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On 27th Aug I purchased a ticket for parking outside Exeter station.When I returned a had a charge notice from WJParking with the reason being "ticket upside down". In fact it was face down.. the charge was £100 reduced to £70 if I paid within14 days.
Following my son's advice I waited until I heard back from the company. I contacted The citizens advice bureau and the The British Parking Association who informed me that WJParking had gone into receivership, I thus presumed WJ would be unable to get my details from the DVLA, as would no longer be a member of the parking association.
On 21st October I received a letter from "Valley Enforcement Ltd" asking for £100. Would this be the collection arm of WJParking? Would it be a new company, have WJParking gone bust? I sent a reply telling them to contact their clients as a valid ticket was purchased for time and place mentioned.
On4th November I have received a letter from "CCS" collect on the instruction of Valley enforcement demanding £130. they threaten if its not paid by Weds 12thNov they will prepare documents for county court proceedings. They then outlined the negative impact this could have on me.
Should I use the template letter for debt collection companies, ignore them or pay up? Should I write another letter to WJParking I'm finding it quite stressful, but feel the fact that I did have a valid ticket, even though it may have been displayed incorrectly makes me angry.
Oh, I thought I should at least tell them they need to refer it back to their clients, we still have not heard back from the previous letter. You suggest ignoring the letters, what happens when I get a court summons?
Presumably, in the unlikely event it went to court (as opposed to this being the next piece of debt-collector-confetti) you would point out
that you had already advised one debt collector to refer back to the client, and therefore the client should be fully aware of the dispute.
You suggest ignoring the letters, what happens when I get a court summons?
Chances of court are miniscule. In the unlikely event, you'd obviously defend.
Just ignore them. Telling debt collectors to refer back is just a way of getting them off your back. Whether they take a blind bit of notice of you is another matter though and it's not really relevant if it went to court.
email HMCS and ask how many case WJ have brought in the last three years (and what the results of the cases were as totals). Post the answer back here for everyone else.
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proceedings. They then outlined the negative impact this could have on me.
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