Reassurance Required from 'PCN Ignorers'

hyppy

I know the advice for all unjust private parking invoices is to ignore, ignore, and then ignore, but repeated letters from their various related companies do make it kinda scary.

Any chance of some first-hand experiences and reassurances from forum members who have followed the advice? (And who still have all their possessions, clean credit record, kneecaps ... )

Thanks!

Just another thought: Have any successful 'ignorers' carried on using the car park where the 'offence' took place? I'm apprehensive to do so, should they decide to up the ante with clamps or whatever, and as it's private, perhaps I'm right to be concerned. Thoughts?

Sir_Roger_deLodger

Yes, in just over three and a half years I have had a total of 9 ppc invoices, from 6 different ppcs. After I realised what a scam they were I started deliberately getting them, by overstaying a few minutes or parking with one tyre a couple of millimetres over the line, just to wind the scum up. I have had all the usual threats of home visits, credit rating ruined, court proceedings etc etc etc and guess what happened? A big fat NOTHING!!!
I know their letters look scary, that's the idea. Once you've successfully ignored one, it gets easier. Oh, and once you are convinced its a scam, tell EVERYONE you know. Thats the only way to destroy these parasites.

Regarding using the same car parks, yes I do. Four of my invoices were on the same one. Clamping for an alleged debt is illegal, but I do carry a huge pair of bolt cutters just in case.

LeeSouthEast

I had one in 2007 from an NHS hospital trust. Dying relative; paying for parking was the last thing on my mind. They gave up trying to get me to pay October 2008 I still have my kneecaps and my credit rating.

mcjordi

got one from town and shity parking in asda in my hometown few letters saying pay now or we'll take you to court send in the bailiffs yada yada nothing yet.. this was back in may this year

also one from around 4 years ago in a retail park nothing happened not even a letter - hmm strange that one

Nyarlathotep

Yes, I've ignored them as well........had about 8 letters in total since my so-called offence in February, the last one was a solicitors letter 2 months ago.

I still use the car park, but it's a free car park anyway. My "offence" was parking outside the marked bays causing a so-called obstruction.

GingerBob_3

I've just got a ticket from Excel for "leaving the car park" - i.e. not making use of one of the businesses associated with the car park. Their penalty ticket was issued just a couple of miuntes after I bought a parking ticket, so some little scroat had watched me leave the car park without going to McDonalds or one of the other businesses. Their ticket (threat, demanding money with menaces, etc) is not going to be paid but I'm wondering if I should write to them (not from my home address) stating that I'm not paying and any contact from them will be regarded as harrassment. I also wondered about a pre-emptive letter to the DVLA requiring them not to divulge details of my vehicle to a third party. Any thoughts?

trisontana

GingerBob wrote: »

I've just got a ticket from Excel for "leaving the car park" - i.e. not making use of one of the businesses associated with the car park. Their penalty ticket was issued just a couple of miuntes after I bought a parking ticket, so some little scroat had watched me leave the car park without going to McDonalds or one of the other businesses. Their ticket (threat, demanding money with menaces, etc) is not going to be paid but I'm wondering if I should write to them (not from my home address) stating that I'm not paying and any contact from them will be regarded as harrassment. I also wondered about a pre-emptive letter to the DVLA requiring them not to divulge details of my vehicle to a third party. Any thoughts?

No, just ignore. It only encourages them and makes them think they are important. As for the DVLA, they are content to take anybody's tainted money, no questions asked.

BFG_2

I've had over 200 PPC fines/invoices/tickets, equating to about 1000 letters.

I've been taken to court 200 times, lost every single one of them and have ended up losing my family [sold into white slavery to pay the fines], my job, and my home.

So you'd better pay up or they come round and on the first visit they kill either your dog/cat, or if you don't have a pet then your eldest child gets it.

Be warned that the actual 5th and 6th letters that they send are capable of folding themselves into small 'paper ninjas' [a la Transformers] and they then give you really nasty paper cuts as a warning to pay up; so don't open them.

The seventh letter has an evil spirit attached that once opened, sucks your soul out of your body and sells it to Satan [but for less than the debt so you're still on the hook.

As for the 13th letter...OMG, just be very afraid...!!!!

So my advice is 'Pay up or risk losing your mortal soul, and everything else precious to you'.

HTH

AlexisV

Ignored one here with great success.

Two mates are ignoring NCP at the moment. They're a bit disappointed they've had no letters through yet though.

Meepster

BFG wrote: »

I've had over 200 PPC fines/invoices/tickets, equating to about 1000 letters.

I've been taken to court 200 times, lost every single one of them and have ended up losing my family [sold into white slavery to pay the fines], my job, and my home.

So you'd better pay up or they come round and on the first visit they kill either your dog/cat, or if you don't have a pet then your eldest child gets it.

Be warned that the actual 5th and 6th letters that they send are capable of folding themselves into small 'paper ninjas' [a la Transformers] and they then give you really nasty paper cuts as a warning to pay up; so don't open them.

The seventh letter has an evil spirit attached that once opened, sucks your soul out of your body and sells it to Satan [but for less than the debt so you're still on the hook.

As for the 13th letter...OMG, just be very afraid...!!!!

So my advice is 'Pay up or risk losing your mortal soul, and everything else precious to you'.

HTH

PMSL - love it!!!

GingerBob_3

I notice a discussion on another forum where a victim actually has been summonsed after failing to get a ticket on an NHS carpark. The advice given is to contest it and there won't be a problem because the plaintiff won't show up. So how about not showing up yourself in such a case? If neither party shows up, what happens? Can someone explain the possibilities here? Also, it seems that sometimes you do have to go to court.