Just had a threatening letter from the Council tax people, we loose our benefits as from the 1st of May because we under occupy our house by two bedrooms.
Therefore there has been an over payment of benefits, this department has been ordered to collect payments, under UK law over paid benefits can and will be reclaimed.
I have 7 days to repay over paid benefits in the sum of £0.08 in order to avoid a summons being issued and or court bailiffs being deployed to recover this sum.
This letter was hand delivered by a member of staff in a nice new shiny car, who showed me her ID card. I had to sign acknowledgment of receipt to prove she had done her job in the correct manner and would I open the letter in her presence and read and acknowledge the contents.
After reading the contents I was more than enraged and took 10 pence from my pocket offered it to her in a very impolite manner, she could even keep the change form the 8 pence debt I owed.
She floored me with her reply "I am not empowered in the collection of cash, I don't keep a receipt book and the slot in which you wish to place your payment is not a coin slot. You should follow the correct procedure and place your payment in the envelope provided, along with the tear off slip, correctly filled in with your details and take it to your local payment point as indicated in the missive you have perused. Good day to yo Mr Wilson."
Totally unphased she turned and walked back to her shiny new car. How much has it cost the Council to collect an over payment of 8P?
A 5 page A4 letter printed and all the costs associated with the delivery of it.
Told my Drain what has just happened and she said "I never did trust them, I knew we wouldn't get any benefits, let them take us to court I have paid the full amount we are over £500 in credit"
Therefore there has been an over payment of benefits, this department has been ordered to collect payments, under UK law over paid benefits can and will be reclaimed.
I have 7 days to repay over paid benefits in the sum of £0.08 in order to avoid a summons being issued and or court bailiffs being deployed to recover this sum.
This letter was hand delivered by a member of staff in a nice new shiny car, who showed me her ID card. I had to sign acknowledgment of receipt to prove she had done her job in the correct manner and would I open the letter in her presence and read and acknowledge the contents.
After reading the contents I was more than enraged and took 10 pence from my pocket offered it to her in a very impolite manner, she could even keep the change form the 8 pence debt I owed.
She floored me with her reply "I am not empowered in the collection of cash, I don't keep a receipt book and the slot in which you wish to place your payment is not a coin slot. You should follow the correct procedure and place your payment in the envelope provided, along with the tear off slip, correctly filled in with your details and take it to your local payment point as indicated in the missive you have perused. Good day to yo Mr Wilson."
Totally unphased she turned and walked back to her shiny new car. How much has it cost the Council to collect an over payment of 8P?
A 5 page A4 letter printed and all the costs associated with the delivery of it.
Told my Drain what has just happened and she said "I never did trust them, I knew we wouldn't get any benefits, let them take us to court I have paid the full amount we are over £500 in credit"