HELP! Fine of £640 from Gladstones

The_Deep

[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Is this for parking in a residential complex? If so are you a tenant or a landowner? [/FONT]
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[/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]This is almost certainly a scam. The private parking industry is entirely unregulated industry and 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]

Half_way

Caseyji93 wrote: »

I got the parking fine months and months ago but was advised to ignore it. It’s telling me to contact DRP (debt recovery plus ltd) to discuss the payment.

This is not a Fine, who issued the parking charge, what type of car park was/is it, and who's car park was it?

KeithP

Caseyji93 wrote: »

...where should I post when they post the next letter?

When you get either a Letter of Claim or official court papers then post again on this thread.

Please do not post again when you receive more debt collector's letters. We don't really need to see any more and you now know exactly what to do with them.

pogofish

For the moment, Post Four of the Newbies Sticky will sort you out nicely - Then take some time to read the rest of the thread to inform yourself properly and prepare for what might happen next.

And yes, telling us the original/issuing PPC will help - We know the MOs of all of them and can probably give you a meaningful opinion of the likleyhood of them taking it any further.

The_Deep

Is the residential?

Read this

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences.

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.

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.

http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41

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

Caseyji93

Hi all,

I received a letter from Gladstone’s stating I owed a large sum of money amounting to £560 or £630 I can’t quite remember as I was told to ignore it and throw the letter away so can’t recall the exact amount. That was a few months ago now and hadn’t received anymore letters until I got this one the other day, they seem to be sending them to my old address which is my parents and use the wrong name.

The latest letter is an LBC but states they’re only after £160 for some reason, can anyone help? I know a few of you are going to say “look here” or “look there” on different threads but I’m doing this thread because I’m getting easily confused with all the other threads so I could really do with it being dumbed down as that would be much appreciated

Thanks

This was copied and pasted from a thread I just made, please as I stated I’m not being rude I just don’t understand it so please would someone explain in simple terms and not tell me to read a newbies thread, this is the reason I’m doing it as I get very very easily confused I just need someone to tell me what to do

The_Deep

I’m getting easily confused with all the other threads so I could really do with it being dumbed down

It does not work like that. This is a complicated subject and you either have to get to grips with it, or pay them. People here can help you, and you have to put in the hours. Watch this video.

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, and another company have already been named and shamed, as has Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each year). They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct

Hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned.

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 House of Commons recently

http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41 recently.

and complain in the most robust terms to your MP. With a fair wind they will be out of business by Christmas.

beamerguy

Caseyji93 wrote: »

Hi all,

I received a letter from Gladstone’s stating I owed a large sum of money amounting to £560 or £630 I can’t quite remember as I was told to ignore it and throw the letter away so can’t recall the exact amount. That was a few months ago now and hadn’t received anymore letters until I got this one the other day, they seem to be sending them to my old address which is my parents and use the wrong name.

The latest letter is an LBC but states they’re only after £160 for some reason, can anyone help? I know a few of you are going to say “look here” or “look there” on different threads but I’m doing this thread because I’m getting easily confused with all the other threads so I could really do with it being dumbed down as that would be much appreciated

Thanks

Gladstones do get confused, they are not professionals
which of course results in the courts whooping them
with dodgy claims

And Gladstones have given you a dodgy claim as well.

The £160 is the dodgy part, they have added a fake amount
of £60 which came from the dodgy debt collectors and
they simply cannot claim that amount.

You must reply to an LBC

The LBC must prove to you their claim and that includes
how they have arrived at the figure stated.

They must also give you 30 days to respond.

So now, you can ask the questions and in particular how
they arrive at £160 when the base price is £100

We could tell you right now about the £60 but let
Gladstones tell you and let them fabricate their story,
let us know what they say

Right now they are trying to extort money from you

It seems like you will receive more from them but
they will all be the same

Redx

as happened previously in this case

WHO does this LBC letter say must be paid ?

DRPL or GSLcollections ?

does the reference start with a 3 (DRPL) or a 1 ? (Gladrags)

if it is from gladrags themselves, then you must issue an LBC rebuttal as seen in numerous recent similar threads on here , so just find one and adapt it and send it to gladrags direct

if its another DRPL load of rubbish, IGNORE it

ps:- NOBODY here told you to thrown any paperwork away, you should keep ALL paperwork for 6 years

personally, I would also send the actual PPC a SAR using the GDPR 2018 to get all evidence, docs and pics and signage details etc too


in future, tell us WHO the letters are ACTUALLY from , just because the letterhead says GLADRAGS doesnt mean a thing , the CONTACT details are what matters

beamerguy

You know Redx, these guys should be locked up
and put in different prisons so they cannot dream
up another scam.

Hurley and Davies have tried very hard to split up
Gladstones and the IPC/IAS, they failed as the new
bill demonstrates

Which MP is going to instigate a police investigation
about the Hurley/Davies scam ???

Maybe Sir Greg Knight will get egg on his face if his
bill allows these money scammers to continue ?