Baliff charged me £500 for parking fine

[Aimienice4u]

Hi all, after a bit of advice, i currently live in a town where the parking officers are ticket happy, I was issued *Apperently* with a ticket,But being in town near pubs & clubs people think its funny to take your ticket off a car and pass it to another....

 

I then recived a letter from a baliff threating legal action, after numerous phone calls to this complete and utter idoit i ended up hanging up on him as he wouldn't listen to the simple fact that i never recived the fine in the first place..

 

 

To my Discust the next morning my car was clamped down the road where i live asking for £500.00 plus extra cost's to release this clamp, i was horrfied as i had my baby with me and i had an hospital appointment, i was in tears and he wouldnt release unless i paid cash upfront and told me to lend it off *Family*.

 

In the end i paid up thanks to my mum, i have tried contacting the council who orginally gave me the ticket but they say they sold it on to the baliff and theres nothing i can do?

 

For a parking fine of £40.00 i had to pay back £568.00 im mortified and upset.

 

Any way forward??

[My Real Name]

Did you ever receive an NTO (Notice to Owner) or any other correspondence?

[Aimienice4u]

Nothing just a HUGE sticker stuck to my window

[My Real Name]

What did the sticker say? Do you still have the sticker? Did you ever receive any correspondence from TEC (Traffic Enforcement Centre)? Did the bailiffs produce any paperwork?

[hallowitch]

In the end i paid up thanks to my mum, i have tried contacting the council who originally gave me the ticket but they say they sold it on to the bailiff and theres nothing i can do?

 

 

wrong councils don't sell parking tickets to bailiffs

council employ bailiffs to enforce parking tickets and are fully responsible for all bailiffs actions including there charges

[Agrajag]

To my Discust the next morning my car was clamped down the road where i live asking for £500.00 plus extra cost's to release this clamp,

 

Di I have this right? These guys clamped your car at a later date when it was parked on the public road?

I am very much an amateur at this stuff, but this sounds very serious.

It must be illegal, even a police matter. It sounds as if the debt collectors clamped a car not becuase of where it was parked, but to force payment (with menaces) of an alledged debt

Anyone else have a more informed point of view?

[Jamberson]

It's standard practice. Part of the enforcement system.

[My Real Name]

At the moment, it's impossible to tell, as the OP has not given us enough information.