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Advice for Parking charge. Selling car!

Hi, newbie here but I've been a long time reader.

I received a parking charge from apparently overstaying in an Asda car park back in July. I've been following advice on here and ignoring any letters and demands. I'm currently up to "notice of debt recovery assignment" from Zenith Collections with a reduced fine of £80.

I'm happy to continue ignoring but I am selling my car in the next few weeks. Will the letters keep coming to me? I don't want to put off any buyers or cause any problems to a buyer by continuing to ignore.

Could do with some morale support to stop me paying the £80 and getting it over and done with!

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  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    edited 14 December 2013 at 10:40AM
    Selling car no problem. Ticket will not transfer to new owner.

    As you are now getting debt collector letters. Ignore till you get get a LBCC or Northampton court letter.
  • wiogs
    wiogs Posts: 2,744 Forumite
    Ladylane wrote: »
    Hi, newbie here but I've been a long time reader.

    I received a parking charge from apparently overstaying in an Asda car park back in July. I've been following advice on here and ignoring any letters and demands. I'm currently up to "notice of debt recovery assignment" from Zenith Collections with a reduced fine of £80.

    I'm happy to continue ignoring but I am selling my car in the next few weeks. Will the letters keep coming to me? I don't want to put off any buyers or cause any problems to a buyer by continuing to ignore.

    Could do with some morale support to stop me paying the £80 and getting it over and done with!


    That hasn't been the advice on here for some considerable time.

    But as you started out ignoring, follow Guys Dad's advice.
  • Half_way
    Half_way Posts: 7,712 Forumite
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    If possible i would go to the ASDA in question and demand that they put a stop to this harrasment.
    Do you still have any of the letters in question?
    From the Plain Language Commission:

    "The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,471 Forumite
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    Half_way wrote: »
    If possible i would go to the ASDA in question and demand that they put a stop to this harrasment.
    Do you still have any of the letters in question?


    Yes just complain to Asda. I have listed about a dozen successes in complaining to Asda about Smart Parking, in the 'successful complaints about PPCs' sticky thread - and most of those were complained about months after the event for overstays and all sorts of other jumped up reasons NOT to harass a paying customer.
    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
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