Last Minute UKPS and Debt Collectors Ridiculous

parkingfine6352

i will try to keep this short and quick.

went to a halfords which had a small sign stating where to park which is easily missed, i ended up parking in the permit only bays for a very short time.

received a letter about it in october but this was for £100 meaning i never got sent the £60 letter, i've heard this isn’t the first time ukps has done this. i made an appeal about the fact that i never received the first letter and they came back in an email in december rejecting the appeal.

in the appeal they said the parking fine was given fairly, which i don’t agree with, but the basis of my appeal was the fact that i never received the first letter which they completely ignored. i ended up missing this response as they only sent it as an email and not as a letter, which was my fault which meant they then passed it onto debt collectors.

i have now tried going through the landowner but ukps just seem to be ignoring them too. today is the last day to be pay the debt collectors as they are threatening escalation if i don’t pay today. what can i do? is there anyway to negotiate with the debt collectors to pay the original fee or is that not possible.

thank you and i appreciate any help

Gr1pr

Not possible,  they can only demand full payment for their clients,  but debt collectors are powerless so IGNORE them 

See posts 4 & 5 in the newbies sticky thread in announcements near the top of the forum 

fisherjim

"......they said the parking fine was given fairly"

I am willing to bet you they never said that, you need to read things more closely!

Well done if you have it in writing that the landowner told them to cancel their silly scam charge.

Today is not any day to pay the debt collectors, there is no need to negotiate with them they are sterile muppets that can be ignored.

All PPC's say their charges are given fairly they would wouldn't they that's what scammers do.

Read through the newbies thread, it's all there, don't contact debt collectors you don't have a debt, never phone a PPC or expect any amount of fair play you won't get it.

Saying you never got the first letter is a complaint not an appeal, you are now in ignore mode, come back if you get a real court claim for breach of contract.

parkingfine6352

fisherjim said:

"......they said the parking fine was given fairly"

I am willing to bet you they never said that, you need to read things more closely!

Well done if you have it in writing that the landowner told them to cancel their silly scam charge.

Today is not any day to pay the debt collectors, there is no need to negotiate with them they are sterile muppets that can be ignored.

All PPC's say their charges are given fairly they would wouldn't they that's what scammers do.

Read through the newbies thread, it's all there, don't contact debt collectors you don't have a debt, never phone a PPC or expect any amount of fair play you won't get it.

Saying you never got the first letter is a complaint not an appeal, you are now in ignore mode, come back if you get a real court claim for breach of contract.

sorry they said it had been issued correctly

Gr1pr

parkingfine6352 said:

fisherjim said:

"......they said the parking fine was given fairly"

I am willing to bet you they never said that, you need to read things more closely!

Well done if you have it in writing that the landowner told them to cancel their silly scam charge.

Today is not any day to pay the debt collectors, there is no need to negotiate with them they are sterile muppets that can be ignored.

All PPC's say their charges are given fairly they would wouldn't they that's what scammers do.

Read through the newbies thread, it's all there, don't contact debt collectors you don't have a debt, never phone a PPC or expect any amount of fair play you won't get it.

Saying you never got the first letter is a complaint not an appeal, you are now in ignore mode, come back if you get a real court claim for breach of contract.

sorry they said it had been issued correctly

They would say that,  anything goes in them trying to bully you into paying them money 

parkingfine6352

Gr1pr said:

parkingfine6352 said:

fisherjim said:

"......they said the parking fine was given fairly"

I am willing to bet you they never said that, you need to read things more closely!

Well done if you have it in writing that the landowner told them to cancel their silly scam charge.

Today is not any day to pay the debt collectors, there is no need to negotiate with them they are sterile muppets that can be ignored.

All PPC's say their charges are given fairly they would wouldn't they that's what scammers do.

Read through the newbies thread, it's all there, don't contact debt collectors you don't have a debt, never phone a PPC or expect any amount of fair play you won't get it.

Saying you never got the first letter is a complaint not an appeal, you are now in ignore mode, come back if you get a real court claim for breach of contract.

sorry they said it had been issued correctly

They would say that,  anything goes in them trying to bully you into paying them money 

is it likely they’d take me to court of i don’t pay, the debt collector company is “trace”

Gr1pr

Trace cannot issue a court claim 

Ukps can issue a court claim due to being the claimant parking company,  even if they contract it out to one of the usual legal companies 

1505grandad

"......they said the parking fine was given fairly"

I think the most important detail is that the word "fine" was not and never will be in ppc's correspondence.

parkingfine6352

1505grandad said:

"......they said the parking fine was given fairly"

I think the most important detail is that the word "fine" was not and never will be in ppc's correspondence.

yes that’s just my habit, it’s referred to as a charge

parkingfine6352

Gr1pr said:

Trace cannot issue a court claim 

Ukps can issue a court claim due to being the claimant parking company,  even if they contract it out to one of the usual legal companies 

would it be likely that they would do that?

ChirpyChicken

Doesn't matter if you get one