rossendale

[tidder31]

I was just wondering if anyone has had dealings with this company?

Ive received the letters/phone calls that ive ignored and now they are threating to come to my house.

What is the likelyhood of this happening?

 

all this is over a private carpark ticket that i refused to pay as the signs stated a customer carpark but didnt state to which business.

 

any help would be grate as i dont want to put my family in danger.

[Al27]

It won't happen.

 

Remember they are just a private, limited company like any other. They have no powers whatsoever.

 

They don't do house visits, unless you literally live around the corner. It's a waste of time and petrol and the chances are you won't be in. And once they go there they can't do a thing anyway.

 

Rossendales just write letters, with maybe the odd phonecall. If they ring, just put them on hold and go and watch TV.

 

any help would be grate as i dont want to put my family in danger.

 

See how their hollow threats work - you're now thinking of skinhead thugs! All part of the [problem].

 

They're just a couple of blokes in an office doing paperwork.

[tidder31]

thanks for replying.

someone rang up asking for me on saturday but we have caller id and i didnt recognise the number so i just said he had the wrong number and he hung up - i left it an hour then witheld my number and rang them back and it was rossendales.

then this letter arrived this morning saying they will visit in the next few days to my home as they fully intend to obtain the full £135 for the parking ticket.

[Al27]

How exactly will they obtain this money when they have no more powers than you or i?

 

They won't visit.

 

If they phone again, have some fun with them though.

[lamma]

report their actions to trading standards.

[DDWales]

thanks for replying.

someone rang up asking for me on saturday but we have caller id and i didnt recognise the number so i just said he had the wrong number and he hung up - i left it an hour then witheld my number and rang them back and it was rossendales.

then this letter arrived this morning saying they will visit in the next few days to my home as they fully intend to obtain the full £135 for the parking ticket.

 

As the other posters have noted Rossendales are just another DCA working for a PPC and have very little power (except to threaten via letter). They certainly have absolutley no power to enter your home by law. If they do turn up (they wont-ive yet to see one that does) you can treat them as you would anyone else you wouldnt want on your property;) (or call the police!).

Have a at this link. This template letter in the library sums it up nicely

 

http://www.consumerforums.com/resources/templates-library/86-debt-collectors/590-letter-used-when-a-dca-threatens-a-doorstep-visit-.html

Edited March 31, 2009 by DDWales
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[tidder31]

well its now 7th april, just over a week and still no sign of the apparent people coming to collect the money that i apparently owe them. they rang again tonight but ive got caller id in so i just let it ring, surprise surprise they didnt leave an answerphone message.

[Al27]

Take pity on them. They make a living from making phonecalls than people won't answer and no doubt they always get hung up on.

 

Nobody will come round. It's not financially worthwhile.

[the_freedom_trail]

well its now 7th april, just over a week and still no sign of the apparent people coming to collect the money that i apparently owe them. they rang again tonight but ive got caller id in so i just let it ring, surprise surprise they didnt leave an answerphone message.

 

Lol, you'll be waiting a long time - as Al27 points out it simply isn't worth the effort. This is particularly in view of the fact that they might travel to see you and then you just send them packing. Just part of their threat tactics - expert Santa down your chimney before these clowns.

 

TFT

[DDWales]

well its now 7th april, just over a week and still no sign of the apparent people coming to collect the money that i apparently owe them. they rang again tonight but ive got caller id in so i just let it ring, surprise surprise they didnt leave an answerphone message.

 

They very very rarely turn up due to costs and the (ill)legalities of it all (although one or two do surface as noted on the DCA forum)-and if they do are politely told to go forth and multiply.... They have no standing whatsoever to 'visit' you.

Edited April 9, 2009 by DDWales
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