DCBL letters ..... forum group thread

Cheesyavacado87

Gk202011 said:

Hi everyone! I have read a couple of threads but couldn’t see anything to match the answer for me. I received a letter from DCBL over a contravention from 2017. They have said I have 14 days to pay£150 and then will most likely be in touch with me again. They sent me a PCN in 2017 which did ignore following some advice online but then I got a CCJ for it! ( so you can see why I’m scared about this one!) I called them as I believe they are talking about the same thing but this time the claimant name is different. Before it was vehicle control services limited and now it’s different. What should I do, I think they are trying to collect for the same debt even though I paid this! ( I don’t have the old PCN number as when I paid it I thought that was it) Any help would be appreciated. Please see letter sent from them attached. 

I also received the same kind letter from DCBL, from 2017. Parking in a disabled bay even though I was with a blue badge holder and had an indate badge.

was this in Scotland? 

D_P_Dance

 Parking in a disabled bay even though I was with a blue badge holder and had an indate badge.

Then, if this gets to court, consider a counter claim for disability discrimination.  Have hyou complained to your MP?

beamerguy

Gk202011

UKPC are a different scammer and DCBL are currently doing a mail bomb on old parking tickets for UKPC.  Covid is killing off these parking companies and now they are chasing old tickets.

DCBL are simply mug hunting so please read post #1 of this thread as you have received the famous stupid 14 day letter and a lot of garbage about the Supreme court.

Take no notice of their stupid scare tactics about bailiffs.   This is how Wonga started and why they were closed down

DCBL ARE SCAMMING YOU ADDING A FAKE AMOUNT AND YOU DO NOT OWE £150

Gk202011

@beamerguy thanks for coming back to me on this. Last time I ignored I got a CCJ - so just a bit anxious about this one. The letters last time were also from DCBL? 

Umkomaas

The letters last time were also from DCBL? 

From which 'L'?  There is a significant difference.

beamerguy

Gk202011 said:

@beamerguy thanks for coming back to me on this. Last time I ignored I got a CCJ - so just a bit anxious about this one. The letters last time were also from DCBL? 

You see, this is just a stupid debt collector letter.   YOU CAN IGNORE 100%

If DCBL want to waste more of their money, the next step is a 30 day letter called a Letter before claim.  Even then it does not mean court action as the sheer number of these rubbish letters sent would block up the court system

You got a CCJ because you ignored the court claim so it was a default.  This will not happen this time as you have all the help you need here.
YOU MUST FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS

Now, you send a SAR to UKPC to obtain the info they hold on you about this ticket. You have to give them 30 days to reply.   DO NOT CONTACT OR SPEAK TO DCBL

nosferatu1001

Noone is telling you to ignore a claim form, which is how you got a CCJ last time. 
THis is debt collector nonsense and can be ignored, as the newbeis thread EXPLICITLY tells you .

Gk202011

@beamerguy thanks I’ll do this and send the SAR! 

Gk202011

@nosferatu1001 I wanted someone to respond to me specifically with advice on MY letter. Appreciate your comment though thanks 

beamerguy

You are invited to read an article by Martin Lewis of MSE about Wonga
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2014/06/wonga-to-pay-2-6-m-after-threatening-borrowers-with-fake-lawyers/

Wonga were using fake names pretending to be solicitors.
DCBL however are a real company but are grossly misleading the public by adding fake amounts 
You will see in their letter shown above, they are intimidating the public into a false belief that bailiffs will be involved by saying .... "Direct Collection Bailiffs have been instructed"

To most people this intimidating, misleading line could well make them pay a highly inflated claim which is unproven. Only a county court judge can make a proven decision

On the link above, scroll down to read the typical letter sent out by Wonga.
Now compare this letter to DCBL
It is worth noting that with Wonga, they were real debts and not unproven debts from an unregulated industry

Such intimidating letters must be forwarded to your MP with a request to pass this on to the FCA AND Robert Buckland MP, who is Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice.
Your MP should worry about how many of these letters are being received in his/her constituency asking for inflated amounts on an unproven debt

PLUS, your local press/media and the National press