Need help pls im a newbie asap!!

Umkomaas

doctormoose25 wrote: »

The fee was mentioned once at the top stating "Notice of our intended court action - unpaid parking charge £160.00." I apologize but I do not understand the significance of the number of times the fee was mentioned.

Nothing to do with the fee. It was the word 'fine' you were quoting as being said to you by DRP. No debt collector, nor parking company, can 'fine' you. Absolutely never.

Looking at your user name, are you a medical student?

doctormoose25

Yes, and my brain is utter mush. I have finals in a week and a half and already stressed as it is so I apologize if I had not read the letter correctly or described it properly. Just a bit overwhelmed at the moment but I appreciate your help and guidance.

Coupon-mad

Good luck with your finals! One of my sprogs is also a medic so i know it's stressful.

But you can relax and ignore letters from DRP and Zenith. See the 4th post of the NEWBIES thread where we laugh at them and beg people to ignore them.

doctormoose25

Ok thanks so much

Redx

to explain

your problem is that you lump any of these demands for payment as "fines" in your head, even though its a legal word with no relevance

you need to learn to call a spade a spade, not a digging tool or a spoon or anything else , that is the point here

you received a Parking Charge Notice (PCN for short) in the post, addressed to the Keeper , so it was a Notice To Keeper (NTK for short) , a demand for money which in english is called an INVOICE , same as you might get from ebay for a book you have ordered , demanding payment

there are various legal words , like penalty (speeding for example) , fine (not updating your driving license or V5C or not paying your "road tax") , Invoice - payment for a service , like private parking , Parking Charge Notice , plus probably others too

if we asked you what beer you were drinking down the pub , you wouldnt say liquid , or "sherbert" (slang around here for a pint), you might say lager , or bitter , or mild , or pale ale

as they used to say on CATCHPHRASE , "say what you see" , if its a pcn , say so, because in legal terms , it matters


regards

Egbert_Nobacon

It would help if you were to post the circumstances of why the PCN was issued.
Lots of these invoices are issued for the most spurious of reasons.

doctormoose25

That makes a lot of sense RedX thank you so much for your help. I do need to familiarize myself with the terminology and how these letters/notices are written and keep a keen eye out for detail. I just believe due to my stressful situation I assumed the worst but in the future will try and think with a level head. Cheers for the explanation.

Snakes_Belly

I would keep all the correspondence though because it's a record of how much the claim is being inflated.

MistyZ

As had been said already, you are almost certainly safe to concentrate on the exams for now. Ruddy scammers, discombobulating people who are training to do proper work!

Good luck!