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Parkingeye and ludicrous parking charge notice

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  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Dyslexia is no excuse for the insults you threw at other posters calling them know it alls with small brain cells. Throw missiles at people - expect some back.
  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Can I say we are here to offer advice, sometimes that will be bluntly given as that cuts through everything and gets to the point. Your attitude stinks on here for some reason. Using dyslexia as a defence is no excuse. I do think that users here will vote with their feet and not bother responding to you.

    And that is me out of here
    When posting a parking issue on MSE do not reveal any information that may enable PPCs to identify you. They DO monitor the forum.
    We don't need the following to help you.
    Name, Address, PCN Number, Exact Date Of Incident, Date On Invoice, Reg Number, Vehicle Picture, The Time You Entered & Left Car Park, Or The Amount of Time You Overstayed.
    :beer: Anti Enforcement Hobbyist Member :beer:
  • l**s02
    l**s02 Posts: 9 Forumite
    Hi everyone

    APCOA Parking ticket FINES
     Hi everyone


    Have ignored APCOA parking fine but they have now send a Debt

    collection letter from ROXBURGHE debt collectors demanding £138.

    The following clause is included in the letter


    "If you were not the driver at the time of the unauthourised parking eventplease contact us to let us know who it was. It is in your best interest to contact us so we can resolve this matter without recourse to further action.. If we do not hear from you we will pass the matter to our solicitors

    We are fully aware of anecdotal information being presented on internent on various websitesand you may well feel this guidance is worth following. We strongly urge you to seek independant legal adviserather than rely on those opinions"


    I dont know what to do. I am now worried that this can be passed to

    lawyers and that will enquire a lot more debt or have these

    debtors haunting me all the time



    Thank you LSL
  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Ignore them, the next letter you'll get is from graham white for £207.25 , who in fact is roxburghe pretending to be solicitors , then one more letter offering a discount then end of scam.
    When posting a parking issue on MSE do not reveal any information that may enable PPCs to identify you. They DO monitor the forum.
    We don't need the following to help you.
    Name, Address, PCN Number, Exact Date Of Incident, Date On Invoice, Reg Number, Vehicle Picture, The Time You Entered & Left Car Park, Or The Amount of Time You Overstayed.
    :beer: Anti Enforcement Hobbyist Member :beer:
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,351 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    They are playing mind games with you.
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    If you want independant legal advice then go ahead and get it. My opinion which is of course as the letter says anecdotal...is to ignore.

    They may take the opportunity to take you to court. Go ahead and go to court and present your case to the judge...my bet is that you will win....but then again that's my opinion...you should seek that legal advice that they suggest.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,351 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    HappyMJ wrote: »
    If you want independant legal advice then go ahead and get it. My opinion which is of course as the letter says anecdotal...is to ignore.

    They may take the opportunity to take you to court. Go ahead and go to court and present your case to the judge...my bet is that you will win....but then again that's my opinion...you should seek that legal advice that they suggest.
    But should they take your advice, since it is anecdotal?
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,732 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 2 March 2013 at 12:46AM
    l**s02 wrote: »
    Hi everyone

    APCOA Parking ticket FINES
    Hi everyone


    Have ignored APCOA parking fine but they have now send a Debt

    collection letter from ROXBURGHE debt collectors demanding £138.

    The following clause is included in the letter


    "If you were not the driver at the time of the unauthourised parking eventplease contact us to let us know who it was. It is in your best interest to contact us so we can resolve this matter without recourse to further action.. If we do not hear from you we will pass the matter to our solicitors

    We are fully aware of anecdotal information being presented on internent on various websitesand you may well feel this guidance is worth following. We strongly urge you to seek independant legal adviserather than rely on those opinions"


    I dont know what to do. I am now worried that this can be passed to

    lawyers and that will enquire a lot more debt or have these

    debtors haunting me all the time



    Thank you LSL


    Rather than waste your time typing all that drivel from Roxburghe out here, why did you not just bung the whole 'anecdotal' sentence into Google? HUNDREDS of people have had that letter and when you read the results of other people's experiences you will know it's all a scam and very safe to ignore.

    But get the exact words and spelling right in your search, use this version, simply copy & paste it into Google:

    aware of anecdotal information being presented on internet on various websites and you may well feel this guidance is worth following. We strongly urge you to seek independent legal advice rather than rely

    :)
    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
  • pogofish
    pogofish Posts: 10,853 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    l**s02 wrote: »
    Hi everyone

    APCOA Parking ticket FINES

    Oh - Come-on! This is a Parking Eye thread. There are any gods amount of APCOA threads that would give you the answer or you could have bumped instead.
  • robredz
    robredz Posts: 1,602 Forumite
    They are not fines at all, and can be proven to be an illegal private penalty.
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