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Final Demand for parking tickets

Hi There

My son has been sent Final demands from DCBL for parking tickets issued by, Vehicle Control Services Limited dating back to 2018, looks like he has just ignored everything and I'm worried that this might affect his credit rating if we do not pay these

Any advise would be very helpful, in the past i have seen that ignoring these can work and they eventually give up, is this the case

Regards

Shaun 

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  • Redx
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    edited 7 September 2020 at 12:22PM
    Not paying a county court judgment , a CCJ , is what causes the trashing of a credit rating , it needs paying within one month

    At the moment it is threats of court , no court case has happened yet

    Please read the newbies FAQ sticky thread near the top of the forum , it has good advice in it

    Parking companies have 6 years to issue a court claim , the big ones rarely give up , certainly not VCS , especially not when there are multiple Parking tickets

    He should start preparing for a court claim , he should email a SAR to the DPO at VCS to obtain all his documents and pictures and data
  • Coupon-mad
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    SLW969 said:
    Hi There

    My son has been sent Final demands from DCBL for parking tickets issued by, Vehicle Control Services Limited dating back to 2018, looks like he has just ignored everything and I'm worried that this might affect his credit rating if we do not pay these

    Any advise would be very helpful, in the past i have seen that ignoring these can work and they eventually give up, is this the case

    Regards

    Shaun 
    Hi Shaun, 

    Depends if they are pre-court letters or if they say they are following a court judgment.  Check them carefully.

    No telling him to pay. 

    He needs to come here and sit down with you and read post #2 of the NEWBIES FAQS thread, all about pre-court stage and how to win, and also it covers CCJ set asides, if he's past CCJ stage (you DO NOT just pay it).

    No link to the NEWBIES thread given.  There is already a link on this page and my signature tells you where that is. 

    Or, just hit your 'back' button to get back to page one where you hit 'NEW THREAD'. 

    Read the second post (NOT FIRST POST ABOUT APPEALS) in the NEWBIES sticky thread in CAPITALS.
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