DICK TURPIN OR DICK TATER ?

Ok, before I start this blog can I say I am posting from the heart and it may not reach the grammar polices standards for which I apologise.

Ok here's my two peneth on the things that you need to do when you spilt from your children's mother.
1. When you split and reach mutual agreement on payments ,first of all get it in writing and get some sort of written receipt for doing so.
2. Make sure you have evidence of dates you see your children .I know its intrusive and humiliating but make sure you have a diary, again I implore you to get it witnessed.
3. If you can afford not to , try not to work overtime .
4. When the CSA ring you make sure you get the  name of the person you are talking to EVERY time and log the time and date of the call.
5. Be prepared for them to be rude ,obnoxious and try to wind you up.
6. Be prepared for them not care one iota about you as an individual being able to live at any decent standard and not to care if you have bills,suicidal thoughts or sending you to jail.
7. Always try and make it awkward for them as that's what they rely on IE. walking all over you.
8.If you don't agree with what they say ..APPEAL AND DON'T LIE DOWN.
9.Be prepared for them back dating 2 years and wanting to take thousands off you by credit card.DON'T DO IT.
10.*****THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT WHEN DEALING WITH THE CSA IS...THESE PEOPLE ARE HARD AS NAILS, THEY HAVE NO FEELINGS AND THINK THE FATHER AS A LOWLIFE SCUMBAG CRIMINAL******* 
( AND THAT'S BEING KIND).

I want to add a few chunks of meat to the above and if I help one father then i will be elated.

My ex and I agreed on £140 per month and I would help with clothes ,school trips etc. This was about 8 years ago when my children were very young. Then after a few months someone bent her ear over CSA and I was then forced to pay arrears from THE DAY WE SPLIT and no regard was given for the money I already had paid. They also wanted a fortune off me and I appealed and argued with the zombies.I managed to get it to an ok level. I then ,sorry we (my wife) suffered through work where I was on flat months for 18 in a row and came close to losing my job. We rented our house at a loss to my step daughter ,sold my car ,cancelled the gym and generally cut back on luxuries. It made NO difference to the CSA (like I say they have no feelings). Then in July 2010 I had two monster months in a row and my wife  and I booked a last minute week away.At this point unbeknown to us she went to the CSA and said I was earning a fortune.

Fast forward to 23rd Dec 2011,,,,
I opened the famous brown envelope and lo and behold there was a bill for £4000 and payments increased by 60% and 40% of my wages were to be taken. I challenged this and found out that because I was a good dad and was prepared for my lads to come one day at a time less to stay because they have part time jobs  then it affected my payments.REMEMBER THIS FOLKS ITS BLACK AND WHITE AND NO DISCRETION WHATSOEVER. It does NOT matter whatever reason they don't come the monsters in the CSA don't care.
The upshot of it all is I went to court and after my appeal they don't care for any reasons you work overtime (in my case to take kids on holiday) , or why you have not had the kids (in my case letting them grow up) or what bills or how ill its made you.

THE CSA ARE HEARTLESS ,SOULLESS AND UNCARING.
And one last point my ex claimed the lads had to work because i don't give them spending money.