Please help! PCM and Trace Debt Recovery

1505grandad

 Not very hard at all because it is a very profitable scam as people just hand over their hard earned money  -  unlike yourself:-

https://www.racfoundation.org/media-centre/private-parking-on-course-to-be-billion-pound-industry

"Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Foundation, said:

“If only the rest of the economy was booming like the private parking sector, perhaps we’d all be feeling more prosperous.

“Private parking looks set to be a billion pound-a-year business, if it isn’t already, with demands for up to £100 a time being sent out to drivers at the rate of more than one every three seconds."

db3333

A friend of mine who rebels against anything like this, has put a notice in his windscreen saying anyone who photographs his car has to pay him £1000!

I might try that if I have to leave my car there again!!

Will the fact I've admitted to being the driver and that I was there go against me if they do go to court? And do you advise I ignore any more communication now until it comes to that?

Grizebeck

db3333 said:

A friend of mine who rebels against anything like this, has put a notice in his windscreen saying anyone who photographs his car has to pay him £1000!

I might try that if I have to leave my car there again!!

Will the fact I've admitted to being the driver and that I was there go against me if they do go to court? And do you advise I ignore any more communication now until it comes to that?

Your friend is a fool if he thinks that will work

db3333

I do take a lot of wht he says with a pinch of salt!

patient_dream

db3333 said:

A friend of mine who rebels against anything like this, has put a notice in his windscreen saying anyone who photographs his car has to pay him £1000!

I might try that if I have to leave my car there again!!

Will the fact I've admitted to being the driver and that I was there go against me if they do go to court? And do you advise I ignore any more communication now until it comes to that?

YES, take what your friend says with a pinch of salt. Take notice of the forum members

Umkomaas

Ask your friend how he'll know who took the photo and how he's going to recover the 'fine' he is imposing? 😩

Coupon-mad

And what's the legitimate interest that goes above & beyond a need for simple recovery of loss; the justification that will save his £1000 from being an unenforceable penalty?!

B789

db3333 said:

Will the fact I've admitted to being the driver and that I was there go against me if they do go to court? And do you advise I ignore any more communication now until it comes to that?

At this point, I don't think you've even had an LoC so nowhere near any court process at the moment.

db3333 said:
I had to say it was me driving because my husband is due to renew the mortgage later this year and if they do take it to court he can't afford to risk a CCJ.

I think you've been admonished for this faux pas already. However, now may be a good time to re-visit the Newbies/FAQ thread, second post, and read up on what happens next and what you will need to do and when. You can then have a look at the numerous examples of defences that you will be using if it ever gets that far.

Coupon-mad

You don't risk a CCJ even if you lose, not if you follow our advice. A court claim doesn't = a CCJ.

db3333

I don't think my friend is ever planning on taking any action to recover the £1000, I think it's just a p@$$-take to show their tickets mean about as much to him as that notice does to them!

He has too much time on his hands maybe

I'll go back to the Newbies thread and look for the answers to my question, thank you all.

Forgive my ignorance but what's an LoC??