Threatened to repossess my car

6541

I just got a call from someone in Irish Water threatening to repossess my car if I do not pay my bill. Has this happened anyone else ?

KTR1C

What on earth have they got to do with your car ??

Sounds like a joke or scare tactic to me !! :rolleyes:

eamonnq

Wow.

fizzypish

How did you get a car loan from Irish water?

smash

OP this was clearly someone winding you up.

osarusan

Can't pay, take it away!

ForstalDave

Yea i doubt this was really Irish Water it just seems like a ridiculous threat to make

whiskeyman

Perhaps they wanted to repossess the water from the windscreen washer bottle?

TallGlass

smash wrote: »

OP this was clearly someone winding you up.

Winding up maybe but the law the goverment are trying to bring in is to do exactly this, take from you when you don't pay your bills/TV license.

This goverment have no shame, neck on neck now with the last crowd. The last crowd broke the country, this a lot have broken society and ran the place into the ground.

Peregrine

And you believed them?

smash

TallGlass wrote: »

Winding up maybe but the law the goverment are trying to bring in is to do exactly this, take from you when you don't pay your bills/TV license.

They are not going to take your car...

Nim wrote: »

And you believed them?

He even gave them a half tank. They're half way to France by now sure.

Bubbaclaus

TallGlass wrote: »

Winding up maybe but the law the goverment are trying to bring in is to do exactly this, take from you when you don't pay your bills/TV license.

They'll take it from salary/welfare. Which is a very good plan imo, rather than the costly job of dragging people to court.

Stheno

Guys this is the same op who was moaning about rye not plugging the nationalists yesterday as they've a duty to do

Wossack

nononono

they're definitely going to be able to steal cars

next is threatening to shoot peoples dogs

Cee-Jay-Cee

FFS don't know who's the bigger eeeeeejit here, the person making the call or the recipient.

BTW what kind of car is it?

Micky Dolenz

You got it good. They kidnapped my entire family and dog and are holding them for ransom. Currently negotiating part payment for safe return of my dog.

fullstop

6541 wrote: »

I just got a call from someone in Irish Water threatening to repossess my car if I do not pay my bill. Has this happened anyone else ?

Yes, of course you did.

endacl

TallGlass wrote: »

Winding up maybe but the law the goverment are trying to bring in is to do exactly this, take from you when you don't pay your bills/TV license.

This goverment have no shame, neck on neck now with the last crowd. The last crowd broke the country, this a lot have broken society and ran the place into the ground.

Nah. Not really.

Cheek of them, by the way. Expecting people to pay their bills.

Valetta

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

You got it good. They kidnapped my entire family and dog and are holding them for ransom. Currently negotiating part payment for safe return of my dog.

That's ruff.

George Collie would be turning in his grave.

TallGlass

endacl wrote: »

Nah. Not really.

Cheek of them, by the way. Expecting people to pay their bills.

Cheek of them, you got it one chap.

Slippin Jimmy

Sue them like the poster yesterday who wanted to sue the note leaver.

the evasion_kid

endacl wrote: »

Nah. Not really.

Cheek of them, by the way. Expecting people to pay their bills.

We already pay,attitudes like yours will ensure we keep getting railroaded in the future.

diomed

6541 wrote: »

I just got a call from someone in Irish Water threatening to repossess my car

Possession as in the Omen? Stay calm. It might only be the SatNav voice.

endacl

the evasion_kid wrote: »

We already pay,attitudes like yours will ensure we keep getting railroaded in the future.

Y'see. That's the thing. I don't feel railroaded at all. I've no problem paying for what I use.

eamonnq

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

FFS don't know who's the bigger eeeeeejit here, the person making the call or the recipient.

If PaddyPower are taking bets on this, I would like to have a few bob on the recipient.

the evasion_kid

endacl wrote: »

Y'see. That's the thing. I don't feel railroaded at all. I've no problem paying for what I use.

Ah well sure then its grand....you better lube up so

whiskeyman

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

You got it good. They kidnapped my entire family and dog and are holding them for ransom. Currently negotiating part payment for safe return of my dog.

Did you not apply for the 'safe return of 1 child' grant?

Aenaes

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

FFS don't know who's the bigger eeeeeejit here, the person making the call or the recipient.

BTW what kind of car is it?

Toyota Aqua.

KTR1C

Did anyone call Liam Neeson ?? he has a certain set of skills that could be useful :P

The Backwards Man

The hysterics of the can't be arsed paying their bills side negates any valid arguments they ever had.

CiDeRmAn

In cases of possession and repossession I'd be calling Ghostbusters tbh

But, seriously, I can see them having non payment of water bills affecting credit ratings and the like, any excuse to force non compliant citizens into compliance.
Just to say I'm paying the bill but I respect those whose choose not to.

endacl

The Backwards Man wrote: »

The hysterics of the can't be arsed paying their bills side negates any valid arguments they ever had.

I suspect it's more the 'never had a bill with their name on it that wasn't a Sky TV package' effect...

There's a cohort of people here that have never been asked to pay for anything. They don't like it.

biko

Maybe it was the Irish Waiters association?

Arsemageddon

KTR1C wrote: »

Did anyone call Liam Neeson ?? he has a certain set of skills that could be useful :P

Does he drill wells for group water schemes?

Pataman

Wossack wrote: »

nononono

they're definitely going to be able to steal cars

next is threatening to shoot peoples dogs

HA! Just found a loophole.
I dont have a dog.

Free water for me.

mister gullible

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

BTW what kind of car is it?

Irish Water company car (unmarked of course).

dxhound2005

I read about this. It is people who parked their second cars over the spot where IW wanted to put the meter. They are going round towing them away.

Egginacup

endacl wrote: »

Y'see. That's the thing. I don't feel railroaded at all. I've no problem paying for what I use.

You are a bit of a fool then if that's your approach aren't you. I've got no problem paying for electricity, gas, etc. I even have no problem paying my water bill on my property in another country. You should however have a problem with a private company coming along, declaring they own Ireland's water and then demanding you pay them for it.
That's where you're the sucker. It's a hell of a lot easier to con someone than to convince them they've been conned.

All one has to do it make up some reason why you should part with your money and rather die than admit it's a scam that you originally went along with.

6541

I was talking to a friend of mine and he also got a call after from Irish Water, he has a motorbike and they threatened to take that if he doesn't pay, I am very worried as I need my car for work.

ScumLord

TallGlass wrote: »

Winding up maybe but the law the goverment are trying to bring in is to do exactly this, take from you when you don't pay your bills/TV license.

Yeah, if I don't want to pay my bills they shouldn't be able to make me.

For Forks Sake

the evasion_kid wrote: »

We already pay,attitudes like yours will ensure we keep getting railroaded in the future.

No. We don't. Nor anywhere near the level required to upgrade and maintain a 21st century water infrastructure. : http://economic-incentives.blogspot.ie/2015/03/paying-twice-for-water-not-really.html?m=1

As for you OP, the Wallet Inspector will be along for a word with you presently.

the evasion_kid

For Forks Sake wrote: »

No. We don't. Nor anywhere near the level required to upgrade and maintain a 21st century water infrastructure. : http://economic-incentives.blogspot.ie/2015/03/paying-twice-for-water-not-really.html?m=1

As for you OP, the Wallet Inspector will be along for a word with you presently.

Ah come off it the whole IW thing is rotten to the core,maintain my hole,its a money tap for the government

Gavlor

the evasion_kid wrote: »

Ah come off it the whole IW thing is rotten to the core,maintain my hole,its a money tap for the government

At least it's a charge on usage and not another tax on the employed.

6541

So I was out last night and I met this chap from Irish Water at the bar, he said if I didn't buy a beer he would kick the fook outta me. This has gone too far !

The Backwards Man

6541 wrote: »

So I was out last night and I met this chap from Irish Water at the bar, he said if I didn't buy a beer he would kick the fook outta me. This has gone too far !

At least that's more believable than your ridiculous claim in the OP.

Flood

^ So has your imagination!

Bubbaclaus

Egginacup wrote: »

You should however have a problem with a private company coming along, declaring they own Ireland's water and then demanding you pay them for it.

This reads like a 4 year old trying to explain the situation.

The only way you could dumb it down more would be "splash splash, pay pay"

Reati

TallGlass wrote: »

Winding up maybe but the law the goverment are trying to bring in is to do exactly this, take from you when you don't pay your bills/TV license.

Then pay your dam bills. The amount of entitlement people in this country have is shocking. Water is not free. TV is not a right or entitlement.

Is basic budgeting something that is beyond people? If you can't afford things you cut back to have what you need, not what you want.

I'm glad they are going to stop putting people into court and take it at source. Best way to catch dodgers. Wish they'd move the road tax into the cost of petrol too.

I wish someone would take your car TBH!
At least you could contribute bus fairs on the way to a water protest!

Cold War Kid

TallGlass wrote: »

Winding up maybe but the law the goverment are trying to bring in is to do exactly this, take from you when you don't pay your bills/TV license.

I do understand reservations about the TV licence and Irish Water as an organisation, but the weird thing of getting annoyed by bills... I don't get. It's a service you use and agree to pay for. Same with buying food or clothing. Yet people have longer to pay for bills but act more indignant about it. If you can't pay on time, fair enough, let the company know as soon as possible that you need an extension, but complaining about bills in and of themselves...?

Also, what is it, apart from cleaning up the mess left by the gangsters before, that's so evil about the current government? It's a genuine question. I'm not exactly loving them (never voted for FG, have voted for Labour) but the intense venom and raaaaaaage, and the silly comparison of a rather bland, insipid Mayo man to a dictator... can someone explain what this is about? Their blueshirt history is hardly relevant now - not seeing much fascism coming from them like.

6541 wrote: »

So I was out last night and I met this chap from Irish Water at the bar, he said if I didn't buy a beer he would kick the fook outta me. This has gone too far !

Love the way people believe that you got that phone-call!

JONJO THE MISER

I heard on the grapevine that some renegade Irish water workers are going around threatening people with hedge clippers that dont pay.