Help with parking fine

Coupon-mad

They are the same company - as waamo says - we've laughed at DRP and their other name, Zenith for many years:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3829727

But that link is already in the NEWBIES thread and here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5035663

I have just bumped that thread yet again:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/72856142#Comment_72856142

I've also ignored Euro Car Parks and their debt collectors myself.

If court letters are issued am I able to call and settle before it goes any further, really don't want anything effecting our credit rating?

I had hoped the National Debtline might have answered the above question more clearly, instead of wrongly advising you (no-one - not even a clueless newbie - has posted to ''make a debt collector an offer to pay £160 in instalments'' here in the decade since I have been posting here)!

The proper answer to that is:

- who is the parking firm? Plenty of them never sue anyone.

- if they are litigious, we will help you with a defence.

- we win over 99% of defended cases in small claims, specific to parking 'charges' like this con.

- you do not get a CCJ unless you either ignore the court claim (if you make no defence) ignore court directions (by not following our clear advice in the NEWBIES thread), or don't turn up at a hearing, or turn up and lose a defended case - and THEN ALSO refuse to pay the charge within 30 days of the Judgment.

People do not 'get a CCJ' when a court claim arrives not by defending it.

People can settle the day before any hearing if they want, or on the day!

But on this forum we aim to kill off the charge, if a court claim arrives.

evansr83

It was a DR surgery? Doesn't state a parking company? Only DRP/Zenith acting on behalf of millienum

Coupon-mad

evansr83 wrote: »

It says they are acting on behalf of millennium door and event security ltd

Right, so when have we ever lost one against them/Gladstones?

The name in bold is the parking firm, or one of the multiple names they use. NOT a firm to pay!

Swansea?

Quentin

Isn't there an edit button at the bottom of your op?

waamo

evansr83 wrote: »

It says they are acting on behalf of millennium door and event security ltd

At last, we got there.

OK so the odds of going to court can be found at the bottom of this page

http://www.bmpa.eu/companydata/Millennium_Door_and_Event_Security.html

waamo

The forum does seem to be acting very oddly tonight. I keep getting logged out and sometimes can't edit posts.

Redx

waamo wrote: »

The forum does seem to be acting very oddly tonight. I keep getting logged out and sometimes can't edit posts.

same here , especially the logging out business, mustnt be saving cookies properly on our computers

evansr83

Yes just won't let me edit, yes in Swansea

Coupon-mad

evansr83 wrote: »

Yes just won't let me edit, yes in Swansea

So do what the National Debtline clearly didn't do, and read and learn from the forum.

Read the NEWBIES PLEASE READ THESE FAQS FIRST' thread post #2 in readiness for a Letter before Claim (forget the daft debt letters!!).

And then, try a search of this parking board for 'Millennium Swansea'. Try reading the posts from LoadsofChildren123 who is a Millennium 'expert' especially about Swansea scam sites, and she is legally qualified.

waamo

The good news is they very rarely do court. A few handpicked cases so far.

This may change in the future but for now the odds of anything other than scary letters that are not even soft, strong or very, very long are slim.