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DCB legal - letter of claim


Hello!

I hope I'm commenting on the right forum (I'm new here and not sure how this works, so apologies if I'm wrong!)

I received a final reminder letter from dcbl back in October last year (I actually didn't see this until around January time) I work away a lot for work and this was the first letter I saw. It was for ParkingEye Limited. I paid for parking but over stayed an hour and I now have to pay £170!

Originally when I received the letter I couldn't for the life of me remember what it was so I emailed them (dcb) and asked for proof relating to this which they sent over.

They've now sent dcb legal "letter of claim" and I'm now worried that because I've been in contact with them that they will go forward with the claim. I just don't see how it's fair to pay £170 when I originally paid for a parking ticket just accidentally went over an hour.

Any help would be massively appreciated.

Thank you!

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