Hello, dontwanttopaythefine here!! I've had a few letters (with the exact wording as detailed in other parts of this forum or its links) and I ignored every one of them just like the advice says.... I haven't heard anything now for maybe a couple of months .... so..... maybe they've given up and are harassing someone else now instead - I'll say it again, thank goodness for this forum and my friend (who was with me when i was given the original ticket) who did a google search and found it for me - if it wasn't for him and for this forum I would have just paid up, begrudgingly, but i would have paid.....

Thank you so much. What would I do without this forum??

Ok, so I'm confused and my mind is not put at rest. I had a letter from Graham White, the address and postcode on the letter checks out against the law society website. Postcode begins KT14 but don't have the letter to hand. Is the the Graham White I can safely ignore???? Or is this one the legitimate one?? This whole thing is stressing me out so much!

OK, so i got this letter this morning, these guys mean business, it's in the hands of a solicitor (and he checks out, he's on the Law Society website so i know he's real) attached is a scan of the letter but i couldn't get a pdf small enough to upload, but here's what it says. Any typos and non capitalisations are mine as i couldn't be bothered to type it out exactly but the scan is there if you can read it! This is a proper letter from a proper solicitor threatening real court action. This solicitor will want to be paid by someone, he's not sending all this out for free. I've got to contact them within 7 days. As far as the solicitor is concerned, he's going ahead with this as at no point have i disputed it. Surely I need to dispute it now and ask them to provide evidence that my car was parked where they said it was?????????????? "NOTICE OF INTENDED LEGAL ACTION You were written to by our client Roxburghe (UK) Ltd on behalf of ELITE MANAGEMENT LTD requesting the settlement of a PARKING CHARGE NOTICE. Due to the absence of payment, or a valid appeal, our client has instructed us to proceed to legal action to recover the amount due. Therefore, it is a legal requirement to send a notice of INTENDED LITIGATION before legal proceedings are issued in the County Court. This letter fulfills this requirement. Take note; the costs associated with issuing a claim is as follows: claim issue fee £30 solicitors costs £50 judgement costs £25 warrant issue fee £100 solicitors costs for issuing warrant £2.25 total additional costs £207.25 Any judgement registered against you could seriously affect your chances of obtaining credit in the future, as this information can be made available to any interested parties via the Register of Judgements, Orders & Fines, and remains there for 6 years. In the event of a Judgment Order not being adhered to, we may instruct Bailiffs to attend at your address who are authorised to seize goods for sale at public auction in the amount claimed plus all Statutory Interest. Please contact us with your proposals for settlement within 7 days to avoid the possibility of this action."

Well I got my first correspondence about the ticket the other day - it's from Roxburghe Debt Collectors saying i now owe £197. Should I really just ignore it, not dispute it or anything?? It feels wrong not to do anything! I don't want to end up paying a fortune!!! Should I write to them asking them to prove my car was there or something? These letters are designed to panic me I guess, but it sure is working

Thanks for starting to help put my mind at rest. I'll re read these posts when the nasty letters start coming to remind myself to not be stressed out by them!

Thank you for the replies. I wish I could relax about it. I really do Should I send a letter when they send something in the post to me? Would it later prejudice my case should it go to court, if I don't respond?

ps to previous post If they can't prove I was there, or prove that I was driving, is that sufficient reason to get out of paying?

Hi I got a ticket from Elite Management (Midland) Ltd the other day in Brierley Hill, West Mids Went into a shop where parking was always free, never been there before but a friend who has took me there and had never had to pay for parking so assumed you still didn't. there were signs up which were pretty clear but neither of us saw them when we parked and went in. we were in the shop for 5 minutes and came out to be told (subseqently by the person who had issued the ticket) that a parking ticket had been issued and I had to pay £90 (or £60 within 7 days). I've read these forums and the FAQs saying don't pay them, they're [problematic] but what concerns me is that they're a member of the official bodies (BPA and they're AOS - approved) and all the info I've read is potentially out of date? I'm assuming that the BPA is trying to tighten up all loopholes that people like us have previously wriggled out of and now I'm concerned I don't have a leg to stand on if I ignore their letters. I really don't know what to do for the best and am getting really stressed out about it!!!! I don't want to end up credit blacklisted or risk having anything repossessed from me or my vehicle clamped on my driveway or something. Please can someone give the most up to date advice on my rights here and what I should do in terms of responding to them? many many thanks