Should I pay..Civil Enforcement Ltd?

taffy056

miali wrote: »

Thanks for your reply but I am still not sure whether I should ignore or appeal to this notice - I only have a couple of the 10 days left to 'enter into correspondance'? I think I am justified in my appeal but worry about entering comms with this company. Any views welcome.:(

I'll save you the cost of stamp and stationary:

After careful consideration of all available facts, plus we want you to pay for our chockie biscuits; APPEAL DENIED !

Oopsadaisy

miali wrote: »

Thanks for your reply but I am still not sure whether I should ignore or appeal to this notice - I only have a couple of the 10 days left to 'enter into correspondance'? I think I am justified in my appeal but worry about entering comms with this company. Any views welcome.:(

Oh appeal for sure....if you've got 10 minutes of your life that you want to waste.

Then you can look forward to several more letters....some with bits highlighted in red and even some with bits in BIG BOLD LETTERS!!!

peter_the_piper

Besides, by appealing you are saving them the £2.50 it costs from the dvla to get your address.

Coupon-mad

miali wrote: »

Thanks for your reply but I am still not sure whether I should ignore or appeal to this notice - I only have a couple of the 10 days left to 'enter into correspondance'? I think I am justified in my appeal but worry about entering comms with this company. Any views welcome.:(

There is no dilemma. Ignore them completely, so what if you tried to phone them!

The majority of people do not fall for private parking tickets, most have more sense.

You need to understand that this is a cowboy industry involved in a generic scam which was exposed on Watchdog last year. The registered keeper will just get sent a series of threatograms, saying they 'may' start litigation (they won't). They have no case against a vehicle's keeper and do not even know who was driving unless you are daft enough to tell them - sorry but there it is, that's why they want people to 'appeal'. They use the information to up the stakes with a bit more bold lettering, debt collector headed notepaper and coloured ink on the letters, hoping you will cave in.

All the threatogram letters and the link to the Watchdog programme are in our sticky threads by Crabman at the top of this board. See my signature for the link you need to click on which you will find at the top of this page just underneath the Banking Saving tab.

You will then see the whole board view, stickies at the top. Read them, except for the Park Right one which is irrelevant.

You will not end up with an astronomic fine because there is NO FINE, NO OFFENCE, NOTHING.

You will not end up with bailiffs on the doorstep (unless you were actually taken to small claims court and lost and then refused to pay after the judgment!). Now how likely is that when most PPCs do not even 'do' Court as a general rule and they have no case against the registered keeper? Debt collectors are NOT the same as bailiffs - the former can only write letters and maybe phone up if they find a number for the keeper - in which case tell them to get stuffed.:p

Now relax, live your life and do not even think about falling for this rubbish!

Hadeon

miali wrote: »

Hi there

This is my first post and I have read this thread with interest! I received one of these 'parking tickets' from CEL for parking at the Hub in Milton Keynes.

I am in a dilema as I dont dispute parking in the area but I did try to pay by phone however the line was not taking calls and cut me off. I have phone records that prove I tried to uphold my part of the 'contract'.

My dilema is that I think I have a genuine reason for not having paid for my parking so I am tempted to write to CEL to this effect but previous posts seem to advise that I do not respond to this enforcement notice. Has anyone else encountered a similar event? It doesnt feel right to do nothing and I dont want to end up with an astronoic fine or the baliffs on the door step.

Many thanks.

Ah, CEL again, my favourite PPC.

I'm not familiar with The Hub at Milton Keynes-are there any alternatives to pay for the parking there?
What arrangements (if any) are in place for those who do not possess a mobile phone and/or credit/debit card or simply do not wish to use this method?

Personally, I'm damned if I would disclose my phone number & particularly my credit/debit card details to this shower of sh**e under any circumstances.

Totally ignore them miali as already advised.

Oopsadaisy

You MUST MUST MUST pay within the seven days otherwise absolutely nothing else of any significance will happen.

Coupon-mad

Oopsadaisy wrote: »

You MUST MUST MUST pay within the seven days otherwise absolutely nothing else of any significance will happen.

Absolutely - nothing will happen! :rotfl:

miali

Thanks all. As much as I keep looking at the notice I am going to listen to your words of wisdom. I'm sure i'll update my letter tally at some stage

Oopsadaisy

miali wrote: »

As much as I keep looking at the notice I am going to listen to your words of wisdom.

You might be looking at the notice, but you're possibly not actually reading it carefully enough...if you did you would notice lots of legal-ese mumbo jumbo with no real meaning. It's like all the PPC claptrap letters etc...lots of 'may, might' 'will consider' 'with a view to' etc....all of which are to give the impression that something will happen, whilst also allowing sweet FA to happen [which is the actual outcome].

Thepritchards_2

Biggie1 wrote: »

Hello all, this is my first post on the forums after just signing up and thought I would share my story with Civil Enforcement Ltd.

At the end of last year I popped into a local co-op car park to use the cash machine. I was there for two minutes, I then returned about 4 hours later to pick up a prescription from the chemist in the co-op.

A few weeks later I got a "fine" through the door stating I owed CEL £40, after a quick Google search on this company it seemed the best course of action would be to ignore it. So I did.

A few week later I got another letter from CEL saying the fine had gone up to £90 due to late payment of the fine, so I ignored it again.

A couple of days ago I then got a letter from a debt collectors Newlyn on behalf of CEL stating that they are trying to recover the parking charge from their Client CEL and the cost was £180. Now I know everynody says just ignore them, but as is human nature I still worry.

I have felt alot more re-assured after reading this thread.

How many more letters and threats can I expect?[/QUOTE

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That should be your last one however If it isn't, please don't worry they will stop and if anyone does contact you (which they won't) you can always say you never received ANY letters. Please don't worry.