Internetowl   10 #1 Posted October 11, 2005 Anyone else get one for arrears for this year? Mine arrived yesterday offering me a court appearance - the amount I am in arrears? -75p  Yes, I'm ahead on my payments by 75p and still get to plead quilty in court - as I have not a deal to do that day, I think I'll attend and get my solicitor to make a claim for compensation.  The world's gone mad...well this small part of it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
eddies32   10 #2 Posted October 11, 2005 Originally posted by Internetowl Anyone else get one for arrears for this year? Mine arrived yesterday offering me a court appearance - the amount I am in arrears? -75p  Yes, I'm ahead on my payments by 75p and still get to plead quilty in court - as I have not a deal to do that day, I think I'll attend and get my solicitor to make a claim for compensation.  The world's gone mad...well this small part of it.  This is a joke right?? You pay too much and they send you a summons? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
spiffymonkey   10 #3 Posted October 11, 2005 Originally posted by eddies32 This is a joke right?? You pay too much and they send you a summons?  They probably paid £26million to EDS to build a fantastic computer system that sends summons if the balance is not 0 ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
JoeP   11 #4 Posted October 11, 2005 Originally posted by Internetowl Anyone else get one for arrears for this year? Mine arrived yesterday offering me a court appearance - the amount I am in arrears? -75p  Yes, I'm ahead on my payments by 75p and still get to plead quilty in court - as I have not a deal to do that day, I think I'll attend and get my solicitor to make a claim for compensation.  The world's gone mad...well this small part of it.  Has the case been listed?  If so, think about suing for defamation.  And stress. You're very worked up and worried about this, aren't you?  Have fun!  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Internetowl   10 #5 Posted October 11, 2005 I am very worked up about it - probably cost 'council tax payers' a fortune to fund this piece of incompetence...at the end of the day we are all paying for this service!  Lets see what the magistrate says.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
TrashyBook   10 #6 Posted October 11, 2005 Originally posted by Internetowl the amount I am in arrears? -75p  Yes, I'm ahead on my payments by 75p  Surely if you're in arrears you're behind with payment, not in front?  But it is madness to issue a summons for 75p! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
beansfeast   10 #7 Posted October 11, 2005 Originally posted by TrashyBook Surely if you're in arrears you're behind with payment, not in front?  But it is madness to issue a summons for 75p!  Yeah, but internetowl said they're in arrears for '(minus) -75p'... surely that means you'd be in rearrears - sounds painful! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Internetowl   10 #8 Posted October 11, 2005 perhaps its pre-arrears. Should I claim a refund as I'm ahead. For the BBC person who contacted me - sorry mate I'm not interested in being a media star even for 1 minute.  I would imagine that by the court date the summons will be withdrawn once someone human as looked at it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
dj_pcs   10 #9 Posted October 11, 2005 26 Million for an EDS system? Cheap for them at twice the price and it still won't work :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
tango2   10 #10 Posted October 11, 2005 yes we had ours last week,they sent us a letter saying the Baliffs had visited my property and found that we had no goods to satisfy the owed amount.  The total summons amount on letter was £00.00.  I called the coucil as a trip to the Big House doesnt appeal to me,they claim they have no record of letters and i should ignore them due to my account being up to date.  looks like someone was bored at the council and decided to push a few buttons.  They did say that they were concerned that the letters had been sent and we had to fax copies to them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
wendygs   10 #11 Posted October 11, 2005 They did that to a friend of mine as well. He was livid after having just been in to sort out their previous farce only a few weeks ago. Who the heck have they outsourced this cruddy system to now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Rich   12 #12 Posted October 11, 2005 Originally posted by TrashyBook Surely if you're in arrears you're behind with payment, not in front?  But it is madness to issue a summons for 75p!  Yeah, especially given that it costs them considerably more in admin than 75p to send you a summons Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
