Parking Ticket's - Rossendales Collect

ManxRed

Not the doorstep collector!?!!??!

Be afraid, be very afraid.

He'll have your doorstep away to add to his massive collection of doorsteps in no time at all.

fatbelly

Yes, there's a standard letter for that

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/67221066#Comment_67221066

Borussia10

I've had the same letter for a PCN from over 4 years ago. It's gone to my parents house and now they've called.


As I did last time, I'll just ignore it.

morpheus83uk

When you say they called you mean they called at the house or called via the phone?

Thanks for the standard letter I presume this is the one by Darwins mum? Also I presume if this is the case I just continue to ignore the future letters to them?

I also presume that if they do send "doorstep collectors" to my parents house they are not allowed to do this anyway? Granted they will be asked to leave in a very sturn manor anyway.

What is the likely hood of them actually sending someone?

Thanks

James

James_N

morpheus83uk wrote: »

What is the likely hood of them actually sending someone?

close to zero for an alleged debt like this - they thrive by frightening and threatening people by written communications or by phone , not by sending out expensive real people.

Umkomaas

In the 2.5 years of daily involvement on this forum I have yet to see any case where a doorstep has been collected.

I have however seen the irrational hysteria the two-word term creates!

morpheus83uk

Cool thanks I just like to know all the options and how likely things are. I have read quite a bit that threats of court action are very rarely followed through and such but this is a new one on me so I thought I would ask.

So I presume just ignore it?

Umkomaas

Another term that creates irrational hysteria 'Court Action'!

What exactly do you believe this means?

morpheus83uk

From what I have read going to small claims court to settle the invoice they have requested me to pay...

Umkomaas

morpheus83uk wrote: »

From what I have read going to small claims court to settle the invoice they have requested me to pay...

Correct - just a Judge in civvies, you and the PPC rep in a side room sitting around a table. The PPC says you owe them, you say you don't, the Judge decides who gets what.

Obviously some research and paperwork to do in preparation. But in the grand scheme of things in PPC world fewer than 10% are issued with court claims.

You need to do the maths to determine 'risk'.

But too many newbies seem to think it's going to be gowns, wigs, barristers, QCs and a G4S van waiting outside to cart them off to serve their sentence once found guilty!

The most an award against will amount to is the initial parking charge, the filing cost (£35) and PPC solicitor cost, if expended, of (a capped) £50, as long as the motorist is not unreasonable (basically making life difficult for the other side and generally p/ss/ng off the Judge, when costs against might be higher).