DRP Letter, First contact

drpletter

Hi and thanks for reading,
I'll keep this as brief, succinct and anonymous as possible:

I've received a letter from Debt Recovery Plus Ltd which arrived 24/02/18.
The demand is for £160.00, for an unpaid PCN
I didn't receive the original PCN as I'd moved house and hadn't changed the address on my driving licence or vehicle registration documents.

I've ingested what I could from the Newbie's Sticky, forgive my oversight if I've missed it, but the examples I read were regards to dealing with the company themselves, not a debt recovery company.
I genuinely cannot recall the offence, If I'm liable then so be it, but an immediate demand for £160 doesn't seem just.

Thanks in advance for any help and advice.

S

waamo

Does this letter say you can appeal? If it does then appeal as per Newbies thread.

If you are to late to appeal follow the advice regarding debt collectors that can be found, again, in the Newbies thread.

drpletter

It does not mention appealing.
It states that they: "require full payment within 14 days of the unpaid parking charge details."
The creditor being Smart Parking Ltd
The reason stated as "Insufficient paid time"

waamo

You have missed the opportunity to appeal then. Don't fret too much.

Odds of court can be seen here http://www.bmpa.eu/companydata/Smart_Parking.html

Coupon-mad

It's only Smart and DRP, LOL! Nothing to worry about at all.

There was no offence and the keeper is NOT liable.

Send the template appeal anyway to DRP by email, quoting THEIR REFERENCE (NOT PCN number):

info@drpl.co.uk

... and please do NOT tell us if DRP reply saying 'MY FINDINGS', Yawn! Search the forum or Google to read that tedious template letter in advance!

And complain to the retailer. NOW. Get it cancelled that way. No saying who parked.

Was this is England, or Scotland?

drpletter

It was in England

The_Deep

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Parking Eye, Smart and a smaller company have already been named and shamed, as has Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (who take hundreds of these cases to court, and nearly always lose), who have also been reported to the regulatory authority. [/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]The problem has become so rampant that MPs have agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers. Watch the video of the Second Reading in the HofC recently.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]and complain in the most robust terms to your MP. With a fair wind most of these companies may well be put out of business by Christmas.[/FONT]

Coupon-mad

drpletter wrote: »

It was in England

Count the claims/hearings Smart have tried in England. None.

Complain to the retailer (Store Manager, and Head office) and also email a dispute as keeper to DRPlus by email, giving your actual postal address, no offer of money, no excuses, no self-written appeal, no driver admitted.

You are not liable, and will not be paying a penny, we see these off all the time.