scary..

[emerald-babe31]

well I was in shock last nite when me door bell went at 10pm... I looked out the window and th'ere was a police car parked outside me house.. well I thought I had better open the door and see wot they want... so I did..

opened the door.. "hello are u Annmarie"
" Yes... I am, can I help u? "
" u owe us money"
"excuse me ? I owe u money for wot?"
" tv licence... "
"oh how much for? 291.72 pounds... "
" I cant pay tht I am here with 2 kids on me own and on benefits.. "
"well we have a warrent here for ur arrest for none payment of it"
" I cant go ne where I have me kids here"
" well bring them along as well"
" eh I cant do tht...
"well when can u pay it then ?"
"can I pay it in installments?"
" nope sori u have to pay it all now "
" well we can come back on the 8th Oct and get it then"
" yea u r goin to have to cos I aint got it and I have to see where I can find tht kinda money... "

so there u are the police want money tht I dont have.. I have to find it soon or else face prison oo wot fun eh..

[chantellesmummy]

ave u spoke to a soliciter about it, caz i am sure that is wrong have u had any fainal demends for the amount of money they r requesting, i am sorry but it smells fishy to me

[CoNFuSeD24]

Bloody hell I would of told em where to go and ask them if they knew what time of the night it was. We pay our TV Licence £12 a month which I think is stupid. You pay that money each month to watch what 5 channels without a digital box and if you want the extra channels you have to spend like £20 on a box. I think we shouldnt have to pay for TV Licence's like Australia... its free!!!

[clare bear]

chic i think you need to get this checked out.
1, have you had a reminder ?
2,have you been to court about it ?
3,did the police give you there names or lapel numbers ?
why i ask is coz round here if you have no licence
1, you get a reminder
2,if you cant pay it goes to court,and you work out instalments
3, its not the police that collect the money.
i know this is true as i know someone who got caught. also there is a payment thing round here for ppl on benefits,i pay £10 a month towards my licence. if i was you id check it out with tv licensing ppl and the police.did they show you the warrent?

[Ann-Marie]

Yes i would most defintely check it out cos it does seem abit fishy like
hope you get it sorted
Ann-Marie
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[rara]

OMG definately get in touch with the TV Licensing people direct. I dont like the sound of police turning up at your door like that. THey would never send the police to collect any sort of payment.

Be careful and get it checked, infact, if it was me I would ring the local Police station and ask why they were sent.......I think you'll find the answer is "they didnt".

[emerald-babe31]

Well I have been phoning me solicitor but she has been out in Court past two days... I also phoned the 2 police stations here tht we have and they tld me tht if there was a police car parked outside they did not have to give me ne ID.. which to me is stupid... I tried to find out names but they wldnt give me any and said tht if there has been a warrant out for my arrest they can come wot ever time they want.. I think it is for me old address but I have had nothing come to this address and if indeed someone from the courts had of come with a summons then the ppl in me old house have this address... so they wld have sent tht person up...

It does sound really dodgy even me mum said so and they never gave me ne thing with a ref number on it incase I paid it early...

Now if I am bein asked to pay it I have to do it all together and I have phoned and asked tht I get a new one for here to keep me right... I will phone the TV ppl now and ask them wot is goin on and make sure.. and keep u all posted..

[clare bear]

wether there is a police car outside or not they still have to show you id. plus it would not have been to court with out you knowing. ill get my sister to ask about this id thing as she works in a police station.

[emerald-babe31]

well I phoned the tv licencing company today and they informed me there was indeed a summons went out on the 17th Aug to me old address and tht someone there had signed for it.. but they never gave it to me.. so there fore the police was allowed to come and arrest me but thankfully the never eh..

So it turns out I do owe them money but I can apply to the courts to re open the summons and get an extension to pay it in installments... but it aint as much as I was told they had said 291.71 pounds (sori this keyboard dont give me pound sign) its for 245.71.. I said I will try and get all the money before tht as I want to start payin one for this address now..

So I will see wot happens xoox

[clare bear]

ok chic at least you know that they were for real and not conning you. the ppl at the old addi shouldnt have even had the chance to sign for it, thats wrong. hope you get it sorted soon chic.