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    • So I am now in receipt of a second Letter of Claim this time from DCBL although their letter head now says " DCBLegal"  😱 Now I'm guessing one response to a letter of claim is sufficient and I could ignore this but having been inspired by other snotty letters I wanted to have another bash at one. How does this sound? Dear Lackeys of Company with Unconscionable Morals, Thank you ever so much for gracing me with yet another Letter Before Claim on behalf of Excel Parking Services. How many of these delightful missives do you plan on sending before you muster the courage to follow through on your threats to take me to court? Just so we're clear, here is the response (in italics by that I mean the slanted text below) I previously sent to Excel’s Letter Before Claim, in case your attention to detail is as lacking as I suspect: I am currently 2-0 up in terms of Small Claims Court proceedings and I look forward to the opportunity to claim a hat trick, this case being more straightforward than my previous two. I will be asking the court for an unreasonable costs order under CPR 27.14(2)(g) due to your conduct over this absurd claim. Despite my best efforts, you continue to assert that I have breached your terms. However, I cannot breach terms that I was not present to accept. Have you even read my initial response? I suggest you review it thoroughly and save yourself some money. Additionally, please refer to section 13 of the IPC Code of Practice, 2023 edition. I eagerly await your deafening silence. Remarkably, I haven't heard a peep from Excel since my response; instead, they've passed the baton to you to perform this tiresome routine once more. Consider this my official notice that I am sending a cease and desist letter to Excel Parking Services. Their relentless hounding has crossed the line into clear harassment. Any further demands for payment from you, as Excel's lackeys, will be regarded as nothing more than shameless acts of intimidation and harassment. I now look forward to the deafening sound of your silence. Yours sincerely,
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    • Hello, welcome to CAG. As you say, appealing this ticket doesn't help as these people hardly ever accept appeals. They don't care how difficult someone's life is, they just want the money. The forum guys should be along later with thoughts for you on how to deal with this. Best, HB
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There is a retail centre car park beside where I work operated by a well known Parking Enforcement Company. I park in it just about every day.

 

Over the pasty few years I have tried to stick to their 3 hour limit, but have had about a dozen parking tickets from them, all of which I have ignored and they have gone away. You can pay a pound to park in the car park all day, but I never have.

 

Recently, I have decided to try and beat their system. Basically, I'm parking in the car park all day every day and have done for the past 2 weeks. No tickets have arrived yet.

 

My theory is that they will eventually realise that they are wasting their time and money sending me tickets and the tickets will stop altogether.

 

Has anyone else done this? Will they have the sense to stop paying the DVLA for my address? Will the tickets ever stop?

 

Also, if anyone wants to advise me to stop. Tell me why.

 

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My theory is that they will eventually realise that they are wasting their time and money sending me tickets and the tickets will stop altogether.

 

 

Another theory is that with multiple outstanding tickets they could decide it's worth their while issuing a court claim.

 

Who is the PPC?

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Agree with the post above - also, if it is only a pound a day to park then why not simply pay to park there? Whilst we are all agreed in our opposition to unfair and unjust speculative invoicing on the part of PPCs, that is a world away from condoning anybody knowingly not paying a parking charge just to prove a point.As stated above, you could be opening up yourself to a claim. After all you are depriving the landowner of money.

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There is a charge the landowner could certainly bring. A serious criminal charge in fact. PM me for details.

 

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The nub of the problem is that you are continually ignoring their regulations. Were it just a one off instance, you could always argue on the grounds that you did'nt

see/understand their signage. Once you have repeated the same exercise on many occasions the Judge would likely take a very dim view of your actions should the

parking company decide to take you to Court.

I expect that you are aware of the recent change in legislation where it is the registered keeper who will be responsible for parking on private land rather than the driver

which will make it more likely, I suspect, that Court proceedings could be taken against you. And if previous tickets are taken into consideration that could well add up

to a very hefty fine.

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The nub of the problem is that you are continually ignoring their regulations. Were it just a one off instance, you could always argue on the grounds that you did'nt

see/understand their signage. Once you have repeated the same exercise on many occasions the Judge would likely take a very dim view of your actions should the

parking company decide to take you to Court.

I expect that you are aware of the recent change in legislation where it is the registered keeper who will be responsible for parking on private land rather than the driver

which will make it more likely, I suspect, that Court proceedings could be taken against you. And if previous tickets are taken into consideration that could well add up

to a very hefty fine.

 

On what basis could they issue proceedings and where would this hefty fiine come from?

 

Personally if it was £1 a day I would pay that as it it not an exhorbitant charge

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lookinforinfo - I'm in Scotland. I believe the new leg doesn't affect us??

 

Also, if they lose £1 every day I don't pay and stay for over 3 hours, how can they reasonably claim more than that from me if they take me to court?

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Indeed and generally I would agree. However I have no desire to make suggestions on an open forum which would aid the parking companies.

 

That was the reason. But your point is well taken.

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On what basis could they issue proceedings and where would this hefty fiine come from?

 

Personally if it was £1 a day I would pay that as it it not an exhorbitant charge

 

Well first of all the company could charge him with theft-for instance section 3 of the Theft Act-"making off without payment" that carries a maximum penalty

of 2 years and 6 months in jail. As the OP is an habitual offender the sentence would probably be higher than were it an isolated incident. There would be

no mitigating circumstances that would stand up.

In addition there could be a case possibly bought under the Fraud Act and there is still the tort of Trespass. Whatever charge is brought I can't imagine most

Judges not cracking down hard on the OP should he be found guilty since the actual payment required is so low in the first place.

 

PS I would add that the longer the OP continues, the more likely it will be that he is taken to Court rather than they just give up.

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Because it's £1 that you have to walk through a shopping mall to an office to pay and it only allows you to park on the top floor of a dodgy multi storey car park. The bit where I actually park is right outside my office. it has a 3 hour limit and a fine if you are over 3 hours. You can't actually pay to park in that bit.

 

Anyway, I have seen the error in my ways and I don't want to tempt fate. I'll continue to try my best to adhere to the T&C's but also continue to ignore tickets on the occasions when I get them.

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Well first of all the company could charge him with theft-for instance section 3 of the Theft Act-"making off without payment" that carries a maximum penalty

of 2 years and 6 months in jail. As the OP is an habitual offender the sentence would probably be higher than were it an isolated incident. There would be

no mitigating circumstances that would stand up.

In addition there could be a case possibly bought under the Fraud Act and there is still the tort of Trespass. Whatever charge is brought I can't imagine most

Judges not cracking down hard on the OP should he be found guilty since the actual payment required is so low in the first place.

 

PS I would add that the longer the OP continues, the more likely it will be that he is taken to Court rather than they just give up.

 

I'm not buying the Theft theory. you can't actually pay to park in the bit I park (I know I said you could earlier) so I haven't left without paying.

 

The is not fraud involved and we cannot trespass in Scotland (I think).

 

Still, I've bottled it and I am giving up my quest.

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