Re CSS - they were the first (and the only vaguely legit-looking) agency that CT set on me. When I rang them (CCS) to tell them I disputed the claim and wasn't going to pay, the guy on phone actually said to me they would then send the file back to Central Ticketing where it would disappear for ever! Unfortunately they had a few more goes with blatantly made-up stooge debt collectors. As everyone is saying, really don't have any contact with them at all, it just encourages them to keep trying.

Great stuff. Love it.

I have successfully ignored Central Ticketing. And all the pretend debt recovery agencies they have set on me (different company names every time, yet from the same address in the same format ) Without a doubt, if I had just ignored them at every opportunity, they would have given up sooner.

Yeah, but the last 4 or 5 letters have all been from the same place (albeit under different names) - you would have thought they would have given up by now.

Aaarrrg! Central Ticketing and their stooges will not leave me alone! After a text-book comedy ticket issue (parked on my private estate, in nobody's way at 6am on a bank holiday monday) about 18 months ago - I am still regularly (1/month?) getting stupid threatening letters from Central Ticketing stooges. At the time I wrote to Central Ticketing saying the usual stuff, but then started ignoring them. Since then I have had letters from about 5 different "credit collection agencies" threatening the usual stuff. I started by replying that I contested the claim etc, but just kept getting letters so now I ignore them. One year on they are still going to take me to court if I don't pay in 7 days. The hilarious thing is, the last 5 or 6 letters have all come from the same address, in the same format, but the company name has changed every time! It's quite amusing, but how can I make them stop??? I'm sure that if I contact them in any way it will just encourage them. Any thoughts? Ta

Glad to hear you have had a similar result - as you say, makes you so angry, can't believe this area hasn't received more press attention.

Hi All, Thought I would share my experience with Central Ticketing which seems to have followed the same pattern as others in this thread: Stupid ticket placed on my car when parked on private land (car park in my development). £60 charged because I had parked outside of an allocated bay. Ha Ha. Wrote long letter explaining circumstances and saying I would not pay 'cos charge unlawful, unenforceable etc. Received series of ever more threatening letters (and ever more non-sensical justifications of the charge), charge increasing over time. Finally got letter from Commercial Collection Services, obviously designed to scare the wits out of simple people. Replied to them saying I was disputing charge and not paying. 1 month later, another letter from CCS saying "Ignoring us will not work". Phoned them and spoke to a very bored sounding man who audibly groaned when I mentioned the name Central Ticketing. Conversation as follows; ME: I dispute the charge claimed by Central Ticketing, I'm not paying BORED MAN: So you're definitely not going to pay? ME: No BORED MAN: In that case we will refer the case back to Central Ticketing where it will disappear forever.(He actually said this!) ME: (dumbfounded by the admission that the whole thing has been a massive [problem]) err, good. So in summary, after 5 months of threatening letters and lots of wasted time on my part, the matter seems to have disappeared. Scumbags.