Victory over one parking solution ltd

17lollipop

Just received and email this morning from ZZPS, the debt recovery agent for One Parking Solution saying that their client has cancelled my PCN and the case is now closed! Just shows how perseverance and not giving into these companies does actually work. ZZPS had added £70 admin charges to the original £100 PCN. Their Solicitors QDR than wrote to me adding a further £12. Thanks to another member who is also challenging a PCN, for digging up a lot of dirt which I was able to use in correspondence to these 3 companies.
After contacting the BPA and informing them about the added charges and quoting the Abuse of Process, they contacted OPS and asked them to drop the added charges. After contacting OPS to confirm the added charges had been dropped, I then received the email saying that the PCN was cancelled. Didn't even get as far as a POPLA appeal. Thanks to all on here for your advice and support.

Le_Kirk

Yahey, well done, although I think you will find it was abuse of process, I'm sure you couldn't care less if you've got a load of grief off your back.

MistyZ

Fantastic!

How it must have pained the debt recovery creatures to write that email! Makes me smile to think of it.

17lollipop

Hi, following my post I am now just thinking was the email from ZZPS just referring to the cancellation of their charges or the whole thing? Maybe I'm being over cautious but not celebrating just yet. Should I contact OPS to confirm?

Le_Kirk

client has cancelled my PCN and the case is now closed!

That looks fairly definite.

The_Deep

Have you spent much time on this? If so, why not send the PPC an invoice for wasting your time. £19 an hour is the usual rate. If they ignore it, as is most likely, send them a letter before claim.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/law-and-courts/legal-system/taking-legal-action/small-claims/making-a-small-claim/

all it costs is the price of a stamp and you have up to six years to follow it up.

Nine times out of ten these tickets are scams so consider complaining to your MP.

Parliament is well aware of the MO of these private parking companies, many of whom are former clampers, and on 15th March 2019 a Bill was enacted to curb the excesses of these shysters. Codes of Practice are being drawn up, an independent appeals service will be set up, and access to the DVLA's date base more rigorously policed, persistent offenders denied access to the DVLA database and unable to operate.

Hopefully life will become impossible for the worst of these scammers, but until this is done you should still complain to your MP, citing the new legislation.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/8/contents/enacted

Just as the clampers were finally closed down, so hopefully will many of these Private Parking Companies