jhb220537

jhb220537

On the 22nd of December 2009 I parked on a private Pay & display as the the spaces were full I parked in a yellow box causing no obstruction to anyone and displayed my parking ticket plus blue badge , this morning 20th February 2010 I recieved a letter from Roxburghe debt collectors claiming £197.00 stating that I had not paid the £50 fine for parking in an area other than the white lines. I never had a ticket put on my windscreen or recieved an invoice from Elite management ltd this debt collectors letter came as a complete shock. WHAT SHOULD i DO?

Orford

Do not pay them a penny
Do not communicate with them in any way
Ignore all letters
Eventually they will go away

See here for the sort of letters you can expect:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2214803

trisontana

It's not a "fine", it's an unenforceable invoice.

Sir_Roger_deLodger

Do not contact them, do not pay them. Roxburghe are debt collectors NOT bailiffs. They rely on their victims not knowing the difference. After Roxburghe you will get two letters from "Graham White Solicitors", aka M. Sobell. If you ignore these they will crawl back to the bottom of their pond and leave you alone.

jhb220537

Thanks for you advice, as a pensioner i am not in the habit of ignoring threatening letters but I shall do as you advise and hope I do not get into trouble and run up even bigger bills Thanks again

jhb220537

Thanks, as a pensioner I do worry over these things, But I shall take your advice and do nothing and hope I do not get into trouble

Sir_Roger_deLodger

jhb220537 wrote: »

Thanks for you advice, as a pensioner i am not in the habit of ignoring threatening letters but I shall do as you advise and hope I do not get into trouble and run up even bigger bills Thanks again

You won't get into trouble. I can appreciate your point of view, my dad felt exactly the same when he got a "ticket" for forgetting to display his blue badge at Sainsburys. Remember these parking companies are scum and they see you as an easy target. Thats why they make their letters look "official". If you are at all worried by any letters you receive then please post here for reassurance.

Coblcris

Have no fear.
Some reading of the many entries here about these companies should serve to assuage your doubts.

It is sad but not everyone is honest, decent and upstanding. I suspect our new poster is honest, decent and upstanding. As such he, or she, is a primary target for these companies and we should do our best to reassure and assist in all such threads.