PCN for incorrectly placed ticket

daffodil11

Hi again, right so I know I’m meant to ignore debt collector letters but just wanted to check as the one I’ve received states:
The person liable for this charge is the person who was the driver when it was issued. In certain circumstances, liability can be transferred to the registered keeper. If you’re not sure that you’re liable, phone is on ....... and we’ll look into it. If we don’t hear from you we’ll take this to mean you agree you are liable.


Do I still ignore this? I don’t agree I’m liable as the keeper as the PCN wasn’t sent in the 56 days so no keeper liability. Yet if I ignore this it says I am agreeing? I’m worried this will go against me In court as the PCN is my main argument? Help please?!?!

daffodil11

No I haven’t done the SAR as they already sent me the photos of the car and the ticket etc so not sure what else they could send??

KeithP

daffodil11 wrote: »

...not sure what else they could send??

So you are not sure what else they may have?

Here's an idea... why not send them a Subject Access Request and find out?

KeithP

daffodil11 wrote: »

Hi again, right so I know I’m meant to ignore debt collector letters but just wanted to check as the one I’ve received states:
The person liable for this charge is the person who was the driver when it was issued. In certain circumstances, liability can be transferred to the registered keeper. If you’re not sure that you’re liable, phone is on ....... and we’ll look into it. If we don’t hear from you we’ll take this to mean you agree you are liable.


Do I still ignore this? I don’t agree I’m liable as the keeper as the PCN wasn’t sent in the 56 days so no keeper liability. Yet if I ignore this it says I am agreeing? I’m worried this will go against me In court as the PCN is my main argument? Help please?!?!

It really doesn't matter what a debt collector's letter says.

The advice remains... ignore debt collector's letters.

The_Deep

not sure what else they could send??

You need to be sure. Unless you get to grips with this they can destroy your credit, prevent you from moving house, pea off the missus, and waste oodles of your time.

This is not a matter to take lightly I can assure you. Get your MP on board.

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of alleged contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors. Is has been suggested by an MP that some of these companies may have connections to organised crime.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, (especially Smart}, and others have already been named and shamed in the House of Commons as have Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each week), hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned. They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct

The problem become so widespread that MPs agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers. It has cleared Parliament and hopefully, this will become law shortly.

daffodil11

Whoa whoa, panicking here now! Destroy my credit, prevent from moving house?? I was under the understanding that this can only be the case if it gets to court and these debt collector letters are scare tactics?? Am I wrong?

Coupon-mad

daffodil11 wrote: »

Whoa whoa, panicking here now! Destroy my credit, prevent from moving house?? I was under the understanding that this can only be the case if it gets to court and these debt collector letters are scare tactics?? Am I wrong?

No. And you don't even get a hit on your credit record if it goes to court, not even if you lost, as long as you then paid within 30 days. And we win 99% of defended cases here.

This is hilarious! 'ring us and we'll talk about whether you are liable' Hahaha!

If you’re not sure that you’re liable, phone is on ....... and we’ll look into it. If we don’t hear from you we’ll take this to mean you agree you are liable.

They cannot assume you 'agree' you are liable, by your silence.

The facts are, if they failed to follow the POFA, they CANNOT have keeper liability. You can state that by letter if it makes you feel happier to do something.

KeithP

daffodil11 wrote: »

Whoa whoa, panicking here now! Destroy my credit, prevent from moving house?? I was under the understanding that this can only be the case if it gets to court and these debt collector letters are scare tactics?? Am I wrong?

No, you are right.

Which bit of ignore debt collectors letters are you not understanding?

daffodil11

Thank you for confirming, was starting to panic then! Right will stick to ignoring then and await LBC. I will get on to doing SAR and MP.

daffodil11

KeithP I do get the ignore bit thank you, I was referring to being panicked by TheDeeps comment that it could effect my credit rating.