G24, final notice. Suggestions?!

Sinjar

Hi

I've followed the instructions in the newbie sections regards what to do next when issued with a PCN and I'm now at this stage. I hope the thread is in the correct place, apologies if not.

On the 25th March this year I was issued with a PCN from G24 stating that I had exceeded the amount of time I could stay. I received a notice in the post with photographic evidence of my car entering and leaving the car park with the stated date and times. It then asked me to pay £100 by such date or pay £60 now if paid within 14 days. I immediately contested this notice with G24 which within days was thrown back at me saying they had every right to authorise the charge as the signage is clear and I knew about the 60 minute limit. Upon checking the signage it's quite clear that it isn't clear to see, two pathetic little signs 30 foot up a floodlight and a cctv camera the same colour as the cladding on the building to which it is mounted.

After an unsuccessful appeal with the IAS (surprise, surprise) I now find myself issued with a final notice from G24 ordering me to pay the full amount of £100, or they will take further steps to recover the debt which could incur additional charges.

Any advice guys? Am I bang to rights or do I dig my heels in and ignore them?:(

Redx

G24 have never done court, so the choice is yours

the general advice is , IGNORE, unless you get an actual LBC or an MCOL

only a court can decide the outcome, or after 6 years it will lapse anyway

post #4 of the newbies sticky thread explains the debt collector side

Sinjar

Thanks for the advice Redx, I'll sit it out and see what happens next with a bit of luck it won't go down the LBC or MCOL route.

I've also sent a strong but polite email to the very large sports retailer who allow G24 to continue their shyster tactics which I am still awaiting a response.

Thanks again.

Sinjar

This has now been passed on to a debt recovery agency who want a payment of £160 by the 8th August, if the payment isn't made they are going to advise G24 to take court action!

I take it this is unlikely?

bazster

About as unlikely as you finding Shergar grazing on your back lawn.

Redx

Sinjar wrote: »

This has now been passed on to a debt recovery agency who want a payment of £160 by the 8th August, if the payment isn't made they are going to advise G24 to take court action!

I take it this is unlikely?

I think its extremely likely that a debt recovery firm would advise their client to go to court, almost inevitable

I believe that bazster`s last answer clarifies whether G24 would go to court or not (emphasis on the or not)

debt collectors send out tens of thousands of such threatening letters , but the actual court case numbers dont add up to anywhere near to the same totals , a small fraction in fact

Herzlos

Ignore everything until you see something that says G24 "will" take court action.
This is just standard debt collector crap trying to scare you.

Hot_Bring

Sinjar wrote: »

This has now been passed on to a debt recovery agency who want a payment of £160 by the 8th August, if the payment isn't made they are going to advise G24 to take court action!

I take it this is unlikely?

Just ignore the scum owned by the criminal Adrian King. Do a search of my posts about G24 - you'll soon realise they are staffed by village idiots who can't write their names, who lie, who swear at people that challenge them, who can't can't even remember phone numbers, who broke BPA rules ( hence why they jumped to the IPC criminals ), who have broken contracts with suppliers and who have actively avoid paying tax. Nice people Adrian King and his gang of scumbums .... not.

Really, G24 are beyond contempt. I wouldn't pee on them if they were on fire.

On the off chance you do get to speak to Adrian 'Moron' King, please ask him where the court papers his monkey promised me have disappeared to for the THREE fake tickets his company issued me.

Sinjar

Thank you guys, I'll continue to ignore and and save all there paper threats for my chimnea!

bazster

Redx wrote: »

I think its extremely likely that a debt recovery firm would advise their client to go to court, almost inevitable

I don't. The last thing a debt collector wants is for their client to go to court because then the debt collector will see not a penny even if the PPC wins.

Redx

bazster wrote: »

I don't. The last thing a debt collector wants is for their client to go to court because then the debt collector will see not a penny even if the PPC wins.

very true , hopefully neither make a penny out of it and cost themselves money in the long drawn out process over the next 6 years