Debt Collection Letter!!

[breamster]

Apologies if this has been asked before but...

We've just received a debt collection letter for ~£3k addressed to the previous owners of our house. We've lived here for 3+ years.

What is the best way to respond to this? Or should I call CAB? I understand that these companies can be a PITA so I want to be careful.

Feel free to point me towards old threads if appropriate.

Cheers.

[breamster]

...Should probably add that I do have the current address of the previous occupant.

[JohnP68]

We had lots of this when we moved in a few years ago. Previous owner had gone bankrupt. We've always just phoned up the debt collectors and told them the truth - that the previous guy had moved on but that we did not have a forwarding address. Amazingly, they all seemed to just take our word for it, and didn't bother us again

[ringram]

Yep, just call them.

[breamster]

That's reassuring. I'll get onto it first thing tomorrow.

Thanks for the replies.

[Cupramax]

Or ask them how much the previous owners new address is worth to them Nothing like giving them a bit of their own treatment eh...

[breamster]

Genius idea. Don't fancy my chances though!!

[Jackleman]

Have you been opening someone else's post? Probably best to just return the post as "addressee not known at this address".