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Met PCN- late demand for £100

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  • Quentin
    Quentin Posts: 40,405 Forumite
    The whole process is covered by the newbies FAQ thread

    After rejection by popla you are in the debt collectors stage - you can safely ignore debt collectors

    If this progresses to Court action come back for advice on how to deal with this at the time
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 131,657 Forumite
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    Simple, do what we all did here for years, before POPLA existed! Ignore them and only take seriously a court claim (no updates about debt collector demands, please spare us, and search the forum instead!).

    I've ignored debt letters re a fake PCN several times (before POPLA) and nothing happened. MET are not known for small claims, just daft letters.
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  • AJ16
    AJ16 Posts: 127 Forumite
    Coupon-mad wrote: »
    Simple, do what we all did here for years, before POPLA existed! Ignore them and only take seriously a court claim (no updates about debt collector demands, please spare us, and search the forum instead!).

    I've ignored debt letters re a fake PCN several times (before POPLA) and nothing happened. MET are not known for small claims, just daft letters.

    Thanks, I will take your good advice ;-)
  • AJ16
    AJ16 Posts: 127 Forumite
    I have now received a letter from DRP with notice of court action and another £100 has been added making £160. What's the next thing to do please?
  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 37,636 Forumite
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    edited 11 November 2017 at 11:08PM
    AJ16 wrote: »
    I have now received a letter from DRP with notice of court action and another £100 has been added making £160. What's the next thing to do please?

    What did post #4 of the NEWBIES thread tell you?

    Hint: ignore debt collector's letters - as mentioned in post #22 and post #23, and confirmed by you as the right thing to do in post #24. ;)
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 41,345 Forumite
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    What did David Dunford of the DVLA say when you complained to him (as per my advice on 16/07/17)?
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

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  • AJ16
    AJ16 Posts: 127 Forumite
    Umkomaas wrote: »
    What did David Dunford of the DVLA say when you complained to him (as per my advice on 16/07/17)?

    Hi, I did get issued with a POPLA code after your post so did not see a need to contact him. Are you saying that I need to/should have done at this point?
    Thanks
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 41,345 Forumite
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    AJ16 wrote: »
    Hi, I did get issued with a POPLA code after your post so did not see a need to contact him. Are you saying that I need to/should have done at this point?
    Thanks

    Sorry - blind alley! Misread the fact that a POPLA code was eventually issued.

    Just ignore DRP now - they’re powerless.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • AJ16
    AJ16 Posts: 127 Forumite
    Strangely I received another letter from DRP yesterday, it is an offer to pay the £160 by instalments! I'm sitting this one out.
  • AJ16
    AJ16 Posts: 127 Forumite
    yesterday I had a letter from a new debt collection company about the same matter, this time it's from Zenith Collections. The DRP deadline expired, Zenith have a new pay by date of 20 Dec. Does this debt swapping happen a lot?
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