Advice needed over congestion charge!

carloblanco_2

Does nobody else beleive this is ludicrous? Even if the 1st letter had been paid, i had appealed this yet even after appeal have not been given the opportunity to pay that £60 as it went upto £180 during the appeal process!
Why does the fee jump from £10 to £12 then to £60! Are you telling me it costs £60 to send a letter? A chance to pay the charge should be allowed for those that do not live in and around London and are not aware of the procedures.
Yes i massively begrudge paying this charge and i guess must be blind but then i wasnt looking for the signs i was more worried about myself and my baby.

carloblanco_2

ps does anyone know does the baliff letter zapper on crimebodge.com work? or at least can work in this instance. I am contacting TFL to sort this through the complaints procedure (thanks whoever posted that) but obviously want to keep the wolves at bay in the meantime.

I want to add that since I appealed against the appeal, i have heard no further from TFL until the baliff letter yesterday, so I certainly have not been given the chance to pay this! :A

maninthestreet

No we don't - you have appealed and lost, and have had ample time time to pay since losing that appeal. Rather than trying to pusue a lost cause in getting the authorities to consider you as some sort of special case that entitles you to pay only £12, you would be better off paying the outstanding charge before the inevitable CCJ is made against you and the bailiffs turn up on your door step to seize your property.

ILW

The debt will just keep on getting bigger until you pay up.

redux

carloblanco wrote: »

I want to add that since I appealed against the appeal, i have heard no further from TFL until the baliff letter yesterday, so I certainly have not been given the chance to pay this! :A

It's not much good complaining that you weren't given a chance to pay, when everything they see is you refusing.

You have been given several chances to pay, to keep the wolves at bay as you call it.

Perhaps you might have paid £60 while appealing against it, and the amount would never have increased any further whatever the outcome of the appeal. Then you said that you or your partner refused when it was at £180, and so on ...

Splott

carloblanco wrote: »

ps does anyone know does the baliff letter zapper on crimebodge.com work? or at least can work in this instance.

None of those will work because those are for bad debts. You're not challenging a debt or an invoice such as you would a parking fine from a parking company, you're challenging a fine. No bailiffs letters to stop those being enforced.

cajef

carloblanco wrote: »

We can honestly say we never noticed any signs nor knew how to go about where to pay for the CC. We live in Cornwall which is 300+ miles away from the capital,

I also live in Cornwall but there has been enough publicity over the years about the congestion charge that if I had the need to travel into London I would make sure I was aware of how the scheme was operated.

You only have to look it up on the internet to get all the information you need.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/roadusers/congestioncharging/

meer53

Do you really need all this hassle ? Just pay what is owed and forget it happened. Principles are fine, but you have to draw the line somewhere, especially when you are in the wrong.

If you were going for an emergency procedure, why did you have to make your own way there ?

forgotmyname

The only way to end this is to pay it. Dont forget when you go out one day and the cars gone phone the bailiffs to see if they have it 1st before you report it stolen.

You can write as many letters as you like, But dont leave the doors or windows open. After they have been to court and even more charges get added on they have more powers.

Still has to be peaceful entry i think. But do you want to live like that?

Having to check the coast is clear before you open the door? Hiding the car around the corner so they dont take it.

carloblanco_2

Update....signed the stat dec forms and sent those back to northampton tec to say not received outcome of appeal. they refused got a really snotty letter from transport for london saying they would be reinstating the baliffs etc. But before that came back wrote to Nick Fairholme the cheif exec fella as directed by somebody (may thanks for that) and amazingly two days later i recieved a letter saying we agree that mitigating circumstances were involved and dropped all charges including paying the £10 fee which i had agreed was worthy of paying. All in all a great outcome. Common sense prevailed in the end!!

Pay it!! Who said that?? this is a money saving forum... Please!!
Big thanks to all!! xxx