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flopsy2002
flopsy2002 Posts: 10 Forumite
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I wandering if anyone can help.
I work in a hospital and parked in staff parking, I didnt have a permit and got a ticket. Ive read on the forums to ignore as its private land, but today I received a letter from debt recovery plus staing that if I dont pay (which has gone from £30 to £120) they will refer this to a solicitor to consider court proceedings. This has scared me, do I now pay?
Thanks for your help
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  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    dont pay, dont be scared, read the NEWBIES sticky thread, especially post #4

    having read post #4 , you will come to realise that letter is just a threatogram from people who are powerless except to write nasty letters into scaring you into paying

    the correct procedures IN FUTURE are to appeal it and take it to popla , as detailed in that same NEWBIES sticky thread

    ps:- if this is in england or wales, nobody has been saying IGNORE on the forums for over 2 years , since oct 2012 actually , when POFA 2012 arrived
  • fisherjim
    fisherjim Posts: 6,070 Forumite
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    flopsy2002 wrote: »
    I wandering if anyone can help.
    I work in a hospital and parked in staff parking, I didnt have a permit and got a ticket. Ive read on the forums to ignore as its private land, but today I received a letter from debt recovery plus staing that if I dont pay (which has gone from £30 to £120) they will refer this to a solicitor to consider court proceedings. This has scared me, do I now pay?
    Thanks for your help

    You did not read this on here.
  • flopsy2002
    flopsy2002 Posts: 10 Forumite
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    I didnt read it on this forum to ignore the letters, I should have said Ive read this on other websites
  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    flopsy2002 wrote: »
    I didnt read it on this forum to ignore the letters, I should have said Ive read this on other websites

    maybe so, but only old posts as its definitely not current info

    you wont have read this in the last 2 years on here, or pepipoo, or C.A.G. , or parking cowboys , or parking pranksters website or blog site

    it was ignore before oct 2012 , but its now 2015 so a long time since things changed in england and wales

    read the NEWBIES sticky thread above, that tells you the latest info and is constantly updated

    I suggest you also read JEREMY HUNTS autumn statement last august, about these NHS issues with parking, where he issued guidelines that all trusts should follow
  • flopsy2002
    flopsy2002 Posts: 10 Forumite
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    I have read the newbies, but I am still really confused as to what I do
  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    flopsy2002 wrote: »
    I have read the newbies, but I am still really confused as to what I do

    nothing you can do , apart from ignore DRP ( you did spot this in post #4 of the newbies sticky thread I hope ? )

    one thing you could do is get the landowner to cancel the ticket ( you did spot this in the newbies sticky thread I hope ? )
  • flopsy2002
    flopsy2002 Posts: 10 Forumite
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    So I just ignore the letter?
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 132,321 Forumite
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    flopsy2002 wrote: »
    I wandering if anyone can help.
    I work in a hospital and parked in staff parking, I didnt have a permit and got a ticket. Ive read on the forums to ignore as its private land, but today I received a letter from debt recovery plus staing that if I dont pay (which has gone from £30 to £120) they will refer this to a solicitor to consider court proceedings. This has scared me, do I now pay?
    Thanks for your help

    Please please please - please read post #4 of the NEWBIES thread, especially where I practically BEG people not to start threads and ask about the DRP letter chain. We will all self-combust if ever we read another one (as we do every day). Please no more, how much simpler can I make it in post #4 if the NEWBIES thread, aren't there enough links there explaining this tediousness? Sorry but spare us.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top of this/any page where it says:
    Forum Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • ampersand
    ampersand Posts: 9,565 Forumite
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    c-m, as you've blocked your pms[read elsewhere and don't blame you;-)]I'll just ask outright here if you have a copy of Charlie Hebdo? I have spares[deliberately], having crossed ditch quickly twice. pm me if interested.

    op - please excuse this hi-jack of your thread.
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  • flopsy2002
    flopsy2002 Posts: 10 Forumite
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    I understand it must be very boring for to have new threads about parking, but for me I am actually very scared by my letter I received.
    I have found this site not easy touse. I have read the newbies thread and I must be really thick as I still dont understand what I need to do
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