Unsure whether to challenge a parking fine?

Geoffrey_Bobbles_Bonbon

Firstly, apologies for any confusion, I am "Another Username" with a new login name. I had a few problems trying to post.

Thank you Coupon Mad. Hopefully your post answers my question.

Since my original posts, I have received numerous reminders from the PPC (who ARE registered in the list of approved PPCs incidentally) but the last two letters caused me more concern.

The first letter was from a debt collection agency who informed me that the matter has been passed to them. The second letter was from a firm of solicitors who also say they are taking on the matter.

I am guessing these are hoaxes. The solicitor's letter particularly looked like a fake - it was a simple print-out on cheap A4 paper and not written on a professionally printed letterhead.

Please could somebody advise me if these are the usual tactics these PPCs use, or am I to believe the matter had been taken further?

Thanks again.

John

bazster

Standard tactics, all part of the scam.

cgk1

Geoffrey_Bobbles_Bonbon wrote: »

Firstly, apologies for any confusion, I am "Another Username" with a new login name. I had a few problems trying to post.

Thank you Coupon Mad. Hopefully your post answers my question.

Since my original posts, I have received numerous reminders from the PPC (who ARE registered in the list of approved PPCs incidentally) but the last two letters caused me more concern.

The first letter was from a debt collection agency who informed me that the matter has been passed to them. The second letter was from a firm of solicitors who also say they are taking on the matter.

I am guessing these are hoaxes. The solicitor's letter particularly looked like a fake - it was a simple print-out on cheap A4 paper and not written on a professionally printed letterhead.

Please could somebody advise me if these are the usual tactics these PPCs use, or am I to believe the matter had been taken further?

Thanks again.

John

Just another aspect of the scam, they send out those letters as a matter of course to try and scare you - if you read carefully they are always carefully worded with many "if" "could" and so on.

You know what powers a debt collection agency has? NONE, nothing, none.

The only people you would have to worry about is court bailiffs and this is the chain that would have to happen for them to become involved:

1) They'd have to take you to court (You are more likely to encounter a martian)

2) They have to win (even more unlikely)

3) You refuse to pay

4) They get a CCJ and the baliffs become involved.


The letters should be used for paper air-planes and nothing more.

fivetide

Have you played snap with the letter thread?

5t.

Geoffrey_Bobbles_Bonbon

Thanks for this. All part of their system then.

I will continue to ignore all messages. If it goes to court I will expect that any such notification will be handed to me at my front door by a little green man.

Thanks again.

esmerobbo

DCA Roxburghe and the solicitor Graham White by any chance?

If so rearrange this to describe them both POSS TOTS!

Geoffrey_Bobbles_Bonbon

You're not wrong there!

ManxRed

Loving your username. And yes, I'm old enough to remember. I actually saw Paula Wilcox in the street the other day, and sadly she's aged...

Mind you, so have I...

Geoffrey_Bobbles_Bonbon

I noticed how she had aged in a soap the other day. We all do sadly. Well, apart from Cliff Richard.

Dr In The House, On The Buses, etc. I remember them all.