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Euro car parking..parking fine from Spain

kremmen
kremmen Posts: 751 Forumite
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in Parking tickets, fines & parking
Hi,

I have just received a "notice to owner" of a parking fine from Spain of £105.13 ( allegedly for May ). I did hire a car but am not aware of the offence.

Should I pay and if so why to these people not the spanish authorities?

What happens if I don't?

Paul
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  • Trebor16
    Trebor16 Posts: 3,061 Forumite
    Not sure what has happened here but are you being pursued by a UK company for an alleged debt for parking while you were in Spain?
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  • Oopsadaisy
    Oopsadaisy Posts: 1,818 Forumite
    Yeah some foreign authorities try to recover money from UK by using a UK debt-chaser.

    Ignore them.

    They will quote all sorts of mumbo-jumbo but it's all clap-trap.

    Ignore.
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  • RENEGADE_2
    RENEGADE_2 Posts: 948 Forumite
    Do I take it Euro Car Parks operate in Spain and found a UK vehicle to contravene its terms? Stranger things have happened.

    Well you wouldn't owe the Spanish authorities anything for precisely the reason a private land incident doesn't make you owe the British authorities anything!

    Perhaps you'll be made an honourary war criminal and Interpol will search for you! :)

    Then again, maybe not. Euro Car Parks is a PPC and everything they generate is a total scam, ignore them.
  • vax2002
    vax2002 Posts: 7,187 Forumite
    cancel any debits you have with the car hire company, they will raid your bank now they have served notice.
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  • kremmen
    kremmen Posts: 751 Forumite
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    Thanks all.

    I had already cancelled the card due losing it :embarasse , I will never use that car hire company again anyway.

    I will hold out.

    Thanks

    Paul
  • Oopsadaisy
    Oopsadaisy Posts: 1,818 Forumite
    Get a grip people.

    This is most likely a genuine 'local authority' parking fine [albeit in Spain].

    Try google...you'll be amazed what you can find out....
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  • RENEGADE_2
    RENEGADE_2 Posts: 948 Forumite
    Oopsadaisy wrote: »
    Get a grip people.

    This is most likely a genuine 'local authority' parking fine [albeit in Spain].

    Try google...you'll be amazed what you can find out....

    Be that as it may, they will hardly extradite you for something this trivial. The operation costs big money.
  • kremmen
    kremmen Posts: 751 Forumite
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    The letter does have the details of the local "council" in Tarifa shown on it .I wonder if they farm the collection out to UK debt collectors.

    Paul
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,514 Forumite
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    It's not Euro Car Parks, so let's not get confused.

    What's the name of the company who wrote to you?
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  • kremmen
    kremmen Posts: 751 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Coupon-mad wrote: »
    It's not Euro Car Parks, so let's not get confused.

    What's the name of the company who wrote to you?

    Sorry for the typo.

    Its Euro Parking Collection PLC

    Paul
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