Can't Pay? We'll Take It Away!
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I can't stand these programmes, and I can't understand why anyone would want to watch other peoples misery.
Misery brought on by themselves in almost all cases. It's interesting to watch what happens if you let things get this bad.
Yeah it has always got me - there used to be a women living across the road who was completely shocked when the DVLA actually had her car towed (and I assume crushed) despite being warned it would happen and having it clamped before for not paying tax. I'm just not sure how she thought it would end any other way.
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I seen that episode,I certainly wouldn't be happy if my laptop was in there been repaired and bailiffs taken it.
There was this Ink Refill place by us,Last time i went in he was opening a ton of "Final Notice" letters and just left them open on his front desk why he want into the back to get an ink cartridge,A week or two later he closed down.
Shame really,But the pathetic rental prices these days are not surprising companies go so quick.
This thread made me think back to everyone talking about White Dee. I don't watch these programmes but went searching. This make you feel better?
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/benefits-streets-white-dee-reveals-8042089
Somebody on benefits for so long became famous for a programme called Benefits Street, made more than £1,000,000 from all the TV work and appearances and now supposedly bust...
I seen that episode,I certainly wouldn't be happy if my laptop was in there been repaired and bailiffs taken it.
Realistically they rarely ever will want to take goods away and seem to back down and accept a payment plan after moving the goods about a bit and posturing etc..
well unless there is something easy like an expensive car that more than covers the debt sitting in the driveway
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I do wonder the issue with debts associated with a rental house how they deal if your not the original debtor.
I imagine such situations start amicably but not gonna lie if people started lifting things i'd be giving them a hand by lifting the "heavy" items for them.
I imagine such situations start amicably but not gonna lie if people started lifting things i'd be giving them a hand by lifting the "heavy" items for them.
Usually showing them your tenancy agreement sends them away.
Yup it's that east.
The dealer who sold myself a clio 2 years ago
He owed me shy of 1k.
Cout ordered them to repay me.
Unfortunately the balifs could do nothing because the dealer shut down JRC Autos and reopene a week later JAC Autos.
Same location, same website same everything but he simply stuck an A over the R on all the signs and the website.
He managed to get away a few people's debt...
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I'm thinking you are serious....
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Me too, I get a warm fuzzy glow inside when they get kicked out despite all there pee poor excuses.
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One of tea only shows image like on TV.
This programme winds me up. Especially when it's the family/parents home with a son/daughter debt and they try and bluff them into thinking their possessions are at risk when they don't belong to the debtor. Also hounding debtors to beg and borrow money from friends and relatives. If I was in that situation no way would be asking to borrow money from family to pay a bailiff. I'd also do time if they tried the foot in the door trick on me, I'd go mental.
They're about £400-£600 each.. and we're talking about people who have ended up in rent arrears. Could easily be the difference between being in arrears and being up to date.
How would you prefer someone to get money you've owed them for ages and refused to pay up?
The letters and asking nicely to pay what you owe clearly isn't working.
Maybe they should just forget about it?
Put the keyboard down, I'm pretty sure they're used to dealing with people kicking off and are generally quite calm and good at managing them. They're also quite likely able to look after themselves + there will tend to be two of them! Not sure you'd do time per say but you could find yourself restrained, the police called and them entering your property regardless just with even more embarrassment in front of the neighbours.
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I've only watched one but on that it was a guy called Bilal who owed £2,600 for the hire of a van for the day (it did explain why). Anyway, the house belonged to his parents with a lot of other family living there. The HCEO's said they would only go in his room for stuff.
I watched that episode. The kid offered for them to go through his room if they wanted, however they didn't take him up on that offer. The HCEOs never at any point said they would only take stuff they could prove was his.
They were even trying to take the car outside the house. When shown insurance documents in someone else's name, they tried to take the angle the debtor is a named driver (neither of which means squat in reality).
They were saying that proof of ownership would have to be shown for everything. Never made a distinction between his room and the rest of the stuff in the house.
His younger brother and family were under the impression that the HCEOs would start taking stuff from the house, again with no distinction being made about who owned things. At no point did the HCEOs correct or remind them the writ says only stuff owned by the debtor could be taken.
The debtor obviously had nothing to pay the debt with, but the family under considerable distress managed to put together money to pay the debt even though they were liable for none of it and legally had no reason to pay it. It didn't help that being immigrants with not a strong grasp of the law and powers given to HCEOs they just ended up being furious (admittedly way over the top) someone could come into your house and start doing this.
It's akin to paying off your neighbour's debts because you have been led to believe your property will be taken to pay for the debt. In this case it just happens to be within a household.
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