DCBL letters ..... forum group thread

Umkomaas

I can't afford any sort of court action as would be a stain and jeopardise my job.

You are joking aren't you?  It isn't a criminal court case!  How can a small claim in a sheriff court cause 'a stain' or even 'jeopardise' a job?  And you're in Scotland, not a hope!

Can I keep ignoring this? Apparently this is final reminder before court.

Yes. 

spock007

Thank you - I perhaps read it too quickly in quick lunch hour and got the emotions going. Appreciate your reply, thanks

Coupon-mad

Ignore it unless they start the Simple Procedure, which they won't.  It is bluff in Scotland because for a single PCN there are no costs they can claim.

SM1709

Hi, so I’ve read the thread & my best option is just to ignore the letter from DCBL (Limited). This is from a parking charge in 2016. It was a restaurant car park, turned out I need a permit which I obviously didn’t have. I ignored the initial fine, as thats what I was advised to do at the time. Was this wrong to do? I didn’t want to appeal as I was told that if I do I am taking responsibility and would make it harder to dispute if the appeal failed. Correct me if I am wrong?? 

So, do I just ignore now & then request SAR from UKPC?? What does this benefit me if I do this? Many thanks! 

SM1709

It’s also incredibly stressing me out. The whole thought of bailiffs/court. I only have 1 or 2 letters initially back in 2016. Thought nothing of it until the new letter, 5 years later...

Coupon-mad

I ignored the initial fine, as thats what I was advised to do at the time. Was this wrong to do?

Yes.

I didn’t want to appeal as I was told that if I do I am taking responsibility and would make it harder to dispute if the appeal failed. Correct me if I am wrong?? 

It's wrong.

Obviously the SAR gives you data - all the letters you threw away.  No-one needs to ask what benefit that gives a person if they later need to defend.

What happened when you complained to the restaurant chain or manager that they didn't make the permit/exemption keypad available to you?

beamerguy

SM1709 said:

So, do I just ignore now & then request SAR from UKPC?? What does this benefit me if I do this? Many thanks! 

Correct ........ the SAR is to obtain the info UKPC hold on you regarding a 2016 ticket.
Right now, because of the DCBL mail bomb on old tickets, no doubt UKPC will be answering more SAR's than they are issuing tickets ...... enjoy the fun
If you get a LBA from DCBL giving you 30 days to respond, come back here for the next step.

SM1709

I hadn’t complained to the restaurant or manager. If I am honest I was only 17/18, young, naive and read clearly all the wrong forums. I read that it was just best to ignore and not even acknowledge it - which I stupidly did! Now I’ve got myself into this hole, that I’m hoping I can dig out of. Any advice and help would obviously be really helpful!

SM1709

Is it likely it will go further? Or is it just a mail bomb/scare tactic into getting people to pay?

beamerguy

SM1709 said:

Now I’ve got myself into this hole, that I’m hoping I can dig out of. Any advice and help would obviously be really helpful!

NO HOLE, it's DCBL who are digging themselves a hole for fakery ?