why PCN are not sent with signed for delivery (Smart Parking)

giaco

Hi All

I don't get this.
PCN invoices should be required by law to be sent with signed for delivery.
I missed the PCN from Smart Parking (SP) and now I have Debt Recovery Plus (DRP) asking for £170 (which I am following the forum advice and going to ignore).

I have even open a petition but maybe there are better way to call for this change and would value the forum opinion. I can't post a link yet because new to forum but I have used change.org



In my case, I was in hospital for my mum and just missed the PCN in the pile of unopen letters.
I would have liked to appeal on the basis that PCN was issued 16 days after contravention but . I guess is too late now that have 53 days from the time the PCN was issued. But SP website appeal keep saying try in 24h (at least make it clear you are no longer able to appeal)

So what options do I have now I guess just sit tight and wait to be taken to court as the keeper.

Many thanks for the forum support 
Giaco

KeithP

A hospital car park perhaps?
If so, complain to PALS at the hospital.

giaco

no sorry it wasn't at the hospital.
It just happened that I spent 3 weeks at the hospital with my mum ignored all correspondence and PCN was delivered at that time.

The car park was behind a pub and I thought it was the pub carpark.
At the entrance there was a sign saying it was a private carpark.
It was Sunday, it turned out it was £1 all day, pitch dark. I made a mistake thinking that just using the pub would have been ok and signs were for discourage non customers. 

Coupon-mad

giaco said:

no sorry it wasn't at the hospital.
It just happened that I spent 3 weeks at the hospital with my mum ignored all correspondence and PCN was delivered at that time.

The car park was behind a pub and I thought it was the pub carpark.
At the entrance there was a sign saying it was a private carpark.
It was Sunday, it turned out it was £1 all day, pitch dark. I made a mistake thinking that just using the pub would have been ok and signs were for discourage non customers. 

You won't be paying it anyway.  Yes just sit tight & ignore the threatograms.

giaco

Hi
After receiving and ignoring 6 letters from Debt Recovery Plus (DRP) asking for £170 I have now received a letter from CST LAW saying they have been instructed by DRP as the agent of Smart Parking and how their client offers me the last chance to pay £170 before commencing court proceeding.
They quote Beavis v Parking Eye and how they have 6 years to take me to court.

What is the advice here please? Ignore CST too?
Many thanks for your help
Regards
Giaco    

Coupon-mad

Yeah.

Read the CST Law Group Thread.

  

KeithP

Does the first sentence of that CST Law letter start something like "We have been instructed by Debt Recovery Plus Ltd..."?

If so, it is nothing more than a debt collector's letter.

The fourth post of the NEWBIES thread explains exactly how to deal with debt collector's letters, but to summarise that post - ignore them.

Nellymoser

These may interest you even though you created a similar petition at Change.Org

Require communications from Private Parking companies to be traceable/trackable 
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/652355

Immediately Reintroduce Private Parking Code of Practice
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/660922

giaco

KeithP said:

Does the first sentence of that CST Law letter start something like "We have been instructed by Debt Recovery Plus Ltd..."?

If so, it is nothing more than a debt collector's letter.

The fourth post of the NEWBIES thread explains exactly how to deal with debt collector's letters, but to summarise that post - ignore them.

yes it starts exactly like that.
So I keep ignoring it.
It just that I read that the advise has changed in 2024 and do not ignore it.
thanks
Giaco

Gr1pr

The advice is do not ignore private parking charge notices, or letters from solicitors, or letters from the CNBC in Northampton 

The advice has never changed about ignoring debt collectors letters , it was , it is , it will be 

KeithP

giaco said:

KeithP said:

Does the first sentence of that CST Law letter start something like "We have been instructed by Debt Recovery Plus Ltd..."?

If so, it is nothing more than a debt collector's letter.

The fourth post of the NEWBIES thread explains exactly how to deal with debt collector's letters, but to summarise that post - ignore them.

yes it starts exactly like that.
So I keep ignoring it.
It just that I read that the advise has changed in 2024 and do not ignore it.
thanks
Giaco

The guidance about ignoring debt collector's letters hasn't changed.
Debt collectors have no bite and can be safely ignored.