APCOA Parking - Debt Recovery Plus

Ineedausername

thank you!

beamerguy

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, and another company have already been named and shamed, as has Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each year). They lose most of them and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct. I too, will be taking this up with my local MP.

Remove this, the bank will not be interested and will confuse matters

You are proving just onE thing, that is a chargeback from DRP

Ineedausername

thank you for your time and assistance, version 3 below

Account Number
Name of Creditor/Bank
REF XXXXX
Dear Sir or Madam:
Further to our telephone conversation on [insert date] 2020, please find the full details of my dispute along with a copy of the letter sent to me by Debt Recovery Plus (DRP)
I have been a victim of a scam from DRP who have not proved that any monies are owed to them and that I have been misled as to the liability of these charges. DRP have sent a demand for payment letter (enclosed) which I was deceived into paying. This letter alone is a false representation of authority under the FCA guidance.
The parking company concerned failed to react in a professional manner and hence DRP were instructed. A dispute has also been logged with the parking company.
DRP are also an unregulated debt collector who parking companies use to collect monies they are not entitled to.
Unlike the banking industry who will use regulated debt collectors and if required, to legally transfer any debt to them, DRP are not permitted to purchase a debt from the parking company.
DRP offer parking companies a "no win no fee" service and after a period of time have no option but the pass this back to the parking company due their inability to proceed further.
This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors.
Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, and another company have already been named and shamed, as have Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each year). They lose most of them and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct. I too, will be taking this up with my local MP.
In the interim period DRP will threaten people with unproven amounts and add further amounts which is contrary to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (POFA 2012) and is clearly an illegal practice.
All of this I have learnt whilst spending some time reading consumer advice and forums.
In my case, DRP threatened me with a CCJ and due to my job, where having a CCJ would be detrimental, I was pressurised in paying an unproven debt.
At this point, I was not aware that DRP are totally powerless in the private parking industry but they applied pressure for me to pay, especially with threats of a CCJ. In reality, DRP cannot take people to court and therefore their empty threats are considered a fraudulent attempt to extort monies. The ‘one time offer’ of reducing the amount if I paid before 15:00 on the day goes against the CSA and FSA collection guidance.
I can also confirm that DRP have added on inflated amounts which is not allowed under POFA2012.
Please investigate this matter and correct the fraudulent transaction as soon as possible.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
[My Name]
Enc. (DRP Letter)

Ineedausername

ok, understood

version 4 below
Account Number
Name of Creditor/Bank
REF XXXXX
Dear Sir or Madam:
Further to our telephone conversation on [insert date] 2020, please find the full details of my dispute along with a copy of the letter sent to me by Debt Recovery Plus (DRP)
I have been a victim of a scam from DRP who have not proved that any monies are owed to them and that I have been misled as to the liability of these charges. DRP have sent a demand for payment letter (enclosed) which I was deceived into paying. This letter alone is a false representation of authority under the FCA guidance.
The parking company concerned failed to react in a professional manner and hence DRP were instructed. A dispute has also been logged with the parking company.
DRP are also an unregulated debt collector who parking companies use to collect monies they are not entitled to.
Unlike the banking industry who will use regulated debt collectors and if required, to legally transfer any debt to them, DRP are not permitted to purchase a debt from the parking company.
DRP offer parking companies a "no win no fee" service and after a period of time have no option but the pass this back to the parking company due their inability to proceed further.
This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors.
In the interim period DRP will threaten people with unproven amounts and add further amounts which is contrary to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (POFA 2012) and is clearly an illegal practice.
All of this I have learnt whilst spending some time reading consumer advice and forums.
In my case, DRP threatened me with a CCJ and due to my job, where having a CCJ would be detrimental, I was pressurised in paying an unproven debt.
At this point, I was not aware that DRP are totally powerless in the private parking industry but they applied pressure for me to pay, especially with threats of a CCJ. In reality, DRP cannot take people to court and therefore their empty threats are considered a fraudulent attempt to extort monies. The ‘one time offer’ of reducing the amount if I paid before 15:00 on the day goes against the CSA and FSA collection guidance.
I can also confirm that DRP have added on inflated amounts which is not allowed under POFA2012.
Please investigate this matter and correct the fraudulent transaction as soon as possible.
Thank you for your assistance.
Sincerely,
[My Name]
Enc. (DRP Letter)

beamerguy

ok, I am happy with that.

Just wait as throughout the day others will comment and as it's the weekend, plan to send it on monday

Your case could also set a precedence in the chargeback system

Let us know

Ineedausername

appreciate it, will keep you guys posted thats for sure, it's the least i could do,

Coupon-mad

Ineedausername wrote: »

ok, understood

version 4 below


Account Number
Name of Creditor/Bank

REF XXXXX

Dear Sir or Madam,

Further to our telephone conversation on [insert date] 2020, please find the full details of my dispute along with a copy of the letter sent to me by Debt Recovery Plus (DRP).

I have been a victim of a scam from DRP and [STRIKE]who have not proved that any monies are owed to them and that[/STRIKE] I have been misled as to the law regarding the lack of liability of a registered keeper of a car, which is dependent upon full compliance with the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Schedule 4 ('the POFA'). [STRIKE]of these charges[/STRIKE]

It is only now that I have discovered that the parking firm whose charge DRP extorted from me over the telephone by use of threats and lies about liability, choose not to comply with the POFA and can never in any circumstances hold a registered keeper of a car liable in law.

DRP are unregulated and widely reported to be operating a scam:

https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.debtrecoveryplus.co.uk

[STRIKE]DRP have sent a demand for payment letter (enclosed) which I was deceived into paying. This letter alone is a false representation of authority under the FCA guidance.
The parking company concerned failed to react in a professional manner and hence DRP were instructed.[/STRIKE]

A dispute has also been logged with the parking company, APCOA.

DRP are [STRIKE]also[/STRIKE] an unregulated debt collector who parking companies use to collect monies they are not entitled to. Unlike the banking industry who will use regulated debt collectors and if required, to legally transfer any debt to them, DRP are not permitted by the DVLA rules to purchase a debt from the parking company.

[STRIKE]DRP offer parking companies a "no win no fee" service and after a period of time have no option but the pass this back to the parking company due their inability to proceed further.
This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors.[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]In the interim period DRP will threaten people with unproven amounts and add further amounts which is contrary to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (POFA 2012) and is clearly an illegal practice.
All of this I have learnt whilst spending some time reading consumer advice and forums.[/STRIKE]

In my case, DRP threatened me with a CCJ and due to my job, where having a CCJ would be detrimental, I was pressurised in paying an unproven debt.

[STRIKE]At this point, I was not aware that DRP are totally powerless in the private parking industry but they applied pressure for me to pay, especially with threats of a CCJ. In reality, DRP cannot take people to court and therefore their empty threats are considered a fraudulent attempt to extort monies. [/STRIKE]

The ‘one time offer’ of reducing the amount if I paid before 15:00pm on the day goes against the CSA and FSA collection guidance. I can also confirm that DRP have added on inflated amounts which is not allowed under POFA, so the entire sum is in dispute due to non compliance with the only applicable law and the fact that I now discover that I was never liable, as registered keeper of the car. [STRIKE]2012.[/STRIKE]

Please investigate this matter and correct the fraudulent transaction as soon as possible. It was unauthorised and not my liability to pay in law.

Thank you for your assistance.

Yours faithfully, [STRIKE]Sincerely,[/STRIKE]


[My Name]

[STRIKE]Enc. (DRP Letter)[/STRIKE]

I'd do as above and NOT enclose a letter that looks like you owed money.

Ineedausername

Thank you!

Will amend the letter and wait till tomorrow in case anyone else has anythinf further to add.

Many thanks

Ineedausername

hi all

just want to say thank you for the support. it is appreciated

@coupon Mad - do i not send the CC company a copy of the DRP letter?

thanks

Coupon-mad

NO!

As I said, why would you show them a letter on headed notepaper that uses a load of tired old rhetoric making it LOOK LIKE there is a valid debt?!