Yes that is definitely correct i have double checked the paperwork i wrote down 'Craig' gave me all of the information. I don't think this is going to help us though, the man is still coming round on Friday to get his money!

My husband asked if he could pay in installments this morning and was told that he couldn't, but working it out we have to pay 31% of the whole amount owed in 3 days time

i haven't had any letters at all, i made an arrangement back in May to make monthly payments and i have a letter about that with the amounts to be paid on that, but nothing recently to tell us that the payments have not been received, so the last one is dated 30th May would this count? I haven't had anything from a court at all ! I'm not sure what would class as vulnerable, we are all able bodies but i have a 7yr old little boy if that makes a difference.

My husband is currently running around everywhere trying to borrow money so that we can pay this bailiff, i am completely bamboozled now, there are people saying that they can not come in and people saying that they can - i don't want to risk that fact that they can and have someone come into my hosue and take my only table and chairs, what will my little boy have to sit on to eat his dinner? £500 can not be a reasonable amount to find in 3 days surely?

i have called the council who were less than helpful i must say, even with a blubbering woman on the other end of the phone he was not very empathetic. looks like Mr Steve bailiff number 1 has got the amount correct but seems to have some sort of writing problem The total amount owed from the council is £1611.50 (He missed out the 1) I asked all of the questions even tho i had no idea what i was asking, they are as follows. 1 - how many Liability Orders they have against you 1 2 - the dates they were obtained 18th June 3 - the addresses they were for mine 4 - the period of time each covers 12/13 and 13/14 5 - how much each one was for 540.25 Last yr and 1069.00 this yr 6 - how much is still outstanding 1611.50 7 - the dates they were passed on for enforcement 4th Sept 8 - the dates & amounts of any payments 110.54 May 110.54 June (Nothing in July) 160 bounced back in August i said if i had made this payment correctly i in theory would have still been paying you, he adv no as there are still 3 mths outstanding, i told him about checking the statements etc but he adv that i would need to speak to the bank as he doesn't know why the payment came back. Thanks ! I also asked if they can legally come into my house and take my things, he answered that he didn't 100% know the answer to that , i also asked if it was reasonable to ask for £500 to pay in 3 days time, he again said that he didn't know and that i had to spoke to the bailiff as it was nothing to do with them anymore.

Yes the sort code and account number with my CT reference was the payments that i was making however it just bounces back again.

Thank you, Ok the company is Swift Certified bailiffs in Merthyr Tydfil I have had no letters at all from the council, the only time we knew was as i said when we checked the statement and the money had bounced back

Thanks, Today is getting better and better NOT ! So my post comes quite late as a i live in a village, it has just arrived and there is a poted letter to me from the bailiffs telling us that the debt above £1837 still remains unpaid and they are sending the boys round, to avoid it i must pay the local office (Merthyr) before the bailiff comes !! Do they think i am Dr Who ?? He's already been !

Thanks for the quick reply, I can't make payments to the council though as the money is bouncing back, also my husband called a friend of his that used to be a bailiff and he has said that they can legally get a locksmith and come and take your things !!! Now i'm assuming that you guys are right but it is so scary to think someone is going to turn up at my house to take my things away, i only have 1 table, are we supposed to sit on the floor?

Oh i forgot to say that the only thing that is written on the yellow piece of paper that is the 'contract' that my hubby has signed, is a crappy old table and chairs in the living room which is about 10 yrs old. Also we had no letters from the council to say that this was being passed to them, should we have received something?

Hello there, I am posting this for some advice please. This morning there was a mighty knock at the door and a man built like a brick s*** house was asking for money. After my husband spoke to him (Lucky he was there) we had a chat about what had happened we are behind with our council tax payments, although to be fair i paid them every month via internet banking, as i had already spoken to them about a payment plan. I made a payment on the 26th august for £160 which i have been doing every mth, and it went as normal, however, when we were checking the statements at the end of the next mth (Sept) it showed that the money had come straight back into our account. Now i assumed that there was something maybe wrong on our account we called the council to ask if they had received the payment, and they advised that they had not, and they had now passed the debt to a bailiff and said we needed to speak to them and gave us their number to call. My husband was left with sorting this out as i work funny shifts (12hrs) and was not going to be in to do this. He called the bailiff directly, now after reading this forum i am now aware that we should not have done this but the council lady gave us the number to call. The man then said that he had to come to our house to sort out a payment plan and made an appointment to come around the next week.! i was at work so was not there to deal with the man but Steve showed up and my husband let him in (I know again from reading the forum that this was probably not the best thing to do) they sorted out a payment plan for £25 a week starting from the next week and gave him a letter with the details and what they would take if it all went pear shaped (Which it has). the 1st week hubby went to them directly and paid the 25 and has a receipt 2nd week done via phone 25 (with the dc fee goes to 28) and the 3rd wk 28 again by phone he has however and not to my knowledge missed a week (which after checking turns out to be 2!) He went to see them yesterday to ask if we can pay them monthly as it would be easier as we owed £50 and he only had £30 on him which they refused to take as it was not the full amount. Steve said that he would have to pop to the house again and coud sort something out.# Which brings us back to today Mr Big polish guy said you have missed payments and now it has been passed onto me, Steve has nothing to do with it and you need to pay £500 by Friday or we will come into your house with a locksmith and take your stuff. My husband looks like he is going to have some sort of heart attack and i don't know what to do, i have tried speaking to the council but they will not do anything as it is with the bailiffs and i have read about just paying them directly but the payments will no go as they are bouncing back. How does 50 turn into 500 in 1 day, i know my husband was stupid to miss weeks a nd we have spoken about it but it was a genuine mistake he just completely forgot. I asked him to get all of the paperwork so i can look at it and come on this forum to ask you guys. This is the paperwork i'm so sorry for the length of the post Dated 3-10-13 Notice of seizure of goods and inventory. Amount for which this distress is made Arrears due to authority £611.50 1st attendance fee £0 2nd attendance fee £0 Levy fee to scale schedule £67 Attending with a vehicle with a view to removing £200 !! (he cam in a car) Walking possession fee £11 (Again he came in a car) Close possession fee per day £0 Removal fee / where no sale takes place £22.50 Amount paid £0 URGENT ARREARS NOW DUE £1912 Now i am no Carol Vorderman but doesn't that have to add up ? Letter left today Enforcement action We attended at your property today with a view to removing your goods. You have incurred further costs as a result of the bailiffs attendance. If full payment is not IMMEDIATELY paid to our head office we will re-attend your property with a view to FORCING ENTRY AND REMOVING YOUR GOODS in accordance with the terms of the walking possession agreement. They will attend this Friday at 10 It also says If our bailiff has to re-attend you may incur further costs as a consequence of the re attendance. Please note a locksmith will also be in attendance and you will be responsible for any costs incurred as a result of our bailiff having to force entry and replace locks. Total now due £1837 where has that figure come from ??? Please help, i know what we should have done, however it has been done and i need some guidance please??