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    • I can only speak from personal experience. But a similar thing happened to me. Seriously dented door.  I made the other insurance pay. They regarded it as a write off. Took the money, replaced the door. Never heard anything more about it.    Except clearly someone sold my details to claims company, because I got loads of calls in bad English for a few month's 
    • The incident was 03rd March 2024 - and that was the only letter that I have received from MET 15th April 2024 The charge I paid was at the Stansted Airport exit gate (No real relevance now - I thought this charge was for that!!).   Here is the content of email to them (Yes I know I said I was the driver !!!!) as said above -  I thought this charge was for that!! "Stansted Airport" Dear “To whom it may concern” My name is ??  PCN:  ?? Veh Reg: Date of Incident: 03rd March 2024 I have just received a parking charge final reminder letter, dated 10th April 2024 - for an overstay.  This is the first to my knowledge of any overstay. I am aware that I am out of the 28 days, I don’t mean to be rude, this feels like it is a scam My movements on this day in question are, I pulled into what looked like a service station on my way to pick my daughter and family up from Stansted airport. The reason for me pulling into this area was to use a toilet, so I found Starbucks, and when into there, after the above, I then purchased a coffee. After which I then continued with my journey to pick my daughter up. (however after I sent this email I remember that Starbucks was closed so I then I walked over to Macdonalds) There was no signs about parking or any tickets machines to explains about the parking rules. Once at Stansted, I entered and then paid on exit.  So Im not show where I overstayed my welcome.. With gratitude    
    • Just to enlarge on Dave's great rundown of your case under Penalty. In the oft quoted case often seen on PCNs,  viz PE v Beavis while to Judges said there was a case for claiming that £100 was a penalty, this was overruled in this case because PE had a legitimate interest in keeping the car park free for other motorists which outweighed the penalty. Here there is no legitimate interest since the premises were closed. Therefore the charge is a penalty and the case should be thrown out for that reason alone.   The Appeals dept need informing about what and what isn't a valid PCN. Dummies. You should also mention that you were unable to pay by Iphone as there was no internet connection and there was a long  queue to pay on a very busy day . There was no facility for us to pay from the time of our arrival only the time from when we paid at the machine so we felt that was a bit of a scam since we were not parked until we paid. On top of that we had two children to load and unload in the car which should be taken into account since Consideration periods and Grace periods are minimum time. If you weren't the driver and PoFA isn't compliant you are off scot free since only the driver is liable and they are saying it was you. 
    • Thank you dx. I consider myself well and truly told :) x Thank you dx. I consider myself well and truly told :) x
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I recently contacted studio who sent me a list of all past transaction from 2000 to 2008.

 

 

I have invoices which total approx £1000 but I have paid back approx £2900.

 

The list consists of admin charges (£600) ,

service charges (£750) and PPP.

 

I have put in a claim for the admin charges and studio have agreed to send me a cheque for £400 :| (£300 plus £100 interest) they will only go back 6 years.

 

I would like to try to claim all these charges back.

 

I don't think the agreement is the original one.

 

Can somebody PLEASE help me as this cheque could turn up anytime now,

do I send it back and continue with this claim or bank it?

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Hi Ira

 

So here we are with the charges claim then.

 

If you want to claim all of these charges back it is likely you will need to sue.

 

This is the spreadsheet you will need.

 

CISheet v101.xls

 

Enter each of the charges into the sheet with the date, the description and the amount. Set the "Claim to" date as today. Set the interest rate to the rate they were charging on the account.

 

Let us know what the amount is that the spreadsheet calculates for you.

 

If their cheque arrives hang on to it for the time being and let us know exactly what their letter says.

 

When you've done the spreadie come back here and we can move forward.

 

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Last letter received on the 27th September stating that my details have been passed onto their refund department but how long should I wait before contacted them, I am rather impatient :wink:

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Do I bank the cheque and send a letter saying I except as part payment? Does anyone have a letter template for this? Ims21 did you receive my email with spreadsheet?

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Ooops...my bad....couldn't see the wood for the trees.

 

Yes got the spreadie but you have entered all of the service charges....they are not claimable, they are part of the interest on the account.

 

It is the default fees that you need to enter.

 

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Yes, that's better.

 

Send them a copy of the spreadsheet and a letter telling them that you are not happy with the amount they have offered and that you expect them to repay all of the default fees and associated interest.

 

Tell them that if they do not refund in 14 days you will put them on further notice of 14 days before commencing legal action against them.

 

Only threaten them with court if you intend to go through with it.

 

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Received letter from studio today which states " Under the courts guidance, the statue of limitations says you can only claim charges for the past six years. The aforementioned is and remains our final decision in this matter and we must now consider this matter concluded. I am sorry but you cannot assist you further." I now want to take studio to court to claim the remainder of these charges back with contractual interest. I haven't yet sent them the LBA so if some nice person could post an up to date LBA that would be great. I have given studio a chance and have only requested the 8% interest but they have failed to refund all the charges but it is not for them to say this matter is concluded, they owe me money and I want it back so lets see what the court says.

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Have a read of this thread

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?309037-Charges-older-than-6-years-***WON***-Compound-Int-t-and-**NO-SET-OFF**

 

The principle you would adopt is the same.

 

There is an lba in there which you can adapt for your purposes. Make sure the amount you are claiming is less than £5,000 so that, if it does go to court, it will be in the small claims track.

 

Your lba should be headed as such and give them 14 days to cough or else you will issue in court.

 

Send an updated spreadsheet with the lba.

 

As has been mentioned before, only threaten court of you intend to go through with it.

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I intend to take them to court but haven't got a clue where to start or how much it will cost me but I will read around this site and the thread above, wish me luck :!:

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You start by sending them an lba detailing what you want and you enclose an updated spreadsheet. This ensures you comply with the pre-action protocols.

 

If they don't refund you then you would issue a court claim using Money Claim On Line (MCOL) where you will also find information on the fees payable.

 

They would then need to acknowledge the claim and put in a defence. If they do neither of these two things then you can apply for judgement by default and effectively you win.

 

If they put in a defence then the process start to move towards a hearing.

 

In your case you will need to rely on S32(1)© Limitations Act and be aware of the case law of Kleinwort Benson -v- Lincoln City Council.

 

If and when it gets to court stages we can help you with the process.

 

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