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  1. FYI I decided to just pay PE their stupid fees and move on with my life. I have enough other personal things to deal with so this was just the icing on the cake. You can close this thread if you want to. Thanks for all the help.
  2. Just a quick question I'm not 100% sure the answers to: 1. If I were to just admit guilt on the MCOL site, will I get a CCJ or does that depend on me paying? 2. If I were to submit a defence in court and fail, other than having to pay all the costs, will I get a CCJ? I'm merely asking as I'm struggling to figure out what exactly to write to the council and the fact that even if I did, I may need to shell out yet more money to force a council member to come to court, and me still risk losing the case.
  3. I had a look this evening and it appears that I may have thrown away the original letter from PE where they had a ANPR photo of me leaving the services. This means I don't know/can't recall if there was any POPLA code provided. Either way, after having read that mansfield thread, I'm still unsure what to do at this point. When you specify I need the exact wording and put it in writing to the council, I don't know what you mean. Also, when should I put my defence in? ASAP or on the last day before my deadline is up? (I'm using the MCOL website to submit my defence.)
  4. Sorry just adding this comment so I can get up to 10 so as to be able to post my links relevant to this thread I hope that's ok. I found information on http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/South_Mimms which seems to indicate BP own the land. I am unsure how to contact BP. Hertsmere Borough Council. Went to the site and searched here: http://www6.hertsmere.gov.uk/online-applications/search.do?action=simple I was unable to find anything under the term "parkingeye" so instead searched the postcode EN63QQ. I went through all the results for that and was unable to find anything related to parkingeye and/or signage for parkings relating to the motorway services area. I then called the council, and they stated that PE may not need planning permission to display parking signs or some cameras in the services area, and said there was a granted planning permission in Feb this year for illuminated advertisement signs. However, having looked on the council website again, the latest planning request is dated Fri 18 Dec 2015 which is way before my entrance to the services area and isn't related. See above. I searched the forum and found http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?460108-Parking-eye&p=4862219&viewfull=1#post4862219 which seems it could be useful to use in my defence? I'm not convinced as the council seemed to indicate they may not need consent.
  5. I did find it. Thank you very much for helping. I'm interested to see what they would do next
  6. Apologies for confusing matters. 1. I Acknowledged the service only. 2. I arrived at the South Mimms services in my car, towing my off road motorcycle in a trailer. I left with people on my motorcycle, leaving the car parked. I returned on motorcycle later, put it back on trailer, got into car, drove off. So only a single visit as such not a double dipping visit. I will fill the CPR in today and post it off tomorrow via recorded delivery to their solicitors. I assume that's the "Address for sending documents and payments" on the claim form, which lists Parkingeye's address. Thanks for your responses so far! Name of the Claimant ? Parkingeye Ltd Date of issue – 10 Oct 2016 Date to submit defence = 11 Nov 2016 What is the claim for – 1.Claim for money outstanding from the defendant, as registered keeper, in relation to a Parking Charge, issued 29/07/2016, for parking on private land in breach of the terms and conditions (the contract). 2. ParkingEye's automated number plate recognition system, monitoring Welcome Break South Mimms-Hertfordshire (Car Stop), M25 Jct 23, Bignell Corner, Potters Bar, EN63QQ, captured vehicle REG NO. entering and leaving the site, parking without a valid paid parking ticket. 3.The signage, clearly displayed at the entrance and throughout the site, states this is private land, is managed by ParkingEye Ltd, and parking tariffs apply after a free stay period, along with other T+C's by which those who park on site agree to be bound. 4.In accordance with the T+C's set out in the signage, the Parking Charge became payable. Notice under the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 has been given under Sch 4, making the keeper liable. This claim is in reference to Parking Charge(s) xxxx/xxxxx What is the value of the claim? Amount claimed: £100, Court fee: £25, Legal representative's costs: £50, Total amount: £175 Has the claim been issued by the original creditor or was the account assigned and it is the Debt purchaser who has issued the claim Parking Eye Were you aware the account had been assigned – did you receive a Notice of Assignment? I honestly don't know but I never received anything after the DCA letters stopped as far as I'm aware.
  7. I have read the thread Received-a-Court-Claim-From-A-Private-parking-Speculative-invoice-How-To-Deal-With-It-HERE***Updated-Aug-2016 am keen to use the template there as my defence, however my situation is "interesting" so would be keen to hear what you all think I can do/change in that defence template to adjust it to my situation: I received a claim via post from County Court Business Center, whereby Parkingeye are claiming £175 against me for overstaying in a services center (South Mimms). Claim date 10 Oct 2016 and I replied with Admission on 13th Oct. How it all started: I went to meet up with people I had never met before to go off road motorcycling. I drove my vehicle and trailer from where I live in Aldershot to the meeting point in the South Mimms services area. At no point did I notice signs about having to pay for parking inside the shops after 2 hours of free parking as I never went near the shops. I guess I was focused on where to go, where the people I was meeting were and where I could park the car out of the way. In any case, I met them, got all geared up and left, expecting to be gone only a couple of hours. I returned after almost 8 hours due to various reasons. Mainly that I ran out of fuel on my offroad bike, so had to push and splutter it to get back to the South Mimms services. Saying this, it would've only added maybe 2 hours at most to my returning time, so I would've clearly still been gone for 6 hours. However I did not know how long we were going to be gone in the first place. When I eventually got the bike back to the car, I packed up and left. Again, never having come close to the shops. A few weeks later I got a letter which looked well dodgy from a DCA. I looked online and everyone said don't pay them they are [removed]. I ignored that letter and maybe 2 or 3 more that came in the post. I then heard no more thinking good riddance. Now, a few months later, I got this court claim and have to go to court to pay this fee. I have read up on this a bit and it seems to me that if I just admit guilt, I could get a CCJ regardless if I pay now or not. I've decided to defend against the full claim. Not sure this will make any difference as I guess I am pretty much guilty for not being more pro-active in looking for signage. On google maps you can see signs in various places. However at the time I didn't notice them as I wasn't focused on that at all. I've lived in the uk for 7 years now and in that entire time I've used services areas perhaps 5 or 6 times. I never knew that there would even be parking fees as I've never seen machines dotted around like you get in council parkings. Again I guess this was a bad assumption on my part. Now I've gone into moneyclaim.gov.uk and completed the Acknowledgement of Service. However, I am unsure what to do next. I don't know if I should dispute the whole claim or part of the amount. Either way, I need to ask if any of you know how to proceed now, ie: Do I write a letter to parkingeye asking to pay a discounted fee, or do I just write up a defence and submit it via the website? I have bought the parking prankster's amazon book and tried to read as much of it as I can but it's very intimidating with information overload. I found the template he provides for a defence and thought I might start with that and try change it to cater for my situation but since your defence template on the thread I linked above seemed better, I thought I'd use that one instead. I'd like to attach a scan of the claim form but since my posts are less than 10, I am unable to. Any help would be welcome on how to proceed next
  8. Hi again. today I received in a the post Control Account PLC, a compliment slip that included copies of a DHL express delivery for an item I purchased on eBay in April 2013, which was delivered via China to me here. It was for a touch screen monitor I bought. The total amount of customs duty, which includes VAT and admin fee is £21.99. Obviously there's no way for me to square this customs duty off with DHL directly now, since Control Account have taken over the debt, so to speak, so what is the suggested course of action to now take? Thus far I sent them the letter to prove that the debt is mine. They have now responded with the copy of the DHL paperwork. I am willing to pay the debt, but I am not willing to pay them, especially not over the phone or the internet as their website has no SSL secure payment gateway and frankly, I don't trust them with my card details if I were to ever call them, which I won't. Still, I'd like to clear the debt if possible without it causing me any headaches, so any suggestions on the course of action to now take, will be appreciated
  9. Cheers for that @dx100uk. I have found the "You-know-nothing-of-the-Debt-Prove-It" letter template and will post that out to them tomorrow and see how it goes I guess!?
  10. Hi everyone, New here, so apologies in advance if this has been asked before. I have recently received a letter in the post from Control Account PLC about my owing them £29.49 for money outstanding to DHL International in relation to charges incurred by HM Customs & Excise. Today I received a 2nd letter stating I have 14 days to make the payment. The rest of the letter is pretty much the same. I proceeded to look into my Amazon and Ebay history for the past year, as I am unable to record when I may have purchased something from outside the EU that could incur a levy of £30. I failed to find anything for the last 14 months, so I can only think that it may be something I may have bought longer ago, or that it's fake. Either way, I was advised to register on here and NOT phone Control Account PLC, and get some good advice from you good folk here, so my question now is, how do I find out what exactly I owe money for and should I write to them and/or pay them? I don't mind paying if it's legit, but frankly, their website looks well dodgy (for one, they don't even have an SSL certificate for their "payment" gateway!!), so I am very uncomfortable with this entire situation. Thanks in advance! Jaco
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