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now getting worried!

I have today received my 4th letter (dated 25/3) pay £140 within 7 DAYS, re 'parking fine' from Debt Recovery Plus Ltd. - NOTICE OF INTENDED LITIGATION - County Court proceedings. This only gives me until this Sunday and it states the amount outstanding will increase + £30 court issue fee+£50 solicitors+£22 sol.entry of judgement fee. Having read previous notes I have completely ignored everything but should I now be getting worried?
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  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    Don't worry. I INTEND to win the lottery this weekend, and when I do, I will send you the money to pay them off!!!

    Might not come to pass, though, but could be more likely than their intended litigation.
  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    It's a standard part of the threatogram series of letters you'll get, debt recovery plus today, zenith collections next who are DR+ pretending to be someone else.

    Please read the sticky thread about the letter chain, you'll see yours there and you can see what comes next, they are nothing but predictable is this company. If you pay attention to the zenith letter, you'll see the same signature in their letter as DR+ one, the only difference is that they change names, oh and sex ;)
    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:
  • bondy_lad
    bondy_lad Posts: 1,001 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    diane,diane,please stop taking this seriously,nothing is going to happen other than more loo paper coming through your door,its just a SCAM,,worry not, this is how these cowboys work, hoping you will believe that it really was a ,,parking fine, which it was not,so relax now.
  • leoetal19
    leoetal19 Posts: 446 Forumite
    hello
    i know how you are feeling; i have been there but you need to hold your nerve; they are banking on you caving in by the scare tactics. bin it and forget about it; i stopped opening them in the end and they stopped coming soon after.
    hold your nerve they are just bullies x
    even god cant change the past-no matter how many times i cry
    for levi, leo, smudge and arfa:A my angels
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,423 Forumite
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    dianeJ wrote: »
    I have today received my 4th letter (dated 25/3) pay £140 within 7 DAYS, re 'parking fine' from Debt Recovery Plus Ltd. - NOTICE OF INTENDED LITIGATION - County Court proceedings. This only gives me until this Sunday and it states the amount outstanding will increase + £30 court issue fee+£50 solicitors+£22 sol.entry of judgement fee. Having read previous notes I have completely ignored everything but should I now be getting worried?



    You should just be playing snap with these letters by now, we have a sticky thread at the top of the forum with all the letters on:

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2329119

    Surely you have already seen those pics when reading this forum when you first came here? You should just be laughing at the DRP and Zenith letters as they arrive.
    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
  • Roobyjt
    Roobyjt Posts: 9 Forumite
    I had the notice of intended litigation on 21st March, was never given the so called 14 days to pay before I got a court claim (28th March), now trying to work out a defence for it. When it came through it included a court charge as well as interest on the fine...now standing at £175! It does seem these people are changing tact!
  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    edited 29 March 2013 at 9:18AM
    Please don't hijack other people's threads, you really need a separate thread for this as you say a claim has been made, and more details. Can you place a new thread below for this. Thanks

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163
    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:
  • Roobyjt
    Roobyjt Posts: 9 Forumite
    I already have a thread, was merely pointing out that the 14 day to pay thing is also a scam because they don't give you 14 days before the documents drop through the door...
  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    That can be used in your defence
    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:
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Roobyjt wrote: »
    I had the notice of intended litigation on 21st March, was never given the so called 14 days to pay before I got a court claim (28th March), now trying to work out a defence for it. When it came through it included a court charge as well as interest on the fine...now standing at £175! It does seem these people are changing tact!
    I hope you have gone to pepipoo hor help on making the defence, even if its only for them to wee what you have written and fine tune it. Do not take advice off line fron anyone with less than a few hundred posts as the Wrong people look on forums to muddy the waters.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
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