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SIP parking fine passed to Gladstones

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Willow229
Willow229 Posts: 28 Forumite
edited 17 July 2017 at 11:33AM in Parking tickets, fines & parking
Hello,

I'm looking for some advice on how to proceed with a parking fine I have received.

I parked my car and paid for a ticket, displayed it on the dash, it was a windy day and when I got back to the ticket was in the foot well and I had received a parking ticket. This was in a SIP carpark in Manchester.

I discussed this with some work colleagues and was advised to just ignore it. I have so far ignored the letters from SIP. I have not responded to any of them.

I have now received a letter from Gladstones advised I will be taken to court if I do not pay £160 within 14 days.

I still have the parking ticket that was displayed on the dash so have proof that I did indeed purchase a ticket to park.

I am unsure how to proceed next.

Many thanks in advance for any help.
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  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    Willow229 wrote: »

    I have now received a letter from Gladstones advised I will be taken to court if I do not pay £160 within 14 days.

    Look carefully is this a letter from Gladstones or a pimped
    out letterhead to a debt collector

    Who do they ask you to pay and who was it signed by ?
  • Willow229
    Willow229 Posts: 28 Forumite
    edited 17 July 2017 at 12:34PM
    The letter is from Gladstones. I am to pay them within 14 days. There is no signature.
    The letter instructs me to telephone them within 14 days to pay.
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,420 Forumite
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    edited 17 July 2017 at 12:48PM
    It's a debt collector letter at this stage. You could respond and deny any debt to their client. Tell them if it goes to court you will vigorously and robustly defend.

    I have to say that many SIP cases get to court, but with a good defence, their portly unshaven employee has few answers.

    Presumably you will be asking your 'expert' work colleagues to help you develop your court defence? Or will they suggest you ignore court papers too? Useless, clueless advice from them.

    Why did you blindly take their 'advice'?

    http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/independent-appeals-service-suffers.html

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/72834501#Comment_72834501
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Willow229
    Willow229 Posts: 28 Forumite
    So respond directly to SIP and state I did have a valid ticket and that it was in the footwell?
  • beamerguy
    beamerguy Posts: 17,587 Forumite
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    OK, well please tell your friends they are wrong.

    Did you not get a letter offering an independent appeals service ?
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,420 Forumite
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    Willow229 wrote: »
    So respond directly to SIP and state I did have a valid ticket and that it was in the footwell?

    No - too late to deal with SIP now. Everything will be through Gladstones. They won't be interested in where your ticket ended up, or how unfair this is as you'd paid to park.

    All they are interested in is grabbing your money. You have to fight this.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Willow229
    Willow229 Posts: 28 Forumite
    @beamerguy No, got a final reminder from SIP stating they may refer to Gladstones. Then received letter from Gladstones.
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,420 Forumite
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    Does the reference number on the Gladstones letter start with a 1....., or a 3.....?
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Willow229
    Willow229 Posts: 28 Forumite
    It starts with a 1
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,420 Forumite
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    Willow229 wrote: »
    It starts with a 1

    Then that is from Gladstones (not pimped out to a Debt Recovery agency).

    Robust response, debt denied.
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
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