Hx car parking management parking charge

[Guest dawny1969]

Hi

Really don't know what to do,

 

I have recently had two letters threatening court action and bailiffs due to a parking charge

 

Unfortunately these letters have been going to my neighbour who has sent a lot back saying return to sender so don't have the date or whereabouts that this incident happened, meanwhile the fine has escalated.

 

I was puzzled why the letters were going to my neighbour

 

I phoned the dvla to check my records

who then informed me it had the wrong door number on their data.

The information is being updated now

 

this is also strange as earlier in the year I had correspondence from the dvla with the correct door number.

 

The parking company is ica registered,

 

please can someone help.

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[dx100uk]

where does it say FINE please on any of the paperwork?

 

dx

[Guest dawny1969]

Hi

I'm at work at the moment but will look at the letters when I get home.

DH

[silverfox1961]

Hi

It's the IPC, not the ICA. This company is very small but the owner has a relative who owns ES Parking so he will know all the tricks that the IPC use.

 

Don't expect a fair hearing at all. Check the ticket to see whether the PoFA2012 is mentioned (unlikely)

 

Ignore the threat of bailiffs. They can't send anyone. Keep every scrap of paperwork and do not ring them. Snail mail with free proof of postage is enough.

[Guest dawny1969]

Hi

I never got a ticket on the car it came in the post

but I never got these letters

all been sent back to sender,

 

just got the two but I will check.

 

It make matters more complicated with the dvla not having the correct details.

 

I will take your advise and not ring them

 

I'm having sleepless nights not knowing what to do,

 

some people are say ignore the letters

 

but the more time I leave it the more money they are going to put on.

dh

[honeybee13]

Hello there.

 

This isn't worth losing sleep over, please stop worrying. As long as you do what the guys here suggest, you'll be fine.

 

HB

[Guest dawny1969]

Thank you

[dx100uk]

they cannot add anything

its all made to make you think its 'escalating'

 

I would expecft this far down the road

its dead now anyway.

 

its NOT A FINE

no bailiff will ever be involved

 

its a private parking speculative invoice

claiming you broke some kind of imaginary contract when you entered the car park on private land and parked your car.

 

nothing to have sleepless nights over

they are totally powerless

just like the DCA's that will write soon

[DragonFly1967]

Hi

I never got a ticket on the car it came in the post

but I never got these letters

all been sent back to sender,

 

just got the two but I will check.

 

It make matters more complicated with the dvla not having the correct details.

 

I will take your advise and not ring them

 

I'm having sleepless nights not knowing what to do,

 

some people are say ignore the letters

 

but the more time I leave it the more money they are going to put on.

dh

 

Really, sit back, relax. You have absolutely nothing to worry about.

 

Them saying that they'll add more money on if you don't pay is absolutely meaningless. Any debt collectors are completely powerless to do anything other than send you increasingly desperate and threatening letters. They're banking on the fact that you'll be intimidated and hand over your cash to make them stop.

 

Once you're aware of their tricks (all of them dirty) you come to realise that the demands & threats are worthless and the worry goes away.

 

The only time that you can be made to pay up is IF they take you to court and IF they win. Neither are certain! And only then, if you lost at court and refused to pay, could they even hope to instruct any kind of bailiff to come and knock on your door.

 

Anything else is just smoke & mirrors to make you contribute to their Christmas party.

[Guest dawny1969]

Really glad I joined this group didn't know where to turn

Thanks

DH

 

Thanks

[ericsbrother]

1.dont panic

2 tell us about where you were supposedly parked to breach their contract and when the event(s) occurred. The paprwork you have should help you with this.

3 tell us exactry what letters you HAVE got and who are they from, they certainly wont be from a bailiff. as already said, dca's cabt legally add a penny to the debt but that doesnt stop them hoping you dnt know this.

[DragonFly1967]

With most of the private parking companies, especially the smaller outfits, it's a numbers game.

 

For every 100 invoices/tickets/charges (call them what you will) they issue, 99 will pay up eventually. This means that they make a fortune for doing very little.

 

So let's say that they issue 10,000 tickets in a year. 100 of those won't get paid. So the PPC will decide to make an example of some of them and, let's say, take 10 people to county court. Which costs them a few quid, but it's small change now because they've already got the money from the 900 suckers that did pay.

 

So, of the 10 that they decide to take to court, 8 will cave in at this stage and pay up, which has now cost the poor punter even more as they're also paying the PPC's listing fee and "solicitors" costs (probably another £75) on top of the £160 (artificially inflated) price that the PPC are now saying you owe.

 

1 will try to defend but fail to do it properly or not turn up to court. Meaning that the PPC will win a 'default judgement' against them. They will have to pay the original cost of the notice £100, plus the artificial fees of debt collection £60, plus £25 listing fee, plus "solicitors" costs £50, plus hearing fee £55 if I remember rightly. So totalling some £290!

 

1 will defend fully and go to court. 9 times out of 10, despite what the PPC's, DCA's and tame solicitors will try to tell you, this 1 person will trounce them in an actual court. This would cost the defendant absolutely nothing but a little time. The PPC will end up picking up the tab for everything and may even end up owing the defendant money!

 

The PPC's have been spanked so many times, but, even if they ended up paying your mortgage off in damages/costs, they'd still be in profit because of the 99% of people that paid up no questions, or at least, paid up in the end.

 

It's all still just a numbers game.

[Guest dawny1969]

I will have a look when I get home tonight and send you the info .

Many Thanks

 

That's interesting thank you for the information can't believe people can do this, !

DH

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[DragonFly1967]

That's interesting thank you for the information can't believe people can do this, total **** !

DH

 

You've got it dawny. Not so scary anymore is it

[Guest dawny1969]

No don't feel as worried now

[DragonFly1967]

Don't get me wrong. Their pet debt collectors will threaten all sorts of woes, they'll stop short (only just mind) of saying that they're going to come round and burn your house down if you don't pay up.

 

But the debt collectors can't do anything except write you nasty letters (I've got loads, I'm saving them up, the downstairs toilet needs wallpapering )

 

Only HX, via their tame solicitors (probably Gladstones or BW Legal) can threaten you with or take you to court, and even that is easy enough to deal with if & when the time comes.

 

It really is nothing to be worried about. You'll find an awful lot of people on these forums that are very happy to help you beat these bandits.

[Guest dawny1969]

Another letter has come through the door charge up to £350, just ignored it hope I'm doing the right thing

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[honeybee13]

Hello there.

 

Who's the letter from please? And do they really call it a fine? That would be interesting, because it isn't a fine.

 

HB

[Guest dawny1969]

Hi

Its actually from Direct Collection Bailiffs ltd in regards to a county court judgement notice, they want us to get in touch to discuss payment. It also gives a court judgement ref number!!!

 

The letters are still going to my neighbour even though we recently rectified the log book with the dvla.

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[disgruntled2007]

Court Letters? DCA letters? or DVLA letters?

 

How recently did you rectify the log book?

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[Guest dawny1969]

About a month ago.

 

Not sure whether I should appeal or not now there is a county court judgement number on the letter

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[disgruntled2007]

And what letters are going to your neighbour.....

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[shamrocker]

How did you manage to get the ticket through in the post when everything else went to a different address? How long ago did you receive the ticket?

[disgruntled2007]

Not sure whether I should appeal or not now there is a county court judgement number on the letter

 

Ok. First thing to do is NOT panic. Second thing to do is scan the document up as a pdf so we can inspect it. Suitably redact it so no personal details are shown.

 

You need to do this as soon as possible and as a matter of some priority......

[Guest dawny1969]

All the correspondence regarding this have gone to a neighbour who was sending them back to Royal mail, but then realised they were for me so sent all mail from then on to us.

 

We have had three in total so we don't know when this parking offence took place or where just that is was Hx Management who then instructed Gladstones who now have done this.

 

I never got a ticket

 

ok I will, i'm at work at the moment so will have a look tonight

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