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Playing the PPCs at their own game

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  • ManxRed
    ManxRed Posts: 3,530 Forumite
    I can't remember now, unfortunately. Maybe some of the others can remember that far back (my memory is shot now).
    Je Suis Cecil.
  • ripped_off_driver
    ripped_off_driver Posts: 453 Forumite
    Here is Perky pleading for help from the experts on Pepipoo. You can see they did their best to help him:

    http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=33579&hl=

    He was found out when he posted the exact same query on another consumer site using the same username and then used that user name to announce his latest court "victory", having first tried to edit out the earlier thread. Only Perky could pull a stunt like this and get it so spectacularly wrong.
  • nwressell
    nwressell Posts: 3 Newbie
    Looking forward to seeing how this pans out!
  • Lynnzer
    Lynnzer Posts: 62 Forumite
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    Hi Broadsword,
    given the fact that UKPC are not the landowner and that they have no right to charge for any alleged infringement, this opens another avenue of possibility.
    I'm on about their status for collection of monies here.
    If they are chasing for an alleged debt to their client, ie Sainsbury or whoever, they are out of the loop for receipt of money not owed to them.
    I would guess that the contract with their client doesn't specifically say they keep all money obtained, only a percentage of it. Which makes them debt collectors rather than creditors. In that case they need a consumer credit license for debt collection which I can pretty much guarantee they don't have.
    There's no way I can see they could present themselves as creditors.
    To debt collect without a license is a criminal offence.
    Of course you may see it differently but that's my take on this.
    Confucius say woman who sits on Judges knee gets honourable discharge
  • richard734
    richard734 Posts: 489 Forumite
    Bargepole - any updates?? This thread is more addictive than Neighbours - and has a better plot line than Eastenders!
  • alexandragrlimnos
    alexandragrlimnos Posts: 12 Forumite
    richard734 wrote: »
    Bargepole - any updates?? This thread is more addictive than Neighbours - and has a better plot line than Eastenders!


    To be honest AYTHING is more interesting than Eastenders and Neighbours... and corrie and hollyoaks

    :rotfl:
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    edited 14 September 2012 at 11:46AM
    alexandragrlimnos wrote: »
    To be honest AYTHING is more interesting than Eastenders and Neighbours... and corrie and hollyoaks

    :rotfl:
    Let's be completely honest. Its far more serious than that....

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    And then there are these...

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    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
  • Lynnzer
    Lynnzer Posts: 62 Forumite
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    bargepole wrote: »
    Actual claims can only be made by the person who is owed the money.

    And this would be the landowner, not the PPC.
    I've shot off similar stuff to BR+ myself just this week.
    How's this one panning out then Bargepole. Any further activity yet?
    Confucius say woman who sits on Judges knee gets honourable discharge
  • bargepole
    bargepole Posts: 3,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Lynnzer wrote: »
    ... How's this one panning out then Bargepole. Any further activity yet?
    Not really. I had an online message from my debt collectors to say that they didn't think UKPC's "debt" was recoverable on a no-win no-fee basis, which is not really surprising.

    No further letters from UKPC, DR+ or anyone else for a few weeks now, I'll update the thread if and when any more arrive.

    I have been providing assistance, including Lay Representation at Court hearings (current score: won 57, lost 14), to defendants in parking cases for over 5 years. I have an LLB (Hons) degree, and have a Graduate Diploma in Civil Litigation from CILEx. However, any advice given on these forums by me is NOT formal legal advice, and I accept no liability for its accuracy.
  • Lynnzer
    Lynnzer Posts: 62 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 27 September 2012 at 9:32AM
    bargepole wrote: »
    Not really. I had an online message from my debt collectors to say that they didn't think UKPC's "debt" was recoverable on a no-win no-fee basis, which is not really surprising.

    No further letters from UKPC, DR+ or anyone else for a few weeks now, I'll update the thread if and when any more arrive.
    I think they've reached the end of the road then.
    Might be a good time to set the debt collectors on them.

    Might also be a good idea to refer this to the DVLA as obviuosly PPC are sending stuff to a debt collector with no intention of taking legal action
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