Car Park opposite The Peel Centre- B&M/Dreams Car Park PCN....similar probs

ali-g_2

Hi I've had a fine in dunelm mill Stockport through the post for overstaying is it the same private company they scare me with their letters saying it could go to court and they are aware of these Internet sites saying don't pay! Help anyone please ive ignored two letters so far !!

trisontana

ali-g wrote: »

Hi I've had a fine in dunelm mill Stockport through the post for overstaying is it the same private company they scare me with their letters saying it could go to court and they are aware of these Internet sites saying don't pay! Help anyone please ive ignored two letters so far !!

It's not a fine and it won't go anywhere near a court . Stop worrying.

bondy_lad

its a FAKE ticket/invoice ali,so worry not.

Coupon-mad

ali-g wrote: »

Hi I've had a fine in dunelm mill Stockport through the post for overstaying is it the same private company they scare me with their letters saying it could go to court and they are aware of these Internet sites saying don't pay! Help anyone please ive ignored two letters so far !!

You will find a picture of that letter in the third from top thread along with the whole letter chain. It's just a matter of playing snap.

ali-g_2

Thank you Thank you!! I hope not to lose any more sleep over it and certainly won't park there or shop there again!!

Coupon-mad

ali-g wrote: »

Thank you Thank you!! I hope not to lose any more sleep over it and certainly won't park there or shop there again!!

We have all been there and ignored a fake PCN or two (I have ignored two myself, easy).

Just play snap with the letters as they will match the pictures in our third from top thread 'PPC letter chains'. Soon they will all fizzle out.

But I would just complain to the retailer otherwise they will not know about your boycott and may think the parking situation is hunky-dory. It is only a number of complaints to the onsite companies - and a realisation about how this scam affects custom - that are likely to get PPCs kicked out of car parks.

mystro8

hi has anybody actually had to pay the fine?? reason i ask is they have threatened me with having to appear in court if i do not pay i have been disputing this since may

please let me know as i am beginning to get a little concerned

trisontana

It's not a FINE and it won't go anywhere near court. Stop worrying.

Coupon-mad

mystro8 wrote: »

hi has anybody actually had to pay the fine?? reason i ask is they have threatened me with having to appear in court if i do not pay i have been disputing this since may

please let me know as i am beginning to get a little concerned

But that's already in the 'letter chains' link I have ALREADY given and then just provided two more pointers to, right above your post! EVERYONE gets those letters threatening Court, that's the point of showing newbies the link to the preview pics so you can see it's all a well-known scam.

Did you not click on the links I gave above, or even look at the letter templates these scammers use, and find your letter on there?

When dealing with "tickets" from private parking companies (PPCs) our advice is to ignore them as long as the registered keeper is you or a relative; the registered keeper will just get more junk mail, that's all. Ignoring the fake PCN includes ignoring the letters and playing snap with them!

The letters to ignore are easy when they arrive at the address of someone who knows it's all hogwash and not a real parking ticket at all.

The whole scam of fake PCNs relies firstly on people's ignorance of the fact that a random private company can't fine anyone, and secondly on their natural fear of parking tickets and the escalating costs/bailiff scenario. So PPCs copy the look of a real parking ticket and - hey presto! - the cash rolls in from victims who know no better.

There is no fine, no CCJ, no bailiff, no debt, no effect on credit rating, not Court, no repercussions at all.

Here are the links AGAIN...yawn...twice in one thread page! Please read the threads & links & info!

Tick off the threatening letters here.

Watchdog clip with expert Solicitor's opinion here.

Barrister's opinion here.


HTH

esmerobbo

If they sent letters saying "We wont do anything but we would like you to pay us" I don't think there would be many takers, so they issue threats of court action, luckily that's all it is!