Am I too late - should I just pay up?

Dan_Sin

Thanks for the suggestion - but I don't have a permanent address anywhere - and I am not overseas atm but in England now and in Scotland from November.  I am just concerned that things might cause problems for my friends who are forwarding the mail as it is their address on the vehicle document.

Snakes_Belly

Follow Coupon Mad's advice. There is reasoning behind this. 

dracula666

Hi, I got a pcn a few months ago for a overstay (under an hour) another £1 would of covered it.  I Ignored the fine of £60 going off posts read on here. Then it went up to £100 now to £160!!  Now their dept recovery agents are literally about to pass the matter to solicitors (Gladstone’s). Ive read about the solicitors who take on their cases and they apparently take to court without letting you know and therefore can’t defend landing you with a CCJ. I am soon getting a mortgage so it will pretty much stop that happening. Is there a recent new law that they can’t charge these extortionate fees? Should I continue to ignore or pay? Please, please help me! 

Redx

Please start a new thread of your own so that you can get bespoke advice on your problem

You won't get help by hijacking somebody else's thread , it's rude and disrespectful

Umkomaas

dracula666 said:

Hi, I got a pcn a few months ago for a overstay (under an hour) another £1 would of covered it.  I Ignored the fine of £60 going off posts read on here. Then it went up to £100 now to £160!!  Now their dept recovery agents are literally about to pass the matter to solicitors (Gladstone’s). Ive read about the solicitors who take on their cases and they apparently take to court without letting you know and therefore can’t defend landing you with a CCJ. I am soon getting a mortgage so it will pretty much stop that happening. Is there a recent new law that they can’t charge these extortionate fees? Should I continue to ignore or pay? Please, please help me! 

Have you decided to take over this thread belonging to @Dan_Sin?  I presume you've asked him/her that they're happy to stand aside for you?  

D_P_Dance

Alternatively, please start your own thread.

fisherjim

missile said:

Try reading the OPs post again, before making any more stoopid skool bouy comments.
 "I did see notices"

I know who is most helpful and you don't even come close!

Coupon-mad

Dan_Sin said:

Thanks for the suggestion - but I don't have a permanent address anywhere - and I am not overseas atm but in England now and in Scotland from November.  I am just concerned that things might cause problems for my friends who are forwarding the mail as it is their address on the vehicle document.

Then you give the Scottish address in November which is just as good as a foreign address because keepers can't be held liable for parking events that took place before the Transport Act takes full effect next year sometime.

Dan_Sin

Just to say thank you for people's help on this - I took the advice and gave my Scottish address and never heard anything since!

Coupon-mad

That is sort of good news but they have 5 years to sue.  Keep every letter just in case.  I assume you clearly told them to erase the other address, as you had to tell them that to be sure they don't use that one?

Now, please do us and yourself (and the driving public) a favour and stick around on this forum every week - at least for the Summer - to ensure you see when the Government publish and open the final Technical Consultation.

We will be talking about it and the public will have about 4 weeks we think, to tell the MHCLG what you think about the level of parking charges, that the MHCLG has admirably decided already will start at £50 (50% discount) and not £100:

Outcome of 2020 Consultation - this applies in Scotland as well as England and Wales:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/parking-code-enforcement-framework/outcome/parking-code-enforcement-framework-consultation-response

Planned Summer 2021 additional Public Consultation:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-to-open-technical-consultation-on-fairer-parking-charges

It's not open yet but please keep check here to see when it is. 

We need real people like you to counter the spamming that happened last time from the industry.