Just an update re my post a few mnths ago. CT have obviously beenin contact with the DVLA and gt my contct details (shame the hadnt yet been updated with my new ones at the time!!). I received a letter to say the charge had increased as I hadnt paid witin 14 days. Well I had other things like moving 250 miles away on my mind, rather than paying them their money. That letter (when it was forwarded on to me) went in the bin without another thought. This morning I received a letter from Roxburghe Debt Collection telling me I had 7 days to pay £166 or the letter would be forwarded onto their solicitor Graham White for potential legal action. The letter was dated October 1 2009, but my dad forwards my mail on to me when there is quite a bit of it as I dont expect anything important. Im guessing that Graham White will now be reviewing my case and I should expect a letter from him in due course. It will go in the shredder just like the others and make the rabbit a bit warmer over the winter months!!!

Thanks guys. I'll ignore and let you all know what happens

Hi everyone. I'm new to this forum so I hope I'm posting in the right place. If i'm not then I apologise and hope someone can point me in the right direction. I parked on the Tesco car park in Bury on saturday and did my shopping. However, I had promised my daughter a McDonalds lunch. As the fast food place is on the same retail park as Tesco, I didn't see the harm on parking on Tesco, going to McDonalds and then going into Tesco to do my shopping. However, when I came back to my car with my shopping, I had a ticket on my windscreen. I had apparently "timed out". And so they have given me a £70 charge (according to the ticket). I went into Tesco this morning to dispute the ticket with them. All they would do is photocopy the ticket for me to send off to Central Ticketing. They say it has nothing to do with them as the carpark belongs to Europcar. I have also taken a photograph of the signage around the carpark that says a £70 "penalty" will be incurred for staying longer than 2 hours on that retail park. However, if you went into all the different shops there and had a McDonalds lunch, then went into Tesco to do a family shop, you could quite easily spend more than 2 hours there. I really don't want to pay any money to Central Ticketing due to what I have read about them on the many forums on the internet. However, I really don't want to be bullied and harrassed. As a single parent, I don't want to be scared that someone may knock on my door demanding money that I just do not have. The person employed to give people a ticket doesn't even wear a uniform that shows he is a parking attendant/inspector. And apparently they have taken a photograph of my car, although I don't know what they think they can prove with that, as obviously my car was there at the time they gave me a ticket and photographed it. Any advice you can give me will be much appreciated. Thank you