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AircraftHandler
AircraftHandler Posts: 147 Forumite
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in Parking tickets, fines & parking

Hi all,

My wife has received a parking charge for 'parking on private land' from this company.

She dropped a parcel off in a shop which had these parking bays next to the shop at 1803 and was less than 5 mins doing so.

This morning we received a letter through the post saying that we owe a parking charge to this company and that we can reduce the amount to £60 if paid within 14 days.

Is this a scam as i thought these charges were classed as unlawful and would not hold up in a court?

My wife is panicking now, thinking she will receive a ccj if we ignore the letter.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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  • ChirpyChicken
    ChirpyChicken Posts: 3,087 Forumite
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    edited 7 February at 4:40PM

    Tell your wife to chill basically

    She will NOT receive a CCJ

  • AircraftHandler
    AircraftHandler Posts: 147 Forumite
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    Should we just ignore the letters?

  • Gr1pr
    Gr1pr Posts: 13,329 Forumite
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    edited 7 February at 5:09PM

    For now, YES , IGNORE them

    Come back to this thread if or when she receives a Letter of Claim giving her 30 days notice or a Money Claim N1SDT pack from the CNBC in Northampton using MCOL in the post

  • AircraftHandler
    AircraftHandler Posts: 147 Forumite
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    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81874774#Comment_81874774

    Thanks for this information.

  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,311 Forumite
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    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81874809#Comment_81874809

    Why not just read the MSE Guide to Private Parking tickets linked under the red MSE Link, at the top of the page?

    And it looks like you haven't read the NEWBIES FAQS thread yet. See my signature.

    No links needed.

    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
     Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • AircraftHandler
    AircraftHandler Posts: 147 Forumite
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    Hi,

    We have received another letter saying we now owe £100 for this parking charge. Should i just ignore this letter again?

    Thank you

  • Gr1pr
    Gr1pr Posts: 13,329 Forumite
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    Correct, IGNORE THEM

  • Nellymoser
    Nellymoser Posts: 2,273 Forumite
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    edited 24 March at 5:59PM

    More letters to come so have a read of the following in the NEWBIES again:

    POST 4 - Debt Collectors Letters (ignore)

    POST 2 - Small Claim

    As Gr1pr advised your waiting for a Letter of Claim giving her 30 days notice or a Money Claim N1SDT pack to respond

  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 161,311 Forumite
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    edited 24 March at 8:38PM

    And later on, please don't post about the £170 threatograms as that's what the images in post 4 of the NEWBIES thread are for.

    🙂

    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
     Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • AircraftHandler
    AircraftHandler Posts: 147 Forumite
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    edited 14 April at 3:24PM

    Hi,

    Thank you for the information.

    Roughly how many debt collector letters will we receive and over how long a time frame?

    This is all daunting to us tbh, and we are slightly nervous.

    Kind regards

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