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Parking eye fine at Southampton Town Quay

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  • AndysBees
    AndysBees Posts: 16 Forumite
    Bit confused now, i had a letter this morning from Debt Recovery Plus Ltd, which is identical to the letter shown on the link regarding the chain of letters, however the next doc after this looks to be from the court, do i still ignore the parking charge notice as its all crap, or can i actually be taken to court ? Has anthing changed ?

    Help

    Thanks
    Andy
  • ARE007
    ARE007 Posts: 21 Forumite
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    Hi there,

    Just got a letter from a company Debt Recovery Plus Ltd, saying blah blah they want me to pay up and if not the issue may be passed to the landholders solicitor to commence County Court proceeding.

    Really scared now cause I don't need bloody court or solicitors.
  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    AndysBees wrote: »
    Bit confused now, i had a letter this morning from Debt Recovery Plus Ltd, which is identical to the letter shown on the link regarding the chain of letters, however the next doc after this looks to be from the court, do i still ignore the parking charge notice as its all crap, or can i actually be taken to court ? Has anthing changed ?

    Help

    Thanks
    Andy

    You need to be more precise. If it's a letter from the court, then you need to act.

    1. What does it say?
    2. Is there a court reference on it? Does it say it is from Northampton Court?
    3. Yes, you can be taken to court, although the number of people that are is very, very small, but you may be one of the unlucky ones.
  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    ARE007 wrote: »
    Hi there,

    Just got a letter from a company Debt Recovery Plus Ltd, saying blah blah they want me to pay up and if not the issue may be passed to the landholders solicitor to commence County Court proceeding.

    Really scared now cause I don't need bloody court or solicitors.

    You are still in the letter chain stage. Your chances of court papers being raised is slight, but not impossible.

    But if you are asking for cast iron guarantees, no one here can give that.

    In the mean time, do some reading about County court processes and the various stages. You certainly don't need solicitors. though
  • ARE007
    ARE007 Posts: 21 Forumite
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    Guys_Dad wrote: »
    You are still in the letter chain stage. Your chances of court papers being raised is slight, but not impossible.

    But if you are asking for cast iron guarantees, no one here can give that.

    In the mean time, do some reading about County court processes and the various stages. You certainly don't need solicitors. though

    I'm really really confused. I wish I'd paid this fine months ago!! Arghhh!
  • AndysBees
    AndysBees Posts: 16 Forumite
    Guys_Dad wrote: »
    You need to be more precise. If it's a letter from the court, then you need to act.

    1. What does it say?
    2. Is there a court reference on it? Does it say it is from Northampton Court?
    3. Yes, you can be taken to court, although the number of people that are is very, very small, but you may be one of the unlucky ones.

    Its a letter from a debt recovery company stating i must pay if they dont hear from me the next stage would be court proceedings, i have sent an email to them stating i dropped my family off to watch the fireworks but the car park became blocked so nobody could leave. Which is true.
    I had the chance to pay this months ago but followed advice on here, now it seems that these companies can actually enforce them, so not sure now if i should continue to wait or just pay.
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 154,736 Forumite
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    edited 8 April 2013 at 8:27PM
    ARE007 wrote: »
    I'm really really confused. I wish I'd paid this fine months ago!! Arghhh!



    Oh come on, keep up, it's NOT A FINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    It's not difficult, you are just ignoring some junk mail. :)

    Please tell us which letter you have read on the link and mistaken for real Court papers? Which exact letter under which PPC is worrying you?
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 154,736 Forumite
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    edited 8 April 2013 at 8:27PM
    AndysBees wrote: »
    Its a letter from a debt recovery company stating i must pay if they dont hear from me the next stage would be court proceedings, i have sent an email to them stating i dropped my family off to watch the fireworks but the car park became blocked so nobody could leave. Which is true.
    I had the chance to pay this months ago but followed advice on here, now it seems that these companies can actually enforce them, so not sure now if i should continue to wait or just pay.


    Oh do keep up. You too are ignoring JUNK MAIL and yet you have been silly enough to reply to a standard debt collector letter?!

    Either that or you are a PPC plant because the way you have worded this is fairly odd. You actually reckon these scammers 'can actually enforce' these fake PCNs?!

    This isn't your thread...where's your thread, reply there if worried.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • AndysBees
    AndysBees Posts: 16 Forumite
    Oops so i did
    Apologies ARE007 i kinda butted in, all yours again, let me know how you get on.
  • fisherjim
    fisherjim Posts: 7,111 Forumite
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    ARE007 wrote: »
    Hi there,

    Just got a letter from a company Debt Recovery Plus Ltd, saying blah blah they want me to pay up and if not the issue may be passed to the landholders solicitor to commence County Court proceeding.

    Really scared now cause I don't need bloody court or solicitors.
    Yep had one of these, said exactly the same thing, more scare tactics and you seem to be falling for it. Don't cave in Debt Recovery plus are just scammers too!
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