Final Notice - Court Action

Pink_balloon

Hiya

I have read some of the threads on here, but am a little confused because I received a postal fine from Vehicle Control Services Ltd in August 2012. The advice at the time was to ignore the letters. According to the flow chart on here, I think I should still ignore it but I'm not sure. I would really appreciate some advice.

My latest letter from Newlyn Debt Collectors Ltd, dated 9 May 2014 and received today, threatens court action and reads as follows:

"FINAL NOTICE - COURT ACTION

...

We have no record of receiving payment despite our previous correspondence and now have no alternative but to pass the file back to Vehicle Control Services Ltd who will the proceed with court action.

We would like to offer you one final opportunity to settle the outstanding amount prior to us returning the file.

Unless we hear from you in the next 7 days with regard to paying your outstanding arrears, your file will be processed for court action. THIS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COSTS TO YOU.

To avoid further action contact us immediately..."

Many thanks for reading

bondy_lad

ime sure you are safe to ignore,providing they dont know who the driver was,but just hang on the experts will be along shortly to confirm.

Hot_Bring

Scare tactics ! Being that it is pre-POFA, unless they know the driver they can't do anything ( except send more scare letters ).

Dee140157

If you search for Newlyn on this part of the forum you will see lots and lots of posts about them. They have no powers but to shout. It appears to be standard to get at least 6 threatening letters from them. Ignore is still the advice for the date of the ticket.

Stroma

This is a pre pofa 2012 ticket so there is no keeper liability so they can't prove who was driving as only that person could be liable, you don't tell them and they are stuffed. Newlyns can't take you to court as the debt is not even theirs.

But VCS does do court in a very limited fashion, so just keep an eye on letters. It's highly unlikely but we would be remiss in our advice if we don't tell you this.

Coupon-mad

Dee140157 wrote: »

If you search for Newlyn on this part of the forum you will see lots and lots of posts about them. They have no powers but to shout. It appears to be standard to get at least 6 threatening letters from them. Ignore is still the advice for the date of the ticket.

Well said - people need to use the very good search facility next to 'forum tools' just above the sticky top threads - and all would be revealed by the resulting threads.

Custard_Pie

Pink_balloon wrote: »

Hiya

I have read some of the threads on here, but am a little confused because I received a postal fine from Vehicle Control Services Ltd in August 2012. The advice at the time was to ignore the letters. According to the flow chart on here, I think I should still ignore it but I'm not sure. I would really appreciate some advice.

My latest letter from Newlyn Debt Collectors Ltd, dated 9 May 2014 and received today, threatens court action and reads as follows:

"FINAL NOTICE - COURT ACTION

...

We have no record of receiving payment despite our previous correspondence and now have no alternative but to pass the file back to Vehicle Control Services Ltd who will the proceed with court action.

We would like to offer you one final opportunity to settle the outstanding amount prior to us returning the file.

Unless we hear from you in the next 7 days with regard to paying your outstanding arrears, your file will be processed for court action. THIS WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL COSTS TO YOU.

To avoid further action contact us immediately..."

Many thanks for reading

Debt Collector's are like getting your Mum to write a letter for you. They have absolutely no powers apart from to cleverly word letters into getting people to pay up. They are private companies like PPC's, who survive by taking a cut of an alleged debt that's paid up. Some even buy the debt from a company at a reduced rate or on a "no pay, no fee" basis.

Custard_Pie

Coupon-mad wrote: »

Well said - people need to use the very good search facility next to 'forum tools' just above the sticky top threads - and all would be revealed by the resulting threads.

Agreed. Options are:

1) Ignore until they go away
2) Contact once advising them in writing that you are not liable for the debt and any further correspondance will be treated as harrassment
3) Play games with them to waste their time.
4) Pay up.

I normally go for option 3 LOL

fcukcov

I shall be doing Number 2 with a sprinkling of number 3 today having received the same letter for a pre-POFA offence!