Council Tax
I live in a student Flat, The last one left now but thats another story. Anyway I'm exempt from Council Tax as a student, so imagine my suprise as £300 squid leaves my bank account for no reason. Turns out that a young Lady that lived here as a student had forgotten to fill out her Student exemption form, so why was I getting billed I hear you ask? I had no fucking idea but I needed that £300 quid back or else I had no Rent money or bill money for that month.
After many phone calls to the council office they tell me I am not exempt from Council tax as a student as my Partner was not eligble for it.
What!? So eventually I had to go down to the offices with all my stuff, asked to speak with a superviser (The woman who asked if I was sure I couldn't help instead seemed pissed of when I said "Well apparently not"). It turns out they made the amazing assumption that the girl was my partner because I was the only one with a previous bill at the address that was paid by Direct Debit, so instead of asking her to pay her council tax bill, which would be far too much effort, they stole money from my account without permission. I now no longer pay any taxes or anything by direct Debit as they can take what every they want out of your account, even if you've stopped paying.

Edit: Oh after speaking to a lovely Supervisor who did actually do everything she could to get my money back I left with a cheque for the ammount they had billed me.
( Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Sun 29 Jul 2007, 17:18, Reply)