Cheers, anothe rupdate they have now offered me a " Reduced payment offer" and they say they have "proposes issuing county court proceedings against you" and then about if it reaches court and how much it will cost yadda yadda, thinking of making a pretty picture out of all this and calling it "abstract of ukpc" haha

Hi all a update to this thread, this morning i recieved a Letter from Debt Recovery Plus Ltd "Notice of intended litigation" Now say i owe £150 and if i do not send payment they they have no alternative but to assume that im avoiding payment. and in which their solicitor may issue court proceedings against me, and if the case reaches the amount standing will increase and they will seek to recover The principle shown above, interest att he county court rate of 8% per annum, court costs, which may include £30 court fees, £50 solicitor costs on claim and £22 solicitors costs on entry of judgement. Any different advice now ive got this letter? there address is P0 Box 259 ashton under lyne 0L6 0ES

Have you only had one invoice since the parking ticket? If so I'm currently at that same stage

I find it shocking that the government allow these priavte companies to do what they do!

Any update on this?

Update: I received a notice his morning to pay £90, if I don't pay within 28 days it says it will result in ukpc forwarding the outstanding amount to a debt recovery agency and a additional charge of £60 will be added.

I'll let you know If I get any further correspondance which is out of the ordinary, but by the sounds of it I should just expect a handful of threatening letters lol I've got lots to look forward to!

because ive seen cases on here where people have ignored them and they have been taken to court and sometimes lost and sometimes won

How much in stress and running about will this parking charge cost me? £50+ i bet, loads of signs about all i had to do is press the button for the free ticket. These companys are a joke.

What i cant understand is, if they always fail then why does this country let these companys, let them do what they want? Im stressed i have no experience about ths shense finding this site, like many others?!

Wish i could say the same

Cant they still take me to court etc... as i didnt read their signs and get the free ticket? i see cases where these companys such as OPC take people to court?!

Has this happened to you? i see plenty of people of people saying ignore it but does anyone reply that has actually had experience in my circumstances and not just repeat what others say?

The thing is on the Parking charge it says time first seen 15:00 and issue time 15:08 i read this as uve seen the car for 8 mins and youve given me a ticket, Also i wasnt even the car park for 2 hours yet they give me a ticked so if they have cctv they can time the time of me being parked there, by the way this was in a retail park.

So this afternoon i found a parking ticket on my windscreen, i went to Frankie and Bennys for lunch, the pay and display is free for 2 hours but you still have to get the free ticket from the machine, i simply forgot to get one, 2 hours later i see a ticket on my windscreen. What is your advice, ive been issued with a PARKING CHARGE £90 if paid within 28 days but reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days. Thanks Ian