TNC in Scotland

gingerbread1

Hi all

I received a windscreen ticket from a parking company that runs in my block. I have a permit but it was not on show that night. I got a ticket and ignored it. When a letter came through with a fine i eventually sent a letter same that it was erroneous as i had a permit. I have since had letters from TNC, the latest a final demand notice. i had not been picking them up as the car is registered at my mums house.

Anyhow, i never received a response to the letter I sent them. It was not recorded delivery or anything like that. What I want to know is can i ignore the final demands or should i respond to the demands for payment? I am in scotland.

Iceweasel

Ignore the lot.

Absolutely no need to respond any more.

Had you asked at the beginning of this the advice would have been the same - ignore everything.

Hopefully you have just responded as the registered keeper not as the driver.

But it doesn't really matter at all.

Ignore as from now.

Unless you become the first ever person in Scotland to receive court papers for private parking.

If that happens come back on here and we will all be very happy to help you defeat it.

Edit: It's not a fine, by the way, just a speculative invoice. treat it the same way as a letter from an unknown Nigerian asking you to send him £1000 to bury his dead grandmother.

gingerbread1

thanks ice, i read about the change of advice for england and thought i should check.

gingerbread1

One quick question, can ignoring this impact on my credit rating or anything like that?

Iceweasel

gingerbread1 wrote: »

One quick question, can ignoring this impact on my credit rating or anything like that?

Absolutely not.

Unless ....

The parking company take you (as the driver) to court - almost impossible, as they don't know who the driver was - and you are not going to tell them.

You lose - well nigh impossible - you would be the first - how can you be 'guilty' of anything when you have a permit.

If the court did find against you and order you to pay up - the award against you can only be for their losses due to you parking contrary to the 'rules' they made up themselves - ie zero.

Then you don't pay what the parking company have been awarded.

If all that happens then .... pigs will fly.