control account letter

loztiggy

i have read the sticky but the letter i got is differemt
i corresponded with the PPC to explain why i had been parked in a diabled bay (it was extremely snowy when i parked and no road marking could be seen)

the jist od the letter is that i am to be taken to court.

what should i do?

i cant remember the exact contents of the letter i sent them so do not know if i admitted i had been driving or used the terminology "we"

thanks

Quentin

Read through the threads here. You will see you shouldn't do anything!

HO87

Threatening to take you to court is the most common PPC ploy used in the hope that the threat of it will persuade recipients of their pseudo-tickets and letters to fold and pay up. Don't worry about court until such time as a genuine Form N1 Claims Form arrives, properly sealed by the court and make sure its genuine because PPC's continue to attempt to deceive people by sending out unsealed (that means it doesn't have the official court stamp on it) N1 forms. Just continue to ignore everything and do not be tempted to respond to anything. As you have already corresponded with them you may well be subject to an extra level of attention. The vast majority of PPC's do not do court because they know that the chances of winning (other than by default) are slim and besides it involves them in spending time away from milking the rest of the population who remain unaware of the fact that this is just a scam.

taffy056

Ignore everything from them and their bogus debt collectors and solicitors , they will not take you to court, and disabled bays in private car parks are just pretty boxes, and they have no basis in the blue badge scheme, that operates on public roads and council car parks.

Basically its SCAM, and the quicker they go out of business for telling lies and acting unethically the better!

Coupon-mad

loztiggy wrote: »

i have read the sticky but the letter i got is different

the jist of the letter is that i am to be taken to court.

what should i do?

i cant remember the exact contents of the letter i sent them so do not know if i admitted i had been driving or used the terminology "we"

thanks

Is your letter different from these, have a close look? From the sticky:

http://www.violetmount.com/scam.jpg

I haven't seen a different letter from Control Account but maybe they've just changed the wording because not enough people are falling for the scam!

You must ignore Control Account. I did, and have their letters to show for it (got 3 letters, ignored them all, now I show friends if the subject comes up so that they never pay a private parking ticket).

Do nothing.

loztiggy

Thankyou all for the helpful replies.

I shall continue to ignore them.

wobblymummy

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flyingscotno1

taffy056 wrote: »

Ignore everything from them and their bogus debt collectors and solicitors , they will not take you to court, and disabled bays in private car parks are just pretty boxes, and they have no basis in the blue badge scheme, that operates on public roads and council car parks.

Basically its SCAM, and the quicker they go out of business for telling lies and acting unethically the better!

Not always. Scotland passed the Disabled Persons' Parking Place Act, which can allow councils to enforce certain disabled bays under RTRA 1984 in a 'private' car park. Not heard of it happen yet as it only received Royal Assent last year, but one to be aware of.

taffy056

flyingscotno1 wrote: »

Not always. Scotland passed the Disabled Persons' Parking Place Act, which can allow councils to enforce certain disabled bays under RTRA 1984 in a 'private' car park. Not heard of it happen yet as it only received Royal Assent last year, but one to be aware of.

you know better than me as you can tell by my username i'm not from that neck of the woods, but in general disabled bays are not part of the blue badge scheme in private car parks, so they are just there like other bays to keep cars straight and organised.

AlexisV

Not always. Scotland passed the Disabled Persons' Parking Place Act, which can allow councils to enforce certain disabled bays under RTRA 1984 in a 'private' car park. Not heard of it happen yet as it only received Royal Assent last year, but one to be aware of.

I assume a TRO would be needed? No TRO = no offence.

trisontana

AlexisV wrote: »

I assume a TRO would be needed? No TRO = no offence.

I think that's right. Under the new law PPC's won't be allowed to look after disabled parking spaces in private car-parks. That task must be undertaken by the council (or sometimes the police).