Gladstones LBC received

cornel1311

Hello everyone,

I have received a LBC today for 4 PCNs from January 2017 asking for 130 pounds each (from 70 initially). I have received some debt collector letters until June last year, after which they stopped. I did ignore all of them though. I know you advise not to ignore, but I can't change that now. I have read the newbie post although I'm not sure on how to proceed, as some of the letters templates state that 'I have requested evidence/I have tried etc.' I am not willing to pay 520 pounds to these abusive scammers, or at least not without me fighting it. I have no idea what to do or how to write a defense but I am willing to dedicate my time to do it. I just need your guidance on what the steps are.

Edit: if it helps, I have pictures of how only parts of the parking have signages stating they charge you 70 pounds. (from the location where my vehicle was parked, they cannot be possibly be seen)

System

Which abusive scammer was it?

cornel1311

Horizon Parking Limited, I have also received debt-recovery letters from Zenith/Debt Recovery Plus (I still have all letters)

beamerguy

cornel1311 wrote: »

Horizon Parking Limited, I have also received debt-recovery letters from Zenith/Debt Recovery Plus (I still have all letters)

You are being asked for £130 per ticket because that is
the fake addon from junked out debt collectors

In reality each ticket still has a face value of £70

Do read this to help you understand debt collector scammers

Debt Collectors (DRP & ZZPS) What they don't want you to know

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=74453393#post74453393

Same applies for Zenith who are only debt crawlers

System

Go to the Newbies link to see what it says about LBC and how to deal with them.

Horizon are not big on doing court but multiples get them excited especially if they think they are dealing with an abusive parker.

What is the background to 4 tickets and are there any more than 4. Sometimes they have a punt with some and have others in the pipleline.

cornel1311

They all happened in the Sainsbury's parking lot, in a particular zone. Before these letters, I had no idea about PCNs or anything related to them. The driver used to eat and do some university work in the Sainsbury's cafe. Also, they are all from the same week. Obviously, after the first PCN the driver stopped eating or going to the shop at all. In the following days, I have received the remaining 3. Hence, there are only 4 of them.

beamerguy

cornel1311 wrote: »

They all happened in the Sainsbury's parking lot, in a particular zone. Before these letters, I had no idea about PCNs or anything related to them. I used to eat and do some of my university work in the Sainsbury's cafe. Also, they are all from the same week. Obviously, when I received the first PCN I stopped eating or going to the shop at all. In the following days, I have received the remaining 3. Hence, there are only 4 of them.

Why don't you contact the CEO of Sainsbury's and tell
him your story, especially not going back to the store

This is the man who was singing "we're in the money" after
the retailer said they are getting together with Asda

You need to know why he would expect you and others
to be exposed to money scammers

Give your reg no and request he cancels all tickets

cornel1311

beamerguy wrote: »

Why don't you contact the CEO of Sainsbury's and tell
him your story, especially not going back to the store

This is the man who was singing "we're in the money" after
the retailer said they are getting together with Asda

You need to know why he would expect you and others
to be exposed to money scammers

Give your reg no and request he cancels all tickets

Is this viable if I don't have the receipts? Also, you mean the manager of the store I was going to or the general CEO?:o

Edit: I did find the e-mail of the CEO, I will try to explain to him what happened.

beamerguy

cornel1311 wrote: »

Is this viable if I don't have the receipts? Also, you mean the manager of the store I was going to or the general CEO?:o

Edit: I did find the e-mail of the CEO, I will try to explain to him what happened.

Sorry forgot to add ...

Sainsbury's

Mr Mike Coupe Chief Executive

Email mike.coupe@sainsburys.co.uk

Store managers are useless so go to the top

cornel1311

beamerguy wrote: »

Sorry forgot to add ...

Sainsbury's

Mr Mike Coupe Chief Executive

Email mike.coupe@sainsburys.co.uk

Store managers are useless so go to the top

I sent him an e-mail explaining the situation. Let's hope he will be willing to solve this issue.

beamerguy

cornel1311 wrote: »

I sent him an e-mail explaining the situation. Let's hope he will be willing to solve this issue.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/video/2018/apr/30/were-in-the-money-sainsburys-ceo-caught-singing-before-asda-merger-interview-video