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# you should have paid in monthly installments.
mind you, londinium must be expensive for the ol' council tax.
(, Tue 5 Aug 2003, 10:46, archived)
# too bloody right it is.
With the recent re-assessment of council tax bands, I got royally screwed.

And then there's the environmental charge for the maintenance of Richmond Park.

Still, I make sure I kill at least one deer a month and sell the venison. Got to get my monies worth.
(, Tue 5 Aug 2003, 10:48, archived)
# don't get me started
I've got monthly installments set up but they 'forgot' to take the money one month, so they've taken twice as much this month without any warning. It's lucky I had just enough to cover it.
(, Tue 5 Aug 2003, 10:52, archived)
# Yeah, that's a great trick they play
I think they call it "Let's See Who's Overdraft Limit We Can Reach And Maybe We Can Take Them To Court For Non Payment And Get Some Extra Money From!"

Bastards.


Which part of the country has the lowest council tax then? I'm moving.
(, Tue 5 Aug 2003, 10:54, archived)
# you can't after you get the court summons,
you have to pay in full, they said.

Bastards.
(, Tue 5 Aug 2003, 10:50, archived)
# no, theres always a way around it.
say you can't afford it all, but are willing to pay, then get them to agree a level on which you will pay it back.
(, Tue 5 Aug 2003, 10:54, archived)
# given that they were already court-summonsing us
we paid it. I wasn't terribly fussed about agreeing a level at which we could pay it back - we'll just eat beans for a while and be richer the rest of the year.
(, Tue 5 Aug 2003, 10:56, archived)
# Yes, this is handy for whenever you have trouble repaying something
By Law, they have to accept any reasonable repayment scheme that you suggest.

This is how there are many people paying off loans at £2 a month for the next 400 years.

My Dad is a loan shark
(, Tue 5 Aug 2003, 10:56, archived)
# at my last shared house we had court proceedings organised for us
fortunately someone had moved out and someone else in during the period so when I told them this they scrapped it all and started again as if nothing had happened.
(, Tue 5 Aug 2003, 10:54, archived)