hi, thanks for posting this! I see that you settled the debt in 2011. when was the default placed on your credit file? I have the same issue and I am trying to remove a default from 2011, but the debt was only settled this month.

Hi Paul, I have exactly the same issue with this company. what happened? did you pay the bill? Did they apply for a ccj? thanks

postggj, thanks for your advice, I will update my post tomorrow evening after i collect the car. thanks

Hi, i went to buy a car at carshop in swindon and wanted to do a finance. They told me today that the finance (over 5 years) by Santander was accepted but there is one condition: i have to take their RAC GAP insurance which cost £399!!! I just called Santander to confirm that, they told me that i don't have to take the GAP insurance. I'm going to collect the car tomorrow evening, so I need some help please!!!! Santander customer services close at 5pm but i collect the car at 7pm, so i can't prove to carshop that they are lying to me regarding the gap insurance!!!

Thanks so much Al for your help. I checked on landregistry.gov.uk to check the address of the owner.The address is real,but it looks like a fictional company for me. Registered Owner(s) : R** INVESTMENT INC (incorporated in BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS) care of R** L** LLP , ** High Street,... R**** INVESTMENT INC doesn't exist anywhere on internet, so i phoned to R** L** LLP which is located at the address mentioned in the register. They told me that there is no company called R**** INVESTMENT INC at this address. I sent an email to the management company asking them the postal address.

I paid the charge to remove the clamp, so now I'm going to write to the management company. Anyone knows where to find a template letter to ask for a refund? thanks for your help

I have been parking there since i've been living here ( September 2009). I'm going to write a letter to the flat management company asking them to contact the clamping company to get a refund, or I will deduce it from the rent. The guy from the management company said that its all our fault because WE didn't display the permit. He asked me to prove that I was away for 48 hours , which I think is ridiculous!! The 48 hours notice wasn't enough to start a clamping system in our parking! He thinks that a letter left under a door(2 days before) was enough to make people aware of a new clamping system.

This is exactly what I told them on friday night. They called a manager at London Parking control ltd to reduce the penalty to £125. There is no mention about parking on my contract, so even if I go to court i can't claim that I have rights to park there. The management company said that there is nothing more they can do.

The problem is that there is no mention of" allocated parking bay" or even the word "parking" doesn't appear in my contract. Can I still write to the management company and ask them to refund the clamping charge?

They finally agree this morning to reduce it to £125. I'm going to pay that amount and appeal. If it is unsuccessful, I will deduce it from the rent. Is it legal to do that?

I live in a block of flats which has a gate protected car park. A letter arrived on wednesday 3rd february saying that a parking control system was to go live on the friday 5th february.That gives us 48 hours notice... I was away from home most of that week and came home at 8pm yesterday. At 9pm there was a sting operation and 4 cars were clamped and one towed away even though they were all parked in their correct parking spaces, I was parked in my own bay (bay 17 for flat 17!) .I called my landlord ( or flat management company) who is going to call them this morning and explain them that i was away. They asked me to pay £285 to release the clamp (£80 parking notice, £205 clamp release fee), or £570 for towed cars. Please if anyone can help... Don't you think that £285 is excessive for a clamped car? Do you think that I will be successful If I appeal later? Thanks for your help