Down in Portsmouth

The_Deep

I will obviously contact the Management Company tomorrow morning, but should I be taking this further?

I certainly would, send the DRC an unstamped letter or six with "cheque enclosed" on the outside, send the PPC an invoice for your time in dealing with the DPC, threaten them with court action if it is not paid. Cost them time, cost them money.

I-LOV-MONEY

Does anybody have a geographical number for Capital2Coast? I am not ringing their 0844 number. (Nothing on SayNoTo0870.com).

The_Slithy_Tove

DON'T CALL THEM!! What are you hoping to achieve? Never phone a PPC or debt collection company. They won't listen. They just want your money (even if the principal has cancelled). All they'll do is twist what you say against you, and you'll end up frustrated and no further. Only communicate in writing, where there's a verifiable paper trail.

I-LOV-MONEY

I am waiting for the Management company to send me an e-mail from C2C confirming that the tickets have been cancelled.

My wife e-mailed them (on Christmas Eve!) explaining it all, and included the e-mail from the Management company, but they have ignored it. I wanted to ask them why they have ignored it and put it to a debt management company, without further explanation.

So you think I should not try to contact them?

What about the debt management company; should I ignore that and wait to see if they want to take her to court? (Do you or anybody else know anything about them?).

Finally, we have just noticed on the Vehicle Registration Document, her surname has been mis-spelt - just by one letter. Does this make a difference - can they sue somebody that doesn't really exist?

ManxRed

I-LOV-MONEY wrote: »

I wanted to ask them why they have ignored it and put it to a debt management company, without further explanation.

I can answer that for you. It's because they are greedy and a bit thick.

Keep everything in writing. Focus on getting written confirmation that the Management Company have requested that they cancel, and then WRITE to them pointing out that the Principal has withdrawn support fr their claim, and pursuing it now would be completely fruitless for them. They have no cause of action in any potential court claim.

Mis-spelling a name makes no difference at all.

bod1467

And any debt collector has as much right to sue you in the small claims court as I do ... Yes they can do it; no they won't, as they have no standing to bring a claim as they were not a party to the original alleged debt.

I-LOV-MONEY

bod1467 wrote: »

And any debt collector has as much right to sue you in the small claims court as I do ... Yes they can do it; no they won't, as they have no standing to bring a claim as they were not a party to the original alleged debt.

So they work on the basis that they 'frighten' people to pay? Does that mean no debt collector who isn't the person / organisation that didn't create the debt cannot bring it to court.? The letter actually says

"..we will recommend to the creditor's solicitor that court action should be taken to recover what you owe"

Can they instigate court proceedings?

(At last, been having difficulty in posting for awhile).

ManxRed

You've got it. It's all a big frightener based on the fact that the general public doesn't comprehend contract law, and has an innate fear of getting into 'the wrong' with any kind of authority (the courts).

Yes, the creditor could take legal action but they'd have a very weak case against you.

That's why they largely prefer to stick with frightening you.

bazster

Here's Gavin of Capital2Coast:



He looks a charmer does he not?

Here are some accounts of his activities:

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/local-news/frimley-clampers-need-stopped-tracks-4809781

http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4571010.Worthing_patients_slam_clamping_firm/

http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/county-news/carer-s-car-clamped-1-964173

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP2SU30QBho&feature=plcp

This made me chuckle: someone was looking on Facebook for the best (pancake) !!!!!! in Worthing, and Gavin Price got nominated:

https://www.facebook.com/worthingtown/posts/10151338134087839

I-LOV-MONEY

bazster wrote: »

Here's Gavin of Capital2Coast:



He looks a charmer does he not?

Don't mock - that's my Dad