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UK Parking Control - Dodgy advice on their website

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  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    Dear Mr G24,

    It's for "information purposes only".

    Love & kisses,

    BPA.

    :)
    The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in my life. :)
  • muckybutt
    muckybutt Posts: 3,761 Forumite
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    devonlad wrote: »
    Aren't all theirs sites telling [STRIKE]perky[/STRIKE] pies. I looked at some and they all spout same Shi.

    Shhhhh dont use the p word he might complain, Mr X from now on :rotfl:
    You may click thanks if you found my advice useful
  • SodG24
    SodG24 Posts: 1,123 Forumite
    Stephen_Leak wrote: »
    Dear Mr G24,

    It's for "information purposes only".

    Love & kisses,

    BPA.

    :)

    Dis-information !
    All aboard the Gus Bus !
  • devonlad
    devonlad Posts: 3,254 Forumite
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    Lol I wonder where or how theý design the the signs I got a pic of an a4 sign on paper that says priority parking. Cant upload it yet as not got a puter
    The word about the scammers is spreading like marmite here in the westcountry.
    We workers all love it and the ppc hate it :rotfl:
  • Trebor16
    Trebor16 Posts: 3,061 Forumite
    Are the references UKPC use actually court references?
    "You should know not to believe everything in media & polls by now !"


    John539 2-12-14 Post 15030
  • esmerobbo
    esmerobbo Posts: 4,979 Forumite
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    That list actually first appeared on DRP's website, they could be real but the claims were all issued in Manchester. They are probably cases involving unpaid utilities or such.

    DRP never and still does not specify that the judgements they show are for parking charges, they just quote these are claims successfully made.
    Any debt collectors will have many many successful claims, as they do chase official debts.

    For DRP to gain judgement they would need to own a debt or be acting as solicitors for the owner. Now they cant own a debt without a contract and they have not got any solicitors registered at their business. Sort of backs up the suspicion that these judgements are not for parking charges.
  • fb1969
    fb1969 Posts: 568 Forumite
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    At least they haven't just repeated the list of premiership footballers that another company used!
  • BASFORDLAD
    BASFORDLAD Posts: 2,418 Forumite
    fb1969 wrote: »
    At least they haven't just repeated the list of premiership footballers that another company used!

    I wonder who that was.....
    For everthing else there's mastercard.
    For clampers there's Barclaycard.
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Coupon-mad wrote: »
    'Each month 10-20 people receive CCJs from the civil courts after trying to avoid paying one of our parking charges.'
    The answer is to get 2 parking charges, you'll be perfectly safe then as they only take you to court for one.:rotfl:
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • ManxRed
    ManxRed Posts: 3,530 Forumite
    I wonder if UKPC were primary contributors to the BPA's famous 'survey' to gather data for the DVLA for the Freedoms Bill?

    It would certainly explain where most of the 36,000 claims figure came from!
    Je Suis Cecil.
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