who are DCBL

redpaddy1965

Hi All

sorry but redressing an old PCN i posted here last year. we have had no replies or letters from the companies who sent out the original letters for the PCN my son received (ZZPS and QDR)
but he has now received a notice of debt recovery letter from DCBL? are they a legitimate debt collection company or part of ZZPS or QDR ?the PCN is almost 2 years old now and to be honest I thought they had given up as nothing had been heard from ZZPS for 12+months now

thanks for any advice or info recieved

Redx

DCBL are on TV almost every day , cant pay well take it away , and the Sherriffs are coming etc

a debt collection outfit that sometimes act for the High Court as bailiffs, or as simple debt collectors

you can easily google them

as for any debts , debts are forever, but the courts allow civil court cases for up to 6 years in E & W , and 5 in Scotland , so those tend to be the time limits , not some arbitrary limit you have dreamed up


the E & W system I referred to has been in place since 1973

waamo

DCBL have two arms. One are proper HCEOs and appear on a popular entertainment programme called "Can't Pay We'll Take It Away" and the other arm is less known.

You are probably dealing with their debt collection wing. Their letters will tell you as such.

Coupon-mad

DCBL? are they a legitimate debt collection company or part of ZZPS or QDR?

Neither. These come up when you search the forum for the keyword DCBL and avoid the threads about people who have actually ignored a court claim (not you?):

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5973223/new-generation-parking-and-dcbl-letter

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5979895/f1rst-parking-charges-to-now-a-dcbl-notice-of-debt-recovery

They send misleading debt collector letters; they are just like ZZPS in that respect. They also send some headed up 'DCBL Legal' and they play on the fact they are the same firm who ALSO (spearately, not in your case) act as High Court Enforcement gits, on the awful programme, 'Can't Pay We'll Take it Away' on TV.

People mistake their debt collector rubbish for the same thing.

But as long as you have not ignored a court claim and lost by default, then this is just another stupid letter to ignore. Check what it says though, you can tell by the drivel in it, whether it's talking about a claim that you've ignored and not defended and lost by default.

I hope the PPC firm has the right address for him?

Which PPC?

Fruitcake

Is this to do with your previous thread about a relative getting a PCN from Premier Park? If so, all your posts and questions should be on your original thread, not a new one with no context or history.

redpaddy1965

sorry what is PPC
the letter says on the back of it ' not subject to high court or bailiff action'
my wife is in a panic and wants to settle it incase my son ( who was the driver) get a bad credit rating
I told her the general opinion and advice I am taking is to not pay and wait and see if the take out any county court action

any thoughts

redpaddy1965

Fruitcake wrote: »

Is this to do with your previous thread about a relative getting a PCN from Premier Park? If so, all your posts and questions should be on your original thread, not a new one with no context or history.

sorry do you mean I should have carried on using my original posting?
new to all this so thought I needed to start a new one as the original was so old, but when you think about it how are ppl supposed to know what I am asking about??
will remember in future thanks for the heads up/tip

Umkomaas

redpaddy1965 wrote: »

any thoughts

sorry what is PPC'

Can you work out what it is yet? The acronym is used hundreds of times each day on this forum.

the letter says on the back of it ' not subject to high court or bailiff action

So, given what we’ve already told you, what does that now tell you?

my wife is in a panic and wants to settle it incase my son ( who was the driver) get a bad credit rating

Ill-informed irrationality - a ‘bad credit rating’ can only come about if this goes to court, your son loses, and he fails to pay the sum ordered by the Judge within the timescale given (usually 1 month).

I told her the general opinion and advice I am taking is to not pay and wait and see if the take out any county court action

Correct.

redpaddy1965

🤦!♂️😆 is it private parking charge ? I am useless at this sort of thing and being a paddy doesn’t help 😜

Coupon-mad

No, the acronyms are in the NEWBIES thread - we need you to read it.

I asked you who was the PPC, so it's obviously the private parking COMPANY...

YOU WOULD BE STARK RAVING MAD TO PAY THIS. IS THAT CLEAR?

Umkomaas

redpaddy1965 wrote: »

🤦!♂️😆 is it private parking charge ? I am useless at this sort of thing and being a paddy doesn’t help 😜

Close, but it’s not right - as that other paddy, Roy Walker, would say!

First two words are correct. Just need one more. Firm clue, think Vincent of citeh (cryptic)!