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    • Hi everyone, Apologies for bringing up the same topic regarding these individuals. I wish I had found this forum earlier, as I've seen very similar cases. However, I need your help in figuring out what to do next because we've involved our partners/resellers. I work as an IT Manager in a company outside of the UK. We acquired a license from a certified reseller (along with a support agreement) and also obtained training sessions from them. The issue arose when we needed to register two people for the training sessions, so we used an external laptop for the second user to keep up with the sessions for only a month. During this period, the laptop was solely used for the training sessions. After two weeks, my boss forwarded an email to me from Ms Vinces, stating that we are using illicit software from SolidWorks. Since this has never happened to me or anyone we know, I went into panic mode and had a meeting with her. During the meeting, we explained that we were using an external laptop solely for the training sessions and that the laptop had not been used within the company since her email. She informed us that for such cases, there are demos and special licenses (though our reseller did not mention these types of licenses when we made our initial purchase). She then mentioned that we had utilized products worth approximately €25k and presented us with two options: either pay the agreed value or acquire SolidWorks products. We expressed that the cost was too high, and our business couldn't support such expenses. I assured her that we would discuss the matter with the company board and get back to her. After the meeting, we contacted the company reseller from whom we purchased the license, explained the situation, and mentioned the use of an external laptop. They said they would speak to Maria and help mediate the situation. We hoped to significantly reduce the cost, perhaps to that of a 1-year professional license. Unfortunately, we were mistaken. The reseller mediated a value €2k less than what Maria had suggested (essentially, we would need to acquire two professional lifetime licenses and two years of support for a total of €23k). This amount is still beyond our means, but they insisted that the price was non-negotiable and wouldn't be reduced any further. The entire situation feels odd because she never provided us with addresses or other evidence (which I should have requested), and she's pressuring us to resolve the matter by the end of the month, with payment to be made through the reseller. This makes me feel as though the reseller is taking advantage of the situation to profit from it. Currently, we're trying to buy some time. We plan to meet with the reseller next week but are uncertain about how to proceed with them or whether we should respond to the mediator.
    • Thanks London  if I’ve read correctly the questionaire wants me to post his actual name on a public forum… is that correct.  I’ve only had a quick read so far
    • Plenty of success stories, also bear in mind not everyone updates the forum.  Overdale's want you to roll over and pay, without using your enshrined legal right to defend. make you wet yourself in fear that a solicitor will Take you to court, so you will pay up without question. Most people do just that,  but you are lucky that you have found this place and can help you put together a good defence. You should get reading on some other Capital One and Overdale's cases on the forum to get an idea of how it works.  
    • In both versions the three references to "your clients" near the end need to be changed to "you" or "your" as Alliance are not using solicitors, they have sent the LoC themselves. Personally I'd change "Dear ALLIANCE PARKING Litigation Dept" to "Dear Kev".  It would show you'd done your homework, looked up the company, and seen it's a pathetic one-man band rather than having any departments.  The PPCs love to pretend they have some official power and so you should be scared of them - showing you've sussed their sordid games and you're confident about fighting them undermines all this.  In fact that's the whole point of a snotty letter - to show you'd be big trouble for them if they did do court so better to drop you like a hot potato and go and pursue mugs who just give in instead. In the very, very, very, very unlikely case of Kev doing court, it'd be better that he didn't know in advance all the legal arguments you'd be using, so I'd heavily reduce the number of cards being played.
    • Thanx Londoneill get on to it this evening having a read around these forums I can’t seem to find many success stories using your methods. So how successful are these methods or am I just buying time for him  and a ccj will be inevitable in the end. Thanks another question is, will he have to appear at court..? I am not sure he has got it in him
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buffy there are a couple of things you can do.

 

(a) contact the DVLA by email and head a mail

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION act request (FOIa)

ask them how many registered keepers details Excel parking have asked for this year or last.

(b) you'll get this from them within 20 working days - then send this info to your local Trading standards - asking if a company that deals in parking should be amassing the figure (it's a massive number I'll tell you !) Surely if they are running their business correctly and not just running a [problem] should not change their operating practices so you pay on leaving. If this many issues arise each year on year - any decent organisation would fit barriers that take tickets - not boast about installing latest technology to identify vehicles leaving.

ask them for advice and maybe if they think like us along the lines that they need to investigate further.

 

 

the FOI will take you two mins in outlook

the message when it comes will take you another two mins to the trading stds ..

 

max time 10 mins of your life .. question is how much of your sleep have excel stolen from you with their letters and stress ?

 

FOIa is free, TS message is free as a citizen ... and all information requests they should comply.

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buffy there are a couple of things you can do.

 

(a) contact the DVLA by email and head a mail

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION act request (FOIa)

ask them how many registered keepers details Excel parking have asked for this year or last.

(b) you'll get this from them within 20 working days - then send this info to your local Trading standards - asking if a company that deals in parking should be amassing the figure (it's a massive number I'll tell you !) Surely if they are running their business correctly and not just running a [problem] should not change their operating practices so you pay on leaving. If this many issues arise each year on year - any decent organisation would fit barriers that take tickets - not boast about installing latest technology to identify vehicles leaving.

ask them for advice and maybe if they think like us along the lines that they need to investigate further.

 

 

the Freedom of Information Act will take you two mins in outlook

the message when it comes will take you another two mins to the trading stds ..

 

max time 10 mins of your life .. question is how much of your sleep have excel stolen from you with their letters and stress ?

 

FOIa is free, TS message is free as a citizen ... and all information requests they should comply.

 

Excellent. Let's get some details for every single sodding private company out there. Should be entertaining. I'll post the results here!

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I thank you all for your help in this matter and just cant believe these bullies get away wioth these charges I will be going to my local news paper anon also to warn others about these [problem] artists.

I have looked at the dvla web site and I get 20 different reasons/options to send them an e-mail but i have to give out alot of my information. Is that what you ment or does anyone have the e-mail address to send from my e-mail.

Many Thanks

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buffy there are a couple of things you can do.

 

(a) contact the DVLA by email and head a mail

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION act request (FOIa)

ask them how many registered keepers details Excel parking have asked for this year or last.

(b) you'll get this from them within 20 working days - then send this info to your local Trading standards - asking if a company that deals in parking should be amassing the figure (it's a massive number I'll tell you !) Surely if they are running their business correctly and not just running a [problem] should not change their operating practices so you pay on leaving. If this many issues arise each year on year - any decent organisation would fit barriers that take tickets - not boast about installing latest technology to identify vehicles leaving.

ask them for advice and maybe if they think like us along the lines that they need to investigate further.

 

 

the Freedom of Information Act will take you two mins in outlook

the message when it comes will take you another two mins to the trading stds ..

 

max time 10 mins of your life .. question is how much of your sleep have excel stolen from you with their letters and stress ?

 

FOIa is free, TS message is free as a citizen ... and all information requests they should comply.

 

Email sent:

 

 

 

 

Dear Sir,

 

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you please supply me with the following information pertaining to the private companies listed in the attached PDF:

 

• total number of requests for registered keeper details ever made by each company

• number of requests for registered keeper details made by each company in the last 12 months

• total number of registered keeper details actually supplied by the DVLA for each company

• number of registered keeper details actually supplied by the DVLA for each company in the last 12 months

 

I appreciate this may be time consuming request but I would be grateful for your help.

 

Reply by either email or post will be fine.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

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Of course, I'm fully expecting to get "the DVLA do not keep individual records from individual companies" as a reply. Cross that bridge when we come to it.

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Howdo all,

 

Just another update - latest 'Notice of Intended Legal Action' fell through the door with a thud - new price apparently is £348.37 (initial fine - £141.12 plus issuing claim - £207.25) from Mr White and Co (on behalf of Roxburghe).:-x:-x:-x

 

Think the give away is in 'INTENDED', followed up with 'INTENDED LITIGATION' and to slam home the threat reference to the fact that you could face serious credit difficulties for upto 6 years.

 

Even better, ...if you don't adhere to the Judgement Order, bailiiffs will be instructed to seize goods from your address for sale at Public Auction.

 

All this and only 7 days to reply, unbelievable.

 

Hope you're all still around - may need to hold some hands to get through this - looks like it could be a bumpy ride. :-o:-o:-o

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I have to drive through the entrance to the Chorlton carpark to get to my flat. It's irritating having to deal with all the "fines" we get, but not a big problem. The problem is when friends park in our private driveway in leased cars - the lease company then get a "fine" from Excel and pay it without question, then issue a charge for dealing with it. Excel must make a fortune via this route.

 

Anyway, i've complained to Excel, my MP and the police regarding this harassment, and i'm almost looking forward to taking it further. I'd welcome a response from Excel on here, since they must be aware of these discussions.

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I have just had a letter from Roxburghe Debt Collectors telling me to payup £141.12 otherwise they will involve their solicitors Graham White who will take legal action - Anyone else had a letter from Roxburghe???

 

As all the advice from you guys i will not pay and will ignore the letter but am looking for re-assurance that this is just excel putting pressure on to get me to pay up for a parking fine that is impossible due to me and my car being 217miles away.

 

It turned out that they got my reg from the dvla with my address for about £20 -

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Thanks to everyone for the very helpful advice given. My problems started in March and I've duly ignored all letters sent by these [problematic] since. However I feel like I might be getting to the end of it now and I'm going to really miss those letters dropping through my mailbox. I'm thinking of writing to them since they almost seem like friends now. lol. It's a bit like 21st Century bear baiting.

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Just to let folks know i have now had a very impressive looking letter from Graham White solicitirs telling me that they are getting the bailiffs involved do i still ignore these crettins???

 

Of course you do. They can't just "get in the bailiffs", For that to happen they would have to take you to court (very unlikely) , you lose (very, very unlikely) and then you refuse to pay whatever the judge orders.

 

"Graham White" solicitors (aka Michael David Sobell) is currently under investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority because of all these threatening letters his firm sends out.

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