please help - private car park ticket (UKPC) issued in a free car park

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Hi there received the letter From Debt recovery plus ltd the other day – if indeed I am to ignore this – it really infuriates me they can harass people like this.

We act on behalf of UK Parking Control LTD

Our client has written to you previously explaining that your vehicle was parked in breach of the agreed terms and conditions regarding parking on their clients private land. As payment has not been received our clients has instructed us to recover the above monies from you as the driver at the time the vehicle was parked.

It is essential that payment is made to us within 7 days of the date of this letter. If you are having difficulty in making the payment then please contact our office on 0844 561 0965 to discuss your proposal for payment.

We are a member of the BPA and its approved operator scheme and we adhere to its code of practice. As the registered keeper it is important that you inform us immediately if you have sold/hired the car. If you were not the driver, please provide us with the name and address of the person who was driving the vehicle at the relevant time. This is important so that we can avoid pursuing the wrong person.

The BPA code of practice states that the courts do not look favourably on motorists or consumers who try to withheld information from operators when it has been asked for with genuine, reasonable and proper cause. Accordingly, if we do not receive full payment or contact from you with your proposal for payment, this matter may be passed to our solicitor to commence county court proceedings.

Always quote our ref number on this matter, if you have made payment since the dates of this letter then please ignore this reminder.

Coupon-mad

It's just a similar letter to those shown under various PPCs listed in the first post on our top sticky info thread:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2214803

Look at the other companies who use DRP, look at the letters, that's what you will receive. So what, it's a scam not a fine so ignore it all. There will be no effect on your credit rating.

You may like to know that UKPC were taken to Court this week by a Trading Standards but the jury bottled it this afternoon:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3466467

...only found guilty on one count - but I think those criminal charges give ou a flavour of this sort of scumbag parking company. :mad:

mulmul

omer104 wrote: »

Hi there received the letter From Debt recovery plus ltd the other day – if indeed I am to ignore this – it really infuriates me they can harass people like this.

We act on behalf of UK Parking Control LTD

Our client has written to you previously explaining that your vehicle was parked in breach of the agreed terms and conditions regarding parking on their clients private land. As payment has not been received our clients has instructed us to recover the above monies from you as the driver at the time the vehicle was parked.

It is essential that payment is made to us within 7 days of the date of this letter. If you are having difficulty in making the payment then please contact our office on 0844 561 0965 to discuss your proposal for payment.

We are a member of the BPA and its approved operator scheme and we adhere to its code of practice. As the registered keeper it is important that you inform us immediately if you have sold/hired the car. If you were not the driver, please provide us with the name and address of the person who was driving the vehicle at the relevant time. This is important so that we can avoid pursuing the wrong person.

The BPA code of practice states that the courts do not look favourably on motorists or consumers who try to withheld information from operators when it has been asked for with genuine, reasonable and proper cause. Accordingly, if we do not receive full payment or contact from you with your proposal for payment, this matter may be passed to our solicitor to commence county court proceedings.

Always quote our ref number on this matter, if you have made payment since the dates of this letter then please ignore this reminder.

hope you didnt pay at the end:D

The_Slithy_Tove

omer104 wrote: »

The BPA code of practice states that the courts do not look favourably on motorists or consumers who try to withheld information from operators when it has been asked for with genuine, reasonable and proper cause.

Really? Surely a Code of Practice should stipulate how its members should behave. This is just statement of fact (actually, it's not, it's complete rubbish), and nothing to do with codes of practice or behaviour.