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Hi there....sorry for posting this as a new thread but my conscience is getting the better of me. I posted the following post on the considerably larger UKPC parking fine thread and while I do appreciate the response I received I'm still a bit worried about it. I see people have posted template letters in response to the "fines", while some are saying to ignore the letters completely...can someone clarify the correct option? I thought a new thread would provide a better amount of feedback...hope thats ok.
Copy/paste of previous post from other thread....
Hi there....first time posting so please be gentle:grin:
I recently hired a van to travel down south. I had the van for a week and was in England (I'm from Scotland) for that period. I have now been back for a month and have now received a letter from UKPC. It states that I had parked in a taxi rank in the same town as I hired the van from and have subsequently issued me with a civil traffic enforcement notice for £40 (if paid within 14 days or £80 if not paid within this period).
On the day of the alleged offence I was in England as my bank statement will testify. I'm not too sure what to do with this. The letter has a picture of the van, with the correct number plate of the van which I had hired during this period. Do I send a letter back disputing this charge and supply a copy of my bank statement as well as various receipts which I still have from the english town I was staying in?
I'm a bit worried what will happen if I don't pay, but I wasn't even in Scotland at the time. Should I ask them to provide evidence as the picture could not have been taken on the date it claims....should I contact a lawyer.....should I go to the police. I'm not sure where to go with this...any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks for any responses
Just to clarify that post....I'm not too concerned that there is a possibility that there is another van with the same number plate....the van is not mine and I have already contacted the hire company about my concerns regarding this....I'm only concerned about the "fine" for the alleged parking offence.
Having read through one of the larger UKPC threads I'm surprised that you still concerned - UKPC simply don't DO anything.
If you write using the templates, UKPC will cheerfully ignore your correspondence and write increasingly strident demands for money. After a couple of letters, the letterheading will change to that of a tame debt collector
If you don't write, UKPC will write increasingly strident demands for money as above. The anecdotal evidence is that you get fewer letters if you ignore completely than if you write back.
One thing we all agreed on is that you should not "appeal". Your ideas of handing over copies of bank statements, receipts etc really should be nipped in the bud. You are making the mistake of thinking that you are dealing with reasonable people. They aren't, they just want your money.
If you feel must write then I suggest you keep it short and sweet, just denying the invoice as having no merit and state that you are prepared to prove the allegations are nonsense "at the appropriate time"
There really is no need to contact a lawyer, it would be using a sledgehammer to crack a non existant nut.
When I went back to the company I hired the vehicle from, he told me he remembered getting the ticket in and he passed my details on to UKPC as I was the keeper of that vehicle at that particular time.
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but my conscience is getting the better of me. I posted the following post on the considerably larger UKPC parking fine
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