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Debt Recovery Plus are after me. what do I do?!

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  • Redx wrote: »
    write a letter to UKPC, denying the debt and stating you have had no Notice To Keeper about this and that the first you hear about it was from debt recovery

    deny the debt and insist they use proper BPA procedures

    get proof of posting from the PO, but dont send recorded

    One more question….why standard proof of posting not recorded?
  • Redx
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    because they know that recorded proves they received it so they tend to refuse recorded mail to have a get out clause, so it will bounce back unsigned for AND your letter will fail to arrive AND you will have wasted your postage costs

    proof of posting is free
  • Hot_Bring
    Hot_Bring Posts: 1,596 Forumite
    DalePie wrote: »
    That's what i thought really. These parking fine companies are after the easy money not hardship. If you don't pay it's very unlikely they will take you to court and if they do you can fight it and get it thrown out.

    Take it easy, these companies are toothless as someone else said.

    Really not good advice I'm afraid. I'm sure most the thousands of people that have been on the receiving end of Parking Eye court papers won't see them as toothless !

    You really shouldn't ignore invoices from PPCs nowadays unless you are in Scotland or NI.
    "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    Redx wrote: »
    proof of posting is free

    And it also means that the item is deemed delivered (served) 2 working days after posting (for 1st class post), irrespective of whether it was received or not. (Interpretations Act 1978).
  • Big_Bad_Dad
    Big_Bad_Dad Posts: 152 Forumite
    edited 14 January 2014 at 2:07PM
    Roger_123 wrote: »

    @ Big Bad Dad

    Are you saying to ignore it? I always thought that was not the correct thing to do. I see what you are saying though - if it does go to court, its only a £100 pound fine

    Most certainly not a "fine" of any nature, only courts issue fines. This is a charge for what they claim was a tacit breach of contract on the part of the motorist which they also believe they can pursue from the registered keeper in accordance with the Protection of Freedoms Act. Nothing more.

    Ordinarily, the procedure would be to follow the advice of Redx and communicate with the antagonist early on to deny the debt (known by many members here as the "soft appeal"). You should expect a rejection from the dirty PPC, and in the process they would need to issue a POPLA authorisation code whereupon you challenge the demand further to that organisation and then you can be almost certain it will be cancelled.

    The trouble at this stage is that this nexus (PPC, landowner, collection agency) now seeks a greater figure than what was in the Notice to Keeper and that goes against THEM. If you would like to restart the process, you would need to write to them explaining that you are prepared to challenge the invoices but that they should revert to their original fees per signage. Now a) they won't do this, it would look stupid for them to suddenly reduce their demand only to have you deny that also; b) you don't believe you owe them a penny either way so it is irrelevant what they are demanding. All you need to do is keep the invoice demanding £160 and you are home and dry in the event of unlikely court action.

    So it is not that I am advising former procedure by claiming "ignore", it is that on balance in your circumstance, I cannot see how any communication is going to be conducive to you. Now it's down to the wire, court or nothing.
  • In the unlikely event of it going all the way to court, and you win, i would certainly consider putting in a claim for losses. Like time off work, lunch, taxi fares, stress, trauma, child minding fees and "sundries". That should come to...ooooh....about £3000. Reduced to £2500 if paid within 7 days.
  • Coupon-mad
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    Now it's down to the wire, court or nothing.
    He/she will be waiting a long time, seeing as UKPC don't ever do Court of course! The OP is simply doing what we all did for many years and ignoring debt collector letters like this is quite fun, no biggie.
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