** PS&P Ltd Debt collectors due to CPP fine **

surfboy1

Momo77 wrote: »

Just keeping you updated, had letter today from PS&P stating options on how to pay, if not received in 7 days case will be passed to external collectors who will attend property with intention of collecting remaining balance. If they cant do this they will attempt to assess the goods that could be removed by County Court bailiffs at a later date, should the necessity arise.

Why on earth would they want to assess goods for a county court bailiff to remove?
What a county court bailiff does is nothing to do with them whatsoever.
Just who do they think they are ?
Of course this matter will not be going near a court at all.
Are they realy that stupid?
Deffinate trading standard complaint there i think.

ManxRed

Complain to the Office of Fair Trading - they have guidelines on how Debt Collectors operate and this is probably waaaaay off the scale.

Coupon-mad

And by the way, they won't actually attend.

We have seen this letter before but please complain to the Office of Fair Trading on their website 'contact us' to report a debt collection guidelines breach.

CharleneUK

I've had the same letter. Have taken a photo and will edit and upload shortly. We've had two letters in the same of 3 weeks which is unusual...

ManxRed

If it contains all that guff about assessing goods for future bailiff visit I would definitely stick a complaint in to the Office of Fair Trading.

CharleneUK

ManxRed

Definitely send a copy of that to the OfT and ask if they think it falls within their guidelines, given that the alleged civil debt referred to is denied and has not even been the subject of a court claim yet.

taffy056

What a shocking letter, they have no right to enter your property unless they are court appointed bailiffs, which means you would have to first go to court, lose the judgement, fail to pay within 28 days, and then they go back to court to get bailiffs appointed. The chances of that happening without your knowledge is so small that you would stand a better chance of winning the lotto jackpot

CharleneUK

Thanks guys. I'll contact trading standards.

I was shocked at the threats laid out in this particular letter as well!

Coupon-mad

Email a copy of that letter to Mike Butler at the DVLA as well because wasn't the original fake PCN from CPP? They are a BPA AOS member and PS&P are acting on behalf of CPP as their agent.

[EMAIL="mike.butler@dvla.gsi.gov.uk"]mike.butler@dvla.gsi.gov.uk[/EMAIL]

Point out that this is your own PCN from months ago, in a private car park, and it was a ticket which you disputed - and how exactly does an AOS member like CPP think they can let a debt collector write this claptrap impersonating bailiff powers? Ask what the DVLA are going to do about this breach, not only of the BPA Code of Practice but also of several laws about unfair trading practices. And of course this letter threatening to come knocking and 'assess goods' is going to the registered keepers of all the cars they have ticketed - your case being typical in that it was prior to the Protection of Freedoms Act and so only the driver can be possibly liable.