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Bailiffs took my car I use for work

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lexus8mmb · 29/10/2018 12:56

I am have a single parent and I work for uber part-time but bailiffs have come and taken my car for an unpayed parking fine . I have been looking on websites and found out that if u have a taxi or u are a taxi driver they can't take ur car because its ur only means and way on of earning any money. And that they are meant to set up some sort of arrangement plan up where u can pay back any money owed on a weekly or monthly plan.

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Caprisunorange · 29/10/2018 20:14

@DGRossetti I see you reported my post for pointing out how wrong you’re was. Low.

Caprisunorange · 29/10/2018 20:14

You were even

DGRossetti · 29/10/2018 20:32

@DGRossetti I see you reported my post for pointing out how wrong you’re was. Low.

I have no idea what you are on about. I have't reported anyone on this thread.

@MNHQ ?

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lexus8mmb · 30/10/2018 09:54

I can't believe some people and what they are saying you have some people that want to help and give advice and some people that want to stick the knife in and turn it as to say. There are alot of people that haven't got money to pay things straight away and there are people that have more money then sense. Someone said the fine must have been big if the bailiffs took ur car. It does matter if u have a unpaid parking ticket when the bailiffs drive round and their vehicle scans your number plate they are gonna clamp ur vehicle then hours later they are gonna get it lifted and then once its on the recovery truck you have clamp charges then the recovery charges etc..

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worridmum · 30/10/2018 10:22

If you dont have the money to pay a fine why do you keep breaking the rules / law and incurring parking fines in the first place?

If i was that short of money i would absolutely make sure i would not be racking up unnecessary outgoings by breaking traffic law or parking rules.

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lexus8mmb · 30/10/2018 11:39

Why would you come across like I go out my way to get fines all the time. When you know I have had two fines.

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lexus8mmb · 30/10/2018 11:43

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Giantbanger · 30/10/2018 11:47

Why did you keep getting tickets?

Caprisunorange · 30/10/2018 12:23

Why does anyone keep getting tickets? Mistakes. Parking rules can be hard to understand and in big cities they differ in each borough so mistakes are easy to make

SLL · 30/10/2018 14:22

@lexus8mmb

I am going to copy & paste my previous post and questions in case you missed them as I am genuinely baffled and intrigued by your case. I have a bit of experience in this area and would love to know the outcome of you recontacting the bailiffs office. Maybe I missed something somewhere on one of the previous pages, in which case I apologise...

Anyway this is what I said:
I must admit to being a bit confused by this post... @lexus8mmb - how much was the original fine that you have been paying it for weeks but still have £46 left? Where did you park that got you a fine in the first place?

Why did you keep asking if there were other fines? Odd thing to ask unless you repeatedly park where you shouldn't. Asking kind of implies you are expecting something? With regards to this second fine, you don't just get one letter and then the bailiffs turn up...

Something is not really adding up, I have RTFT but might have missed something?

Caprisunorange · 30/10/2018 15:48

Surely you’re not genuinely baffled? It’s clear the OP had reason to worry there was more than one ticket and fines escalate very quickly- from £40 to £100 to £250, up and up. It wasn’t uncommon to see people who owed £5000 from a parking ticket. There is literally nothing unusual about this at all

LifesABeachCoaster · 30/10/2018 16:24

People are being really nasty on here, it's not helpful to say you have no sympathy for the OP. She is after advice, not a telling off!

I work in the sector and you can be considered as a vulnerable person if you are a single mother but this is subject to circumstance and will not prevent enforcement action. It simply provides you with additional time to deal with the matter.

So how much do you owe?

ReanimatedSGB · 30/10/2018 21:09

There are a lot of straight-up fucking crooks catching people with 'parking fines'. And plenty of bailiff companies who are fairly questionable - lying to debtors, physically intimidating them, siezing property they have no right to sieze.

MonsterTequila · 31/10/2018 01:38

@Capri
HCEs do need a high court writ.
If it was a private parking company things could move pretty quickly.

1 fine, 1 reminder later they could do a small claims court claim. If the respondent issues no defence within 2 weeks she automatically has a ccj. The parking company can then contract bailiffs who will apply for a writ (7 days) once they have this they will write to the debtor then after another 7 days they can visit & repossess goods. All the bailif costs to the company is the writ which is from memory £30/£60 they get their money from charges made to the debtor.
So it can escalate to this point in as little as 6 weeks.

Caprisunorange · 31/10/2018 07:44

She hasn’t said it’s a HCE, she has just said bailiff, which people use to refer to any in person debt collection agent. Which is an enourmous part of the industry.
And they will take your car without a court order, happens every day.

areanyusernamesleft211 · 31/10/2018 11:09

Wow, some really helpful posts here. Anyone shocked at parking tickets has clearly never lived in London.

OP is it a council parking ticket? If so, they don’t need a county court judgment to enforce it, they just need to register it at a court and they can use bailiffs to enforce by taking your car. If you didn’t receive any notice of this parking fine, you can send an appeal to the Traffic Enforcement Centre. If you do that and send a copy to the bailiffs, they will most likely release your car.

This happened to me when I moved addresses. If you can confirm whether it’s a council ticket, I can look for exactly what forms you need and post a link.

MonsterTequila · 31/10/2018 12:20

@Capri
Bailiffs are HCEs
Debt collectors are neither & have no legal rights to remove possessions. They’re pretty useless in most aspects, most companies contract them to negotiate with debtors & escalate the matter to court. The OP is talking about an HCE.

Caprisunorange · 31/10/2018 13:07

I’ve reread the OPs posts and I can’t see where she’s said that

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