Central Ticketing - Quick Question

Random8383

Hi there,

I've had 2 fines from these jokers from a Car Park in the Glasgow Area when my ticket was displayed. I refuse to pay these "fines" and have ignored them. I have now received a letter from "Roxbourgh Debt Collectors" asking for £107 per ticket!?

I just want to check where i stand with a few questions;

1) Will this affect my credit rating if i continue to ignore it and not pay?

2) I live in Scotland, Bailifs & Clamping are not legal here so what can they really do to try and enforce this? I've been told by numerous people it's basically a scam and not enforceable.

Any advice is greatly appreciated! :beer:

Coupon-mad

Read this pepipoo forums thread, shows you how Roxburghe go about filling in their standard template letters and pretend to be 'Graham White Solicitors':

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=52809

Apart from having a laugh at that thread and seeing that you are just part of a well-trodden scam attempt to scare you into thinking they'll take you to Court, there's tons more on the internet about this issue. It's the same in Scotland, still unenforceable.

Google 'private parking scam Scotland' and look for forum posts on here, pepipoo.com, consumer action group, all of which will tell you that such tickets are unenforceable trash, whether or not you've appealed already.

Watchdog covered this last month, and their legal bod helpfully confirmed just what we tell everyone to do with fake parking tickets (whether you have 'contravened their pathetic rules' or not):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIcdi9niHA

:T:rotfl:

The registered keeper will receive a few debt collector letters telling you to pay, but so what once you know they are just bog roll! Do not panic, do not believe the lies on the letters about Court/CCJs/dire consequences! They cannot just 'apply for' a CCJ, that's not how things work at all.

See examples here of what letters to ignore and be prepared for. Don't bother to actually read their threats when you get the matching threats, instead look at them now so you are ready to laugh when you get the whole predicable set:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=2214803

To be proactive, if the scam letters get tiresome you may like to also report the company and their debt collectors for harassment:

http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/en...=03_harassment

But don't forget this is NOT a debt, NOT a fine, just a mickey mouse ticket.

Nothing happens, your credit record is NOT affected, so don't fall for this con.

Be angry about their illegal scary letters, tell your friends never to pay a private parking ticket, even if they have broken the car park's spurious 'rules'. Spread the word.

Random8383

Cheers mate, i owe you one!!

elliejo

Got a ticket on my car today off central ticketing :eek: for apparently abused patron parking. i was gutted but i have spent a long couple of hours online looking in to this and i hope all is true what ive read, that i should just ignore this and wait for it to go away?.

Do these companies not understand the stress and anxiety it causes, wondering how your going to pay this?

taffy056

Yes just completely ignore them as they are trying to scam you, they don't care about stress and anxiety they just want your money, in fact that is why they send you letters to cause stress, because then they have a better chance to get your cash. So don't pay them a single penny and just have a look on the sticky threads on here to know what to expect from them. Enjoy keeping your money

muckybutt

Good oll Central I know em well, expect 4 letters 1 from them 1 from Roxburgh and 2 from Graham White aka Michael Sobel

They are all empty threats designed to intimidate and bully you into coughing up your hard earned crust, do not correspond with them in any way shape or form, my last contact from them was last december and that was my final final warning