DRP Ltd fine 12 months old

Dalboy1965

My son's just got a demand for payment of unpaid parking charge £149.00 , he has never seen a parking tickets or had any letters from parking operator , the parking charge date was 14/12/2014 over 12 months ago , not sure what to do about not even sure he was driving car at time , any help? What to do.
Thanks and merry Christmas

pappa_golf

its not a fine , its a begging letter!


no debt collector can issue court papers , so have a good xmas.


if they cannot be $%sed writing the name of the parking Co and the location/times why should you chase them?


only in the case of a letter before action , or court papers FROM THE PARKING CO , do you need to come back here

Ralph-y

hi, and welcome to the forum........

please follow the advice above .........

we normally ask new posters to read through the newbie thread .....

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822

even though you are past a few sections .... I would still sugest the a read through will give you lots of advice....

merry xmas

and

good luck

Ralph

arthurx1234

Dont panic. dont pay, dont contact them, dont worry

Arthur

catfunt

2 choices -

1. Ignore
or
2. write back to DRP saying words to the effect of I know nothing about this, no previous correspondence, any debt is denied so please refer back to your client.

Have a read of the Newbies thread and decide which course you take.

The_Deep

Write a long letter asking them for full details, then, when they reply, ask them again the questions which they ignored. Keep this up for another five years and the matter will have timed out,

Fruitcake

The_Deep wrote: »

Write a long letter asking them for full details, then, when they reply, ask them again the questions which they ignored. Keep this up for another five years and the matter will have timed out,

Total of six years in England and Wales, five in Scotland.

Fruitcake

Dalboy1965 wrote: »

My son's just got a demand for payment of unpaid parking charge £149.00 , he has never seen a parking tickets or had any letters from parking operator , the parking charge date was 14/12/2014 over 12 months ago , not sure what to do about not even sure he was driving car at time , any help? What to do.
Thanks and merry Christmas

Just to reiterate, it is not a fine.


Where did this happen? England and Wales or Scotland and NI?


Private parking tickets can safely be ignored in Scotland and Northern Ireland but not elsewhere.


Debt collectors can be safely ignored anywhere in the UK. Alternatively as already advised, you can write to them denying the debt then ignore. If you have the time and energy to waste their time, you could do as The Deep has suggested.