Town and City Parking yet again...

Coupon-mad

If you'd read the stickies you would have seen AA Hutton's letters already. Or have you got a different one than in our pics on the top thread?

Either way ignore them but report them (not to the Police):

http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/england_wales/factsheet.php?page=03_harassment

HTH

esmerobbo

thetriggerhappypwner wrote: »

You are correct, the police did call it a "civil matter" and dont want to get involved...

"Civil matter" really, maybe plod needs to read the protection from harassment act 1997!


Offence of harassment

(1)A person who pursues a course of conduct in breach of section 1 is guilty of an offence.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.

(3)In section 24(2) of the [1984 c. 60.] Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (arrestable offences), after paragraph (m) there is inserted—

“(n)an offence under section 2 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (harassment).”.

thetriggerhappypwner

I cannot understand why the Police dont do something about these "cowboys"...

thetriggerhappypwner

Hey peoples! Received another letter letter from A. A. Hutton today with the following content:

CREDITOR: Town & City Parking LTD Client Ref: XXXXXXXX/XXXXXXX Account Ref: XXXXXXXXXXXX O/S Debt Amount: £70.00

URGENT Dear Sir/Madam We refer to the above outstanding PARKING CHARGE NOTICE and to our previous unanswered letters on this subject. As this amount is still outstanding, unless you contact this office by return we may have no alternative but to proceed with legal action against you without further notice. To stop this from happening you should either contact our office now on the telephone number 0845 8334503, phone our automated telephone payments system on 0845 833 4502 or log on to our website at https://www.aahutton.co.uk to make payment. (cheques should be made payable to AA Hutton LLP) NO FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN AND YOU MAY BE LIABLE FOR ANY COURT EXPENSES INCURRED: Yours faithfully, (SIGNATURE) AA Hutton LLP

Advice??

taffy056

thetriggerhappypwner wrote: »

Advice??

Simple - IGNORE!

Coupon-mad

Ignore them.

Could you possibly scan or take a pic of your letters as the ones we have on our top thread are obviously not very clear/too small. Your examples are the same but maybe you can pm Crabman the OP of the top thread, with bigger pics? If you still cannot post images then post a broken link (remove the http) and put the images in a reply on the top thread, 'PPC letters, what to expect'.

But - make complaints about the debt collector and the PPC for harassment. Harass them, effectively, without contacting them! Make their life hard by reporting their modus operandi which breaches Codes of Practice, debt collector guideline and the Law and means the PPC should never have got your details from the DVLA.-

There's a good info blog here on pepipoo forums by bama, regular poster:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?...article&id=102

It includes a suggested letter for complaining to the DVLA and to the BPA. Sounds like a waste of time to complain to the BPA - but it's not because most PPCs are currently breaching the BPA Code of Practice. Read the blog article and you'll see that this breach and other issues means they should not be able to get info from the DVLA.

Complaints will win the day - you did say in your OP that you had got mockery and insults from the PPC and now you have harassment from their debt collector. Harassment is a criminal offence:

http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/england_wales/factsheet.php?page=03_harassment

Also complain to your MP, the OfT, local Trading Standards, the press and to the car park or retailer Management themselves for allowing this protection racket on their site.

The more people who complain the better this year.

trisontana

we may have no alternative

That's a good piece of gobbledygook. If they have "no alternative" how can they qualify that statement by using "may"? Typical PPC nonsense.

mcjordi

its bull plop.. ive had several "tickets" from these "clowns" and they all follow the same chain of letters.. they will give up eventually...

IGNORE them..

Oopsadaisy

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thetriggerhappypwner

Well here are the scanned images as promised... IMAGE 1 IMAGE 2 IMAGE 3 IMAGE 4 You might notice that they get more and more aggressive as you go through the letters.