Debt Recovery Plus demand for payment. unpaid PCN. What are my options?

Fruitcake

If this went to court and you lost, you would end up paying about £175. On the other hand, if you won, you could get up to £95.

If you move house within the six years timeframe then you should tell Not so Smart your new address.

limatango

Thanks for your replies. Just trying to get an idea of what I could be up against.
Is it worth going to the landowner?

beamerguy

LawlessGoose wrote: »

From what I understand, the maximum they can ask for in court is the amount on the signage. E.g. if the sign stated £100 then they can only claim £100. After that they can ask for costs, perhaps to the tune of the same again. However, the debt recovery companies will invent all sorts of figures in the hopes you give it to them.

Nope, a claim will be for the face value of a ticket (£100)
Add court fees of £25, then £50 for solicitor fees and maybe
a bit of interest and that's it.

The low life legals, only 4 currently are pitching rubbish around,
do try to add fake ££££'s and some claim it's in the terms and
conditions on car park signs but it's all in small writing
Courts do not like extortion

BUT once you win you can claim some £90 in costs
The dodgy legals are now used to that

beamerguy

limatango wrote: »

T Just trying to get an idea of what I could be up against.
DRP are currently asking for £140.

YOU ARE UP AGAINST NOTHING

Forget DRP, they are only plebs adding fake charges.
DRP live in cloud 9 and not the real world

How can you take complete idiots seriously ?

Redx

ALWAYS , ALWAYS , ALWAYS complain to the landowner and try to get the pcn cancelled, or at least get a letter (a signed and dated witness statement) from them indocating that they do not wish it to go to court

the PPC is there at the behest of the landowner , so should do as they are told

there is no "fine" , never was , only you are using the F word here , nobody else is

there is an alleged disupte over money , where the refereee (the judge) decides who owes who what , and why , according to the rules laid down for small claims

you have already been told by several people a typical loss is £175 , which needs to be paid promptly if you lost , to stop it "going up" due to baliff costs on top (enforcement)

limatango

OK thanks for your replies. I do appreciate it. One final qu: Can a PCN still be cancelled even if it has gone to debt recovery stage?
Thanks so much.

Fruitcake

limatango wrote: »

OK thanks for your replies. I do appreciate it. One final qu: Can a PCN still be cancelled even if it has gone to debt recovery stage?
Thanks so much.

Yes. xxxxxxxxxxxx

beamerguy

limatango wrote: »

OK thanks for your replies. I do appreciate it. One final qu: Can a PCN still be cancelled even if it has gone to debt recovery stage?
Thanks so much.

Of course it can right up to the court date.

But hey, there is no court date and STOP going on about
debt collectors.

THEY WRITE RUBBISH, THEY SPEAK RUBBISH
THEY ARE TOTALLY POWERLESS

No more about debt collectors please, if the Smart (the fa*rt)
contact you let us know.

B789

limatango wrote: »

Thank you for explaining.

So, so if I consider the possible outcomes...
One is that SMART COULD issue a court claim (within 6 years) and then the debt collectors DRP could enforce the £140 debt - correct?

Totally incorrect regarding DRP or anyone else claiming to be a "debt collector". You seem to be fixated on this. DRP have no way to take you to court demanding payment for a charge that is not theirs to begin with. On the other hand, SMART can, if they decide they want to, take you to 'small claims' court up to 6 years after the PCN was issued.

Can a PCN still be cancelled even if it has gone to debt recovery stage?

What do you mean by "debt recovery stage"? You have not been "fined" by any authority. All that has happened is that you have been "invoiced" by a dubious PPC on the off-chance that you will, like so many other easily frightened people, pay up a sum of money for very little effort on the part of the PPC.

Yes, the PCN can be cancelled at any time.

Take note of the excellent advice you are being given on here by the regulars. You do not appear to have read the Newbies thread or at least tried to comprehend it.

beamerguy

It's agreed ..... DRP ARE ONLY MONEY JUNKIES

But hey, these retards are members of the BPA, the joke
called the British Parking Association

Shame really, the BPA has stooped so low just to get
membership fees from scammers.

Doubtful the BPA even know the difference between
ANPR and CCTV