Received notice of intended court action from DRP

vpceb2c5e

I've just joined and created a new thread on the advice of the forum.

I was previously ignoring letters from Highview parking and Debt Recovery Plus, but after checking the latest posts, I realise this may not be the best course of (non) action.

Anyway, I've received a letter from DRP (how do I attach it!) for a parking charge of £149.99 and notice of intended court action. The circumstances for this charge are that, I overstayed in a free private car park (Waterfields car park in Watford, Hertfordshire, England) whilst shopping. I think the car park is owned by Tesco.

Since I've ignored the earlier letters from Highview and binned them, can you advise on what should be my next course of action? Should I be worried?

bod1467

Search this forum for DRP, Zenith etc.

This has been done to death already.

Redx

you cannot attach pics etc to this forum, you dead link them from photobucket or tinypic

you have also ignored the NEWBIES sticky thread at the top of this forum, tells you everything you need to know and have asked

you SHOULD be complaining loudly to the landowner (tesco) about this, insisting on a cancellation, in writing

bazster

That car park is not owned by Tesco. It also has terrible signage (the entrance sign in particular is a joke).

You needn't be worried about Highview or DRP, just ignore everything they send you.

4consumerrights

vpceb2c5e wrote: »

I've just joined and created a new thread on the advice of the forum.

I was previously ignoring letters from Highview parking and Debt Recovery Plus, but after checking the latest posts, I realise this may not be the best course of (non) action.

Anyway, I've received a letter from DRP (how do I attach it!) for a parking charge of £149.99 and notice of intended court action. The circumstances for this charge are that, I overstayed in a free private car park (Waterfields car park in Watford, Hertfordshire, England) whilst shopping. I think the car park is owned by Tesco.

Since I've ignored the earlier letters from Highview and binned them, can you advise on what should be my next course of action? Should I be worried?

If you read the advice of the forum and Newbie thread - it would tell you that we do not need to see another DRP thread.

However, we understand that for many people not familiar with parking charges - suddenly receiving a debt collectors letter can seem daunting.

Your choices as you also followed old advice are now:

a) continue to ignore the chain - would recommend that you keep all letters relating to this alleged outstanding parking charge.

DRP will send you a barrage of letters culminating in some special ones from Zenith Collections portending to be a different company - yet the tiny writing at the bottom will confirm that it is the same company.


b) Send a denial of debt letter to DRP referring the case back to their creditor . If the RK was not the driver then this may be especially worth considering.

c) Complain to the landowner - this is a definite to do !!!


Please note that the alleged debt can be pursued for 6 years from inception. You should NOT ignore any letter from any solicitor acting for the parking company or a LBCCC from the parking company or any court papers.

Whilst Highview does not have a track record for court claims - past performance does not guarantee future action.