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PPC hospital parking ticket

Hi, following previous advice on the forum I ignored 2 APCOA parking tickets, these were 6months + ago. All seemed ok but today I have received 2 debt collection letters from Roxburghe each demanding £138.00 each.
Any advice as to what I should do now?!!

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  • Paradigm
    Paradigm Posts: 3,667 Forumite
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    Carry on ignoring!
    Expect 2 or 3 more letters with different colour schemes (red is my fav) & escalated threats..... ignore these too.
    Always try to be at least half the person your dog thinks you are!
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    Roxburghe's are just debt collectors. Remember: Debt collectors have all the power and authority at law to collect debt - that you and I have. That means that all they can actually do is to ask you to pay. Of course, they don't want people to know that and so dress their demands up in pseudo-legalese in the hope that they will be frightened into paying them money for something that is not actually a debt anyway. Roxburghe's are currently under investigation by the Office of Fair Trading and have been threatened that their debt collection licence will be taken away from them.

    You might also receive a couple of letters from Graham White's Solicitors. Don't be fooled because that's just Roxborg Poxburghe Roxburghe again and will have originated from the next desk along from the one that sent you the last one.
    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
  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    edited 21 July 2012 at 12:52PM
    Roxburghe are under investigation by the OFT, who are "minded to revoke their licence".

    Graham White are under investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for threatening people with legal action, that they can't actually take.

    We live in hope.
    The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in my life. :)
  • bondy_lad
    bondy_lad Posts: 1,001 Forumite
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    we all know roxburghe well on here, there letters are sent out by dumb john, he is that stupid he does not realise he should be paid for his so called duties,,,you will recieve more and then from graham (i am a phoney solicitor) white,,their letters are posted by janis, she is on the next desk along to dumb john(same office), she is on work experience, so again unpaid,she spends half her time doing her nails and the other half texting her mates telling them about this dead easy job she has,, worry not, all part of the same scam, same advice,, ignore.
  • muckybutt
    muckybutt Posts: 3,761 Forumite
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    bondy_lad wrote: »
    we all know roxburghe well on here, there letters are sent out by dumb john, he is that stupid he does not realise he should be paid for his so called duties,,,you will recieve more and then from graham (i am a phoney solicitor) white,,their letters are posted by janis, she is on the next desk along to dumb john(same office), she is on work experience, so again unpaid,she spends half her time doing her nails and the other half texting her mates telling them about this dead easy job she has,, worry not, all part of the same scam, same advice,, ignore.

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  • Thanks everyone, once again you've been amazing and put my mind at rest!
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