Parking Eye letter before court claim

[Deak]

I paid £18 to [name removed] website to assist me with this case

 

all the guy said to me was just pay the fine because they have just won the Supreme Court case.

 

I got my money back as I said they haven't helped me at all.

 

So my options now are to go to court or pay the fine.

Edited November 9, 2015 by honeybee13
Commercial site name removed.

[dx100uk]

Did they actually write or use the word fine?

[steampowered]

So my best bet is to send them a letter back now explaining that the signage isn't well lit with photos of the signs?

 

If you wish to fight this, then I would write back explaining that you could not see the signage at night because the signs are not adequately lit. Therefore, you cannot be deemed to have agreed to a contract because you were not made aware of the contract terms.

 

That sounds like a strong argument to me. I suppose it would come down to whether or not the judge thought you were made aware of the signs. No doubt PE will say the signs were lit and readable. If you have photos which say they weren't, all the better.

 

The risk of running this argument and losing is that you will have to pay additional costs if you lose. For a small claim of less than £300 the costs are likely to be something like £50 in fixed legal costs, £35 court issue fee and £25 court hearing fee.

[Deak]

I have got photos of the signs and they aren't well lit and the gates are left open so I just didn't think anything of it parking there. I will send them a letter back and then see what happens from there.

[ericsbrother]

show us the pictures of the signs before you write if you have time, they signs may well be rubbish as far as contract law goes anyway. Even PE get that wrong at some sites and they are the biggest and most active.

[dx100uk]

pop them all in aword doc then file

save as

****.pdf

 

 

follow the upload

 

 

dx

[Deak]

It won't work mate and I can't get on a laptop to upload them to word at the moment.

[dx100uk]

doesn't have to be word

all you need to do is post anything up as a PDF.

 

 

dx

[Deak]

I have many heard off parking eye since December but Iv received a letter last week off a debt recovery company wanting £150.00. I know Iv not been on here for a while I but here are the photos of the signage.

[ericsbrother]

A demand from a debt collecting agency?

That is good news as it means they know there isnt a leg to stand on as far as a proper claim goes

so they have farmed it out in the hope you dont know the difference between a dca and bailiffs.

 

You can ignore any letter sent by a dca and it is pointless actually replying for many reasons.

 

 

Dont you wonder why they are asking for £150?

Did you sign a credit agreement with them or have a court order?

no

so they cant add anything to the original amount.

They do so because of the above statemant about the difference between them and bailiffs.

[Deak]

That's the letter I received off them.

[JoeyJoeC]

Yes don't be tempted to reply to the dept collector, they are not the law and you don't owe them anything.

 

Parking eye have pretty much given up with trying to get you to pay up, and so they try to scare you into paying though a debt collector as a last resort.

[ericsbrother]

Ooh, scary letter. mentions irrelevant court cases and looks a bit like an official letter.

 

 

If the MoJ gave a stuff about the public these bandits would be in court for passing themselves off as someone official.

[Deak]

So I don't need to worry about this then guys?

[Deak]

Ooh, scary letter. mentions irrelevant court cases and looks a bit like an official letter.

 

 

If the MoJ gave a stuff about the public these bandits would be in court for passing themselves off as someone official.

What should I do about this letter mate? And will PE likely take this further or not?

[dx100uk]

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[steampowered]

The reality is that Parking Eye have recently been quite active in issuing claims. There is no guarantee they would issue a claim, particularly if you put forward a good reason as to why the claim is invalid, e.g. the sign was not lit and was therefore not readable, but there is a risk.

 

If PE did issue a court claim you would still have the opportunity to settle the case before it progressed through the county court system, but PE would then also be requesting the court issue fee (around 15 quid I believe).

[Deak]

. Just received another letter off this debt company this morning. As you can see what they are saying, should I still be ignoring their threats?

[dx100uk]

pers info showing - removed

please redact and post up as a PDF upload

[Deak]

That okay?

[armadillo71]

You haven't had the reduced amount offer yet from Zenith...

 

So a few more letters to come yet.

[ericsbrother]

Ooh DR+ have changed their letterheads. That makes no difference though, ignore ALL dca's as they have no interest in anything. If you get a lba from the parking co you come back here for further advice on how to respond but other than that it is all just waffle.

[Deak]

Cheers for all your help!

[Deak]

Latest letter of the debt recovery company...

[armadillo71]

Isn't this the second LBA you have been sent?

 

DR+ can only send letters to try and intimidate you...

 

If PE want to take you to court, then they will have to send you an LBA, er , again...