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A LITTLE ADVICE- ACCOUNT CLOSED QDR SOLICITORS

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  • 95Rollers
    95Rollers Posts: 827 Forumite
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    edited 23 July 2022 at 9:21AM
    Fruitcake said:
    The SAR goes to the PPC, nobody else, so you only need to send it once if you haven't already done so, unless you believe the PPC holds personal data that has not yet been given.
    The primary SAR is to the PPC - it doesn't hurt to sent out SARs to the Debt companies/ Legal chasers - but it is not a priority like the one to PPC. Its useful to do as I asked them what their lawful authority and justification of the add-on fees were which was just "the BPA said we could" and this helped boost my evidence of double recovery. I also asked them for a copy of the "debt transfer notice" - which they won't have because a PCN is not a Debt - and their "FCA status" as the BPA says debt firms used must be FCA reg'd and found out they'd shared my details with a third party and also asked them to clarify under what authority allows them to skip the judicial process and bang me with a CCJ and Bailiffs without a trial (which was just a few of their many pumped threats!)...  Its all useful evidence that can be obtained later down the line to evidence their Unreasonable/ Unlawful Behaviour as a closing gambit on one's witness statement.

    BUT ONLY after you've got it from the PPC first as that is the priority.
  • Hi- I have not disappeared. I was away on holiday. So, I sent the SAR to One Car Solutions ages ago. I specifically asked it to be sent via mail, not email as  I am not the only one who has access to me email. ( not that I really care about that) They did not do this, they sent it via email. I did not even bother to look at it. I have now received today another final demand from OPS to the original amount of £100 as QDR I assume could not be bothered with me anymore as I refused to allow them to contact me via email and followed all the advice given here. So, now I am not sure what to do as I imagine it will go to another debt collector, then to a solicitor again? I do not know how this is allowed as it is not a debt! I am happy to help getting rid of these a*******, so if you need me to sign anything etc, just let me know. It has taken up so much of my time. I can see why some just think screw it and pay the fine! Thanks everyone who has offered advice! 
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,759 Forumite
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    edited 2 August 2022 at 7:09PM
    This will end up resolved in court.

    Can you show us photos of the QDR letter demanding £170 (I assume) then the 'account closed' (we give up!) letter, then this latest OPS letter demanding £100, with the dates showing?  Cover your VRM and name/address.

    This is useful evidence (for the upcoming Govt Public Consultation this year) that even if a DRA tries to add their greedy 'piece of pie' disguised as pseudo 'bailiff fees', when their gaslighting fails a PPC can and does revert to the parking charge.

    So the added £70 is extortion and not required to collect a parking charge at all.  In fact it makes people more likely NOT to pay!

    Photos of those letters would be great, please, with dates showing to prove the sequence.
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