parking eye charge... now c.a.r.s debt...help!

stickmitch

in may this year i was at a mcdonald's restaurant writing an essay for about 90 minutes, getting drinks and food for most of it

un aware there was a 75 minute limit... so next day or two i got a letter through the post giving me a £70 fine

obviously wrote back saying i'm not going to pay... there are no laws regarding private land parking, and its contract law so they can only claim for profits lost... the car park was empty so i didn't impact on sales

they will have me on cctv in the restaurant the whole time, so its ridiculous they are trying to charge me... i said all that in a letter saying i was not gonna pay

it even says on a notice that they will extend the time limit if the customer asks, so its only unlucky i didnt realise there was a time limit!

now they have got c.a.r.s debt involved... what do i do???

i'm not getting bullied into paying a stupid charge

HappyMJ

Did you really get a fine? Can you scan the "invoice" and show us the word "fine"? What can you do? Well you can stop wasting your time and money on stamps. Then do whatever you normally do on a Thursday evening.

esmerobbo

Ignore Parking Spy. Plus their new debt collectors who have the same power as me to ask you for money. That will be none!!

But seriously would you take this debt collection company serious??????

http://www.carsuk.org/customer.htm
http://www.carsuk.org/staff.htm

Parking eye are going through debt collectors like I do socks. Must be fed up no win no fee!!!!

stickmitch

well no it was a 'parking notice' so they didn't break any laws sending it

my main question is how do i get them to stop contacting me, i've written 2 letters saying i'm not paying, how do i get them to stop? will the c.a.r.s send bailiffs?

HappyMJ

stickmitch wrote: »

well no it was a 'parking notice' so they didn't break any laws sending it

my main question is how do i get them to stop contacting me, i've written 2 letters saying i'm not paying, how do i get them to stop? will the c.a.r.s send bailiffs?

You can't. The more you let them know that you know that you are reading the letters they send the more determined they get so just use the letters for whatever purpose you wish. They can only send bailiffs after they get a CCJ and the chances of that is zero.

notts_phil

No they can't send baliffs.if you read any type if debt collector letter it contains lots of 'may' could etc.

It's only fit for using at the bottom of the cat Litter tray

stickmitch

they didnt send a letter they called me... i at first thought they were after my dad so i said he wanst in and they said to call back later, they then called again today but i ignored the call.. am i best just to ignore the calls then?

esmerobbo

stickmitch wrote: »

well no it was a 'parking notice' so they didn't break any laws sending it

my main question is how do i get them to stop contacting me, i've written 2 letters saying i'm not paying, how do i get them to stop? will the c.a.r.s send bailiffs?

C.A.R.S can do nothing except request you pay. Their system is set up to try and recover legit debts, these parking charges are not a legitimate charge. Only a court can legitimise the parking charge.

You can try if you wish write and tell C.A.R.S that the debt is disputed and they should pass it back to Parking eye. Whether they do or not?

notts_phil

I love the bit about being reported to the local authorities. What a joke....

Sir_Roger_deLodger

What a bunch of amateurs. Parking Lie are really scraping the bottom of the barrel now.

bondy_lad

just ignore everything completely,if u contact they will hound u longer, just throw the threat o grams/junk mail in the bin, or put it at the bottom of your bird cage,,in the end they will give up and move on to some other poor unsuspecting victim.