Debt collectors are now involved

Declan91 · 8 August 2016 at 7:41PM

Hi All,

Sorry if this has been beaten to death but I a now getting concerned.

A while ago I went to the cricket in Chelmsford and stayed overnight in a local hotel who's car park was governed by Britain is Parking Group. I paid for the overnight parking but had to drop my girlfriend off at the station early in the morning and then returned to the car park.

A week or so late I received a notice charge (£65) from them with a photo of my car entering and leaving. I found this completely unfair because I had Park for the parking, so based on what I read I decided to ignore it. I received another letter "final notice" (£50) a week later and again ignored it.

Not I have a letter from Debt Recovery Plus Ltd saying I owe £165 and have to pay before 18/08/16.

Up until not I have not had any contact with any of the parties involved. Should I ignore this one aswell? Or will I regret it?

Quentin · 8 August 2016 at 7:48PM

Yes ignore Debt collectors.

Ignore everything unless it's court correspondence.

(You were wrong to ignore initially but too late now)

See if you can get the hotel to get it cancelled

Castle · 8 August 2016 at 7:52PM

Contact the Hotel to tell them to cancel. (Otherwise you may be leaving a review on Tripadvisor)

Declan91 · 8 August 2016 at 7:56PM

Ah I thought I was doing the right thing at the time.

I did try to contact them but that was at the start of this and didn't really press it much. I'll try them tomorrow and what I can get out of them.

Thanks for the advice!