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parking ticket

Ive had 3 letters off a private parking company, trying to fine me for over stayed parking in a retail park ...(the automatic photo type) from the hours of just before midnight to 2.30 the next morning! this retail park is always open 24hrs as there is a macdonnals on it, and everybody uses it for the venue over the road which has no parking, and double yellow lines everywhere, plus i refuse to pay on the grounds that these shops the company are employed by arn't even open that time of night ...so how can they get away with charging people.
Now its been passed to a debt recovery agency, threating to take me to court.... as i know that the parking company are sharks i have not been intouch with them at all, but im now worried about this debt recovery agency taking it further

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  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
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    Debt recovery company = private citizens with no more power than you or me to demand money off people. Keep on ignoring.
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,519 Forumite
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    edited 23 March 2014 at 11:53PM
    Do not ignore a private parking ticket - from 2013 onwards things changed in England/Wales. If yours is Parking Eye then they are suing people and so are some other PPCs.

    You must appeal and with current forum advice, you will win at popla - we win 100% of appeals in 2014.

    Please click to page one of the forum, get off this old thread. See my signature below for where to click to read current advice. Please read the NEWBIES thread at the top of this very forum.

    Did I say STOP reading this ancient thread, NOW??!!




    Do not ignore a private parking ticket - from 2013 onwards things changed in England/Wales. If yours is Parking Eye then they are suing people and so are some other PPCs.

    You must appeal and with current forum advice, you will win at popla - we win 100% of appeals in 2014.

    Please click to page one of the forum, get off this old thread. See my signature below for where to click to read current advice. Please read the NEWBIES thread at the top of this very forum.

    Did I say STOP reading this ancient thread, NOW??!!
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • pogofish
    pogofish Posts: 10,853 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    neo13 wrote: »
    Ive had 3 letters off a private parking company, trying to fine me for over stayed parking in a retail park

    You don't have a parking ticket of any sort, nor a fine and the "debt collectors" are nothing more than a joke too.

    Ignore them completely and check the sticky to see what to expect next in their letter chain.
  • fil_cad
    fil_cad Posts: 837 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic
    They WONT take you to court be strong and ignore all sh**e from them they will fizzle out and make there filthy liveing out of people who think there as real as a council/police ticket fines
    PPCs say its carpark management, BPA say its raising standards..... we all know its just about raking in the revenue. :eek:
  • give_them_FA
    give_them_FA Posts: 2,998 Forumite
    Yes, you have done well up to now, just keep on ignoring, the entire operation is simply a scam and if you take no notice they will just go away.
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