excel pcn parking ticket £100 !!

dave105 wrote: »

........... and guess what's just come in the post ? Letter from Graham White's advising the amount to pay is now over £ 200 and if not paid the bailiffs will be sent in and my credit rating will be affected...

All the Roxburghe/Graham White threatograms (a standard, completely predictable computer-generated letter chain) are shown in the top sticky by Crabman on this board. Just click on the link mentioned in my signature to view all the current threads. Read the stickies at least if you have not done so already, study those letters to see where you are and watch the Watchdog clip linked on another Crabman sticky thread.

And, no, your credit rating will not be affected by a fake PCN invoice which never goes to Court.

Thank heavens for that Post Office clerk! :T This is a generic scam and must be ignored.

The answer to your question, technically, is they would have up to six YEARS to bring a case because their 'claim' is for alleged breach of contract. That is something they can only pursue - for this amount of money - in a Small Claims Court.

Stop thinking of it as a 'ticket' with 'rules' about how long to serve a notice etc. That applies to real PCNs , yes, Council and Police tickets. This is neither, it's not a ticket, not a fine.

Show your MIL the Watchdog clip, that was all about a fake PCN with a pretty pic of a car on it too. See what the lawyer says he would do if ever his mother got such a piece of trash on her windscreen. There will be NO 'comeback', no Court, no CCJ, no effect on your MIL's credit rating.

You can find the Watchdog clip in one of Crabman's useful stickies at the top of the forum board. See my signature for the blue link at the top of the page that you just need to click to see the whole forum board view. Settle down and read the latest threads on the board, there are hundreds.

You must also show you MIL the pics of the letters she will receive. She WILL get letters from debt collectors, their tactics are scary but toothless.

Wanna try to stop all those letters being sent to her?

You could/should write a stiff letter of complaint to the retailer, addressed to the Store manager by name (easy to find out). Not a letter to the PPC, not an appeal (as if!!), just a complaint letter to the retailer only. Along the lines of 'How dare they threaten an old granny with debt collectors etc when all she was doing was her shopping, etc., how dare they harass a regular customer like that, she is now scared to visit their car park again...they have lost her custom, your family's custom - and your respect for their good name...'

It amazes me that there are not more complaints to retailers about this business practice.

BTW is MIL disabled? If she has a long term condition that affects her daily living, even without a blue badge, then she can park for longer than the advertised time. The DDA covers her.

danmax wrote: »

Thanks for that

I will pass the info on
She does have disability badge , she was only in the car park 20 mins
Knowing my mil she would have input wrong reg or something daft like that

She won't be paying or responding

I will contact the shopping centre about the tactics being used, it's not just one retailer its a main car park for many shops in Chorlton Manchester

I really appreciate your help and advice

thanks again

Write a letter and send it to all the managers of all the retailers whom use that car-park and for good measure dummy CC in a couple media outlets (local newspaper, local radio)