My wife has just had a letter from CCS saying, and I quote "...unfortunately we have now closed our file and returned the account to our client (G24). You will need to contact them directly (Yeah right!). For our part, we confirm that we shall take no further action and that the details of this account have not been returned for the purposes of credit reference (like that makes a difference!!)." Shame really, lets hope G24 have a bit more bottle and we can get one of these toads in the criminal courts rather than the civil! But thank you CCS - it's all good evidence of harassment!!

Sorry guys but can't help it! I feel a career in the diplomatic corp was never going to be my thing. The thing is whilst ever we all ignore them and hope it will go away (which it will, we know) there are loads of people out there, many of them vulnerable who will s**t themselves when they get the parking demands and will pay. Many will be elderly who don't have access to the internet and so can't get the reassurance that I and many others have had. Therefore I feel the need to cause as much hassle and s**t for these people as I possibly can - starting now. For a start the DVLA can get ready - they will have had complaints from many of you about G24 and yet for a fee they are still prepared to sell your details, knowing they are likely to be misused. That is a clear breach of DPA. Secondly if G24 are signed up to the British Parking Associations Codes of Practice (which they have to be to get info from DVLA) then we can complain that they are NOT adhering to the Codes (B9.4 onwards) and are clearly only signed up to get access to our details. So if the BPA wants to retain any credibility they have to get their house in order. They will only do that if loads of us hit them with complaints. And finally I will be running some of their tactics past some people at work. I am fairly sure that by demanding money by false pretences (ie stating that the owner of a vehicle is responsible for paying civil parking fines) there is some degree of fraud. Probably not enough to prosecute but I will let some of my friends in low places make a more informed decision than me. But in the meantime I think we all should think how we can best shaft them and bring their despicable antics to an end.

I have been reading the comments on this site for some time now, ever since our car was ANPR'd at Meadowhall Reatil Park and my wife, as the registered keeper, received the first notice from G24 demanding £50, or £25 if she paid within the 14 days. Firstly I would like to thank all the previous participants as it really helped clarify things and guided my responses to G24 - although I have to say I have had no acknowledgement of my letters, just additional demands for money. We are now at the 'Notice of Intended Legal Action' stage from CCS Collect despite me sending them a letter stating that my wife was not the driver at the time 'the contract' was entered into (her car parked at Meadowhell Retail Park!) and so their continued harassment of her may constitute a criminal offence (Section 1(1) Harassment Act 1997) and so it is with great anticipation and enjoyment that I await the 72 hours notice of home visit. Because if they call at the house that WILL constitute harassment and the poor sole who is brave enough to show their face at my door will get a whole lot more than they bargained for!!