hi i received a ticket for parking on private land

i received a letter from smart parking 25 th july claiming that they have had confirmation from the keeper

that i was the driver at the time (completely untrue ) asking for payment

i ignored the letter,

then ive received 4 more that i also ignored

the first was £80

then 2 for £150

then the 4th reduced to avoid court action £120

ive now received a letter today from zenith collections

notice of debt recovery assignment,

saying that they are now responsible for the debt

and as debt recovery has been transferred to zenith at a discounted rate they are prepared to accept £80

not sure where i go with this one,

any advice would be more than welcome(im in england)

thanks

r

Sounds like you have left it too late to appeal then POPLA which would of cost the parking company

Ignore the debt collector is probably the best thing

hi thanks for the speedy response,the fact that they were never told any information whatsoever from the registered keeper should mean i have a leg to stand on ??? or maybe not

Zenith crop up quite a lot,as you ignored Smart,ignore Zenith as well,

The fact that the information they have is incorrect,keep this up your sleeve should they go to court,which is unlikely

FS

i received a letter from smart parking 25 th july claiming that they have had confirmation from the keeper that i was the driver at the time (completely untrue ) asking for payment

r

What is untrue

a) That they had confirmation from the keeper naming you or

b) That you were the driver

If you were not the driver can't you evidence your being somewhere else at the time?

the letter states they have received confirmation from the reg keeper that i was the driver,no confirmation has been given at all from the reg keeper to anyone,they have simply applied to dvla for reg keeper details

there are 2 sorts of assignment of debt and I bet that this is merely Zenith have been asked to collect it rather than an absolute assignment. If this is the case they cant do court in their own name (where has that cropped up before?) and you can ignore or you can write back denying the debt and tell them to pass it back to the originator as disputed. Also tell them that any further communication without proof of absolute assignment, which must have proof of the original debt, will be considered harassment. I wouldnt agrue about the circumstances that originated the claim, that is not their business so you can keep that for Smart, should they want to take the matter further.

Where did they get your details from then? Are you also the reg keeper?

Unless you are the registered keeper then they have no reason to contact you once you have written back and said 'I was not the driver at the time'

Zenith are just Debt Collectors and all they need to be told is that any alleged debt is denied and they should refer to their client, don't enter any other dialogue with a debt collector, they have no powers at all.

Personally I would write to Smart once and advise that I was not the driver and on that basis I will not be paying their invoice.

additionally to the advice above, see my thread on here "TCP send cheque to apologise"...... always a good read

Hello,

Thanks for previous support. I have now received a letter from Zenith as renegrade 72 at the start of this post. I have ignored all correspondence from Smart Parking to date. What should I do now?

Thanks

Ignore them. they have no powers or rights to contact you at all but if they want to waste 60p on a stamp them let them. you could use their letters to light your fire now winter is upon us.