Post subject: Re: You can't beat privatisation for value
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 8:57 pm
cod'ead
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JerryChicken wrote:I also have an ear on the inside which tells me that the in-house court bailiffs are now charging their services at rates far, far higher than private companies with the obvious consequence that anyone who wins a judgement will no longer automatically pass it to the court bailiff for collection - the surprising element to this is that the fees were arbitrarily increased recently from being competitive to a rate at which clients first reaction is "Eh? How much ?", those on the inside are in no doubt that their whole office will soon no longer exist within the civil service and that the arbitrary increase will be "proof" that the private sector can do the job "better". `
Have you ever had a "private" bailiff, as opposed to "an officer of the court" call on you?
It could be the subject of a whole new reality TV game
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Post subject: Re: You can't beat privatisation for value
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 9:39 pm
JerryChicken
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cod'ead wrote:Have you ever had a "private" bailiff, as opposed to "an officer of the court" call on you?
It could be the subject of a whole new reality TV game
Oh I've met my fair share
That is, bailiffs working for private company's rather then one employed within the civil service, both of whom are certified by the court.
There is concern within the civil service that the private companies are often willing to "bend the rules" when calling on debtors mainly because no-one really knows what they are permitted to do or not do and they are far more likely to be paid on results, or not paid if they return with no resolution.
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Post subject: Re: You can't beat privatisation for value
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:10 pm
cod'ead
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Joined: May 25 2002 Posts: 37704 Location: Zummerzet, where the zoider apples grow
JerryChicken wrote:Oh I've met my fair share
That is, bailiffs working for private company's rather then one employed within the civil service, both of whom are certified by the court.
There is concern within the civil service that the private companies are often willing to "bend the rules" when calling on debtors mainly because no-one really knows what they are permitted to do or not do and they are far more likely to be paid on results, or not paid if they return with no resolution.
I have managed to avoid the inconvenience of jury service, without adversely effecting my credit rating for years now. I love the fookers: "can I use your toilet, I'm busting for a pee?" is a common one and when you ask for "letters of assignment", their eyes tend to glaze over. It gets even funnier when they pop up looking for redress on a statute-barred debt
The older I get, the better I was
Advice is what we seek when we already know the answer - but wish we didn't
I'd rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full-frontal lobotomy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ kirkstaller wrote: "All DNA shows is that we have a common creator."
cod'ead wrote: "I have just snotted weissbier all over my keyboard & screen"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin." - Aneurin Bevan
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