Smart Parking and Debt Recovery Plus

endo14

Hi, basically I play for a sports team at a sports club, around 4 months ago they installed parking machines on the car park. The fee for 5 hours parking was £1.00 and the club I play for gave us money for parking anyway, so I would always pay. However I have recieved letters, which can only be described as threats stating if I don't pay "we will recommend to the creditor that court action should be taken to recover what you owe". I don't have my parking tickets still as you can use them in the bar to get money off a drink. Please can anyone help me with the legality of this and also if should pay?

Redx

ignore DRP, they cannot take you to court (only Smart can)

get the club to sort it out and get the tickets cancelled

clearly there has been a mistake, possibly you have to enter your VRM into the machine, or a terminal in the bar ?

and why have you not received any PCN,s or NTK,s from Smart ?

endo14

I'm receiving the letters to my moms address as I've recently moved out, so she may have out the other letters elsewhere. And yes there's a terminal to out registration plates in when you get your ticket

Redx

so did you use that terminal and if so did you input the correct VRM each time ?

I assume not or else you would not be being chased for non-payment

get the club to get SMART to cancel and make sure you have updated your V5C and driving license with the DVLA too, as it could be a £1000 fine for each one

Coupon-mad

Complain to the on site landowner/manager to get these cancelled.

You missed your chance to appeal if the first letter Notice to Owner/Keeper(?) is over 28 days old. If you have one still in that time frame, send the template BPA firm appeal shown in the NEWBIES thread. Smart are not very Smart at all, easily beaten if the KEEPER appeals not saying who the driver was.

If you are getting debt letters just ignore them of course - a boring, boring stage of tedious threatograms, covered on threads already!

endo14

I appreciate the feedback, at this point who do you appeal too and what would you say to them? I have been told that because it's with the "debt collectors" they won't listen to me.

endo14

Yeah, I've been told that I can't appeal as the case has been handed to the "Debt collectors" Someone has advised me to get in contact with Trading standards etc. But I'm still currently taking the ignore approach, as I'm being told by Debt Recovery Plus their going to advise the land owner to take it to court, I have read that this isn't something that's going to happen though? How accurate is this and shall I just continue to ignore?

Redx

read post #2 again and IGNORE the debt collectors

if SMART issue an LBC or an MCOL, then you need advice , until then , you dont need any advice or help, because IGNORE is simple , straightforward and not ambiguous

SMART have 6 years to try a court case (an MCOL)

you need the landowner to cancel the invoice or invoices

ie:- those who contracted smart

beamerguy

endo14 wrote: »

Yeah, I've been told that I can't appeal as the case has been handed to the "Debt collectors" Someone has advised me to get in contact with Trading standards etc. But I'm still currently taking the ignore approach, as I'm being told by Debt Recovery Plus their going to advise the land owner to take it to court, I have read that this isn't something that's going to happen though? How accurate is this and shall I just continue to ignore?

Very odd DRP say they will advise the landowner to take you to court ?

Your ticket came from Smart, are they the land owners ?

DRP are an odd lot, they still have not woken up to fact that the advice is to ignore them, simply toothless timewasters

IGNORE DRP ...... NEVER RESPOND TO DRP ....
LET DRP WASTE THEIR OWN TIME AND MONEY
If Smart take you to court, really not likely, DRP don't get a penny

Just save all the DRP letters and maybe use them as firelighters for bonfire night