by alison on Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:15 pm
Today we got the solicitors letter. It demanded the £160. and said we had to pay or get in touch if we had a defence. Sonny wasn't going to do anything about it, he wanted to just wait for a court appearance but I said it was better to get it sorted rather than go to court, but I was wrong. I phoned this solicitor and said that I had a defence. He asked what it was so I said "haven't you got the letter of appeal I sent" to which he shuffled some papers and said "yes". I said well that is our defence and we will not be paying we will wait to go to court. He mumbled something so I said "Pardon" to which he replied that he would get back to his client.
After this phone call Sonny found the consumer forum that we had previously used and found entries about the company and the debt collector and solicitor they use. It all appears to be the scam we thought it was. The solicitor has even been struck off so although he is using the name of respectable solicitors the actual person dealing with us is a phoney. It just goes to show what lengths they will go to to get rich quick...
We will not be paying and I doubt very much if this will ever get to court. But just think how many they do get money out of. It is truly disgraceful and I think we should go to someone like watchdog about it in due course.