AVOID AVOID AVOID = Waste of time and money puttin...

AVOID AVOID AVOID = Waste of time and money putting my money to these. After instructing the sheriffs office to recover a fairly large debt some time back, they sent around officers who just knock on the door and if the debtor does not answer they simply leave a letter with a contact number and leave.

It would appear that the easiest way a debtor can avoid high court sheriffs is to simply just not answer the door and ignore the letters and this was confirmed by the companies representatives, they stated our agents will not wait at a property or climb fences etc, like they do in the TV series that they promote on their website.

Not a great deal to be gained using sheriffs over bailiffs, even though the company told me their Sheriffs had more powers than a Bailiff prior to instructing them, if they have then they certainly do not seem to want to use them, if the debtor just simply ignores them the sheriffs are very quick to leave the debtor property and rely on a letter pushed through the door to work,

If you watch the TV series and expect the same level of service you will be disappointed as in real life it simply does not happen, i am guessing the people owing money and engage willingly with the sheriffs get results, but if the person owing you money is a bit more difficult then these are the ones that no one wants to resolve as it will eat into the sheriffs commission time and rate.

Think carefully and look at all options before instructing Sheriffs, as what is portrayed on TV is very different to what happens in real life, research what powers a Sheriff actually has as you could end up throwing good money after bad going via the Sheriffs route.