% WILL INCURR. Has anyone had dealings with retail loss prevention? I REALLY CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THIS BUT I AM SCARED THEY WILL SEND BALIFFS AND THE TOTAL WILL BE INCREASED AND I WILL HAVE TO PAY ANYWAY, BUT MY FATHER IS ADVISING NOT TO PAY AS ITS WRONG £137 INTO THERE POCKETS MULTI MILLION POUND BUSINESSES. ITS SCANDLESS AND WRONG. PLEASE SEE PAST MY STUPID MISTAKE AND HELP ME