[RnS sussex]

If you have opened the door to them and thay have been inside thay can now brake in at any time and take anything they wont, best to pay it and fight it after. good luck

[Tom White]

If you have opened the door to them and thay have been inside thay can now brake in at any time and take anything they wont, best to pay it and fight it after. good luck

Never ever invite a bailiff into your house, or leave any windows or doors open (that's classed as an 'invite').  Speak to them outside.  There's lots of rules governing bailiffs and I don't think they have the power that some on here think they have.

I've read stories about bailiffs leaving letters saying they'll return with locksmiths and stuff, but as long as they have never been invited into your house at some earlier stage, they can't gain access. 

There's lots of stuff on the interweb about the powers bailiffs have; so make sure you spend some time doing your research, and find out how to contest the fine if you believe it has nothing to do with you.

[paul rulton]

they can with a court order. if they cause any damage they ave 2pay 4it. but they can get in if u like it or not. fact.

[tomy jackson]

youl have too pay as each viset +£££££££££££££

[paul rulton]

thats anywhere between £250/ £350 per visit..... thank u very much  i used 2get £120 
the rest go 2the company or court  :

[woody1]

didnt let him in went outside agreed to pay the nob wednesday in full great theres my rainy day fund gone cheers for the help lads 

[Steve CM]

thats anywhere between £250/ £350 per visit..... thank u very much  i used 2get £120 
the rest go 2the company or court  :

the company work a bit like a pimp then?

[Tom White]

didnt let him in went outside agreed to pay the nob wednesday in full great theres my rainy day fund gone cheers for the help lads 

I'd do some research before I parted with any money or agreed to anything.  I've dealt with bailiffs when I was in the army (I was the Unit Debt Councillor and for my sins, I had to help the guys who'd gotten themselves in the poo with their money) and the rules governing them are complex, and I know for a fact that what they threaten and what they can actually do are two different things.

And court order or not, I never let them in the camp gates, and I never had the police turn up after me; though I was once served a notice by a Court Sherrif that the guard let into camp, but that wasn't to do with bailiffs  .

I try not to dislike anyone these days, but bailiffs, why does someone choose to prey on other people's misery for a living?

 

[paul rulton]

its just a job Tosh, simple as that. if they didnt do it, & the dept was just past on 2the rest of us, u would be happy with that then? i think not m8. u prob work hard 4ur money, so why should others get way with it 4free?  :

[paul rulton]

thats anywhere between £250/ £350 per visit..... thank u very much  i used 2get £120 
the rest go 2the company or court  :

the company work a bit like a pimp then?

no diff 2any other comp...... they earn out of there employes. 

[Tom White]

its just a job Tosh, simple as that.

Is it just a job though?

From the link:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23387683-bailiffs-will-be-given-power-to-break-into-homes.do

bailiffs are already largely a law unto themselves, using threats and menacing tactics to ensure debtors pay up. Many levy huge and questionable collection charges which force people deeper into debt. 

Personally, I wouldn't consider it 'just a job' where I had to threaten people who could be vulnerable into paying money they haven't got.  I wouldn't be able to look at myself in the mirror in the morning if I had to do stuff like that.

And as I said, bailiffs have NOT got the power to break into your property carte blanche:

At present, only certain enforcement officers - notably those pursuing magistrates court fines - have powers to break in.
Bailiffs enforcing County Court Judgments can enter a property only if the householder lets them or they find an open window or unlocked door.

if they didnt do it, & the dept was just past on 2the rest of us, u would be happy with that then?

Apart from my mortgage, I have no debt, but the above isn't strictly true.  When you take out a loan one of the many factors that dictates your interest repayment is the level of risk you pose to the lender.  So, if for example I took out a loan against the equity of my house, I would pay a low rate of interest because the loan is secured on a property with equity; therefore the lender's level of risk would be low.  So lenders already pay - in higher interest rates - on loans that're already defaulted.

u prob work hard 4ur money, so why should others get way with it 4free?  :

Some don't get away with it for free, some pay with their lives:

Over the last three years there have been a number of suicides of desperate borrowers. In February last year 47-year-old Ian Beech, a father of two, killed himself on the day the family home was due to be repossessed.  Citizens Advice fears the new powers for bailiffs could lead to more such tragedies.

[Tom White]

just had a bailiff turn up at my door saying i owed 475 for a speeding offence, this is the first i heard of it, phoned courts they say i have to pay bailiffs now not them great for a fine off 60 any way agreed to pay wednesday, must say he was a propper idiot i dont want to pay him i want to pay there fees any help guys

I would want to see a paper trail of evidence of everything, if what you say is honest, that you don't have a clue about this speeding offence.

[paul rulton]

Some don't get away with it for free, some pay with their lives:    thats a bit heavy Tosh 
do those people work 4the courts??? 

[sgibsoncleaning]

Some don't get away with it for free, some pay with their lives:    thats a bit heavy Tosh 
do those people work 4the courts??? 

heavy but true, the way someof these companies operate is  too harass to the point of submission. the door step boys are the worst they sent some big old lumps to intimadate women  to pay up. i got a ticket from one of these over a parking ticket they wanted 75 quid for a 25 quid ticket i asked them to justify how they got to this ammount, they would not answer but instead threatend to send me to prison if i did not pay. i laughed at them and asked when we brought back debtor prisons.  then went down the court paid the 25 quid with an explanation of why i was paying them. they where fine with it.
they operate through fear and intimadation once that is gone they have no teeth

[Paul Coleman]

Good that you haven't let him in yet as that may help.
Also, if you have a porch and he has crossed its threshold, I believe that counts as already having gained entry.
Just in case he isn't as good as his word, I suggest that you park any vehicles quite a way from home too - just in case.  It may be that he will be as good as his word but you never can tell.
I can't understand why this is the first you have heard of it.  Have you moved house since the (alleged) speeding offence?  Did you thoroughly check the documentation to ensure that it was your exact name on there so that it's not mistaken identity.  Could the offence have been committed in a vehicle you had recently sold?  When selling a vehicle, I always put the time of day of the sale as well as the date in case they buy it and clock up an offence a few hours later.

[Elfords Carpet and Window Cleaning]

So how come (as everyone seems to be saying DONT LET HIM IN THE HOUSE ~~ and I assume those who are saying this have had direct dealings with bailiffs) whenever I had dealings with the local county court bailiff he'd come in, sit down, we'd chat, have a cuppa, he'd tell me how to do some plastering work as he used to be a building foreman, he told me about his family, his wife and son, he'd aske me how my job was going, we'd talk about the weather, he told me I obviously didnt have enough belongings to clear the debt so where was the point in removing anything; then he'd ask me how much I could afford on that day, Id tell him, he'd take it, give me a reciept and ask me when was the next best convenient time for him to call.


He had a number of warrants under my name; if I gave him £50 he'd split it into two and pay a bit off both accounts.

Id love to hear peoples actual experiences, but its tiring to hear what they THINK should be said.

[Tom White]

That was a brave and a good post, Elfords1.  However you dealt with a County Court Bailiff, and I strongly suspect that non public sector bailiffs are as professional or as understanding as one employed by the council.  

In fact I would bet money that they're not.

[paul rulton]

That was a brave and a good post, Elfords1.  However you dealt with a County Court Bailiff, and I strongly suspect that non public sector bailiffs are as professional or as understanding as one employed by the council.  

In fact I would bet money that they're not.

thats 1 bet u just lost Tosh     cause i was as nice as pie     & i was only a civil bailiff     workin 4a london firm.
who just delt with loan companys like Lombard direct.   
so how much have 1 won? 

[Tom White]

The Citizens Advice Bureau don't seem to hold bailiffs in high regards according to the London Evening Standard, in fact they make some of them out to be a bunch of bullying gangsters:

 http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23387683-bailiffs-will-be-given-power-to-break-into-homes.do

[paul rulton]

but wot about the bet 
ive gotta admit m8.... ur rite. there r some rite prats doin the job. but no diff from any other job,
u will always ave ur good, bad & the ugly