ALDI carpark, Irvine, Ayrshire

TheAuldYin

I recently received notice that I overstayed the 2 hour limit at this carpark in East Road which is aledgedly managed by TPS Parking Solutions Ltd on behalf of its clients. After ignoring the letters I received a further letter from a debt recovery agency demanding payment in excess of £250 or court action will follow. The overstay was under 30 minutes.

Should I pay, ignore or engage? Has anyone else had any dealings with this company and this parking area?

Fergie76

Carry on ignoring.

esmerobbo

Its just the next link in the chain. If you have never contacted them who are they going to take to court?? They would need the details of the driver just for starters.

Don't contact them at all! It only encourages them. The chain will soon come to an end. If you are up to £250 then the final offers will start coming soon with the gestures of goodwill for less and less!!

trisontana

If you want to write to anyone then direct your letters to ALDI saying that you will not darken their doorstep again until they get rid of TPS.

NeverAgain_2

One of my successfully ignored tickets was dealt with by TPS.

As others have said, the demands get more and more extravagant and then start to reduce as gestures of 'goodwill'.

Continue to ignore, do not reply under any circumstances.

It takes a steady nerve - no one, including me - likes receiving nasty letters.

But they will stop in the end.

bruce4321

Ignore it. My daughter got a "ticket" in the same car park. If I remember the chain of events correctly, the "debt recovery agency" letter is the last in the chain.

These people prey on the naive, elderly and uninformed - I know of people who immediately have "paid up" when confronted with one of these scam tickets, and my daughter's grandparents were horrified, even offering to give her the money to pay!

But as someone said, complain to Aldi. Ideally after piling a trolley full of frozen food. Take it to the checkout, but just before paying, walk away, saying "sorry, got to dash away - time's up in the carpark..."

drewdaniel

i overstayed in teh retail park in falkirk by 20mins. and they think its worth £140 to them. what can they take you to court for? losses? its a free car park so they have lost... well... nothing.

ignore them. i am. just waiting to get my solicitor letters from the usual suspects as my final 7days to debt recovery plus are almost up

drewdaniel

bruce4321 wrote: »

But as someone said, complain to Aldi. Ideally after piling a trolley full of frozen food. Take it to the checkout, but just before paying, walk away, saying "sorry, got to dash away - time's up in the carpark..."

heh i like it!