The Sheriff's Office were able to impose a stronger incentive to the debtor than the Bailiff due to the High Court Enforcement.
I found that their communication in keeping me up to date with circumstances was excellent and payment took place generally as the plan was modelled. Where exceptional circumstances occurred, is Covid-19, they allowed the debtor to miss and informed meatball times of the revised plan. Excellent service all-round.
I'm the head director to the Federal Beuro of the Informative Investigations in North America. I was born in Garden City. My mom was born in Jordan Amman my dad was born in Jaffa Isreal. My bady is Aug-17-1980. I was raised in Southern California.
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We have been referring our clients to The Sheriffs Office for a number of years and have found the staff and agents extremely helpful and professional. I have just read three negative reviews and although I am not privy to the full background of each story, I thought that I would lend some moral support to the guys at The Sheriffs Office.
If you ever have the need to instruct High Court Enforcement Officers, please, please do not think that what you see on the television is what actually happens all of the time. In my opinion, some of these so-called "observational documentaries" are merely put together for entertainment value.
Firstly, they are often shown at "prime time" for the maximum audience and advertising revenue. Secondly, the producers will always show you the most salacious and gripping parts which is often the parts where the Sheriff's get their "man".
Please bear in mind that the producers of these types of programs often have reels and reels of boring and unusable footage that will never see the light of day. Often weeks and weeks, if not months of filming is condensed into a one-hour documentary. Eventually, often, three out of the four interesting cases aired will end in success and it is these scenes that get creditor's all fired up.
No two debts are the same, so please, don't be fooled by what you see on the television. Again, in my opinion, some of the tactics shown by HCEO are questionable, to say the least [I need to be careful what I write]. If you search Google, there are plenty of legal cases that will support what I am trying to say here.
It's probably worth remembering, if a person genuinely has no means to repay a debt; no job, no money, no assets [you can't get blood out of a stone], then my advice is don't blame HCEO, blame the system/law that allows people get to away with it in the first place.
Make no mistake, my firm makes a living out of collecting bad debt and we go to the ends of the earth to get a debtor to pay...but sometimes if all else fails we just have to be realistic and wait for another day. And in the majority of cases, take my word for it, more often than not you do often get a second bite of the cherry. Remember, with good reason, a county court judgment can be enforced at any time, past 6 years...just lay low and be patient.
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.
These guys are an amazing I had to use them kept me updated through the whole process unfortunately there was an outstanding debt that was owed to me for many years they visited the house and made sure I got back every penny including interest kept me posted by phone and email I would definitely recommend them great service....
Thanks Lloyd for dead-end insight. For anyone who doesn't have a pre-existing relationship with the firm, please read below.
To coberate the experience of all the other feedback (excluding Lloyd who seems to be someone who attracts debtors). There is no case management.
If they had a plan other than going out randomly, they could have waited, impounded a vehicle, and used it to leverage the debt or at least as repayment plan. As it is, I just go to pay their fees. My hope is they put it towards some clown suits for the next TV series.
Absolutely appalling firm. I was ripped off by a cowboy builder, went to court and got CCJ, then appointed this bunch of wasters who proceeded to rip me off again. The Sheriffs Office are the most unprofessional bunch of time wasters I have ever had to deal with and when you complain you are just ignored. They are supposed to be regulated by the HCEOA but they have no teeth because they are run by the HCEO's you are likely to be complaining about. Over a year now and my complaint is still not resolved. DONT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY
Fantastic! Everything was handled efficiently and effectively, they recovered a significant debt for me in around 2 months. If you win in the County Court and are able to use the High Court Enforcement Officers, don't waste any time just do it.
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