G24/BW PCN - 'exceeded parking time' - Sportsdirect and Matalan Heathcote Road Longton, Stoke-on-trent.

[Beb282]

I just received a letter from BW Legal ''acting on behalf'' of their client ''G24 Ltd'' in relation to an outstanding balance for a Parking Charge Notice (the fine is due to 'exceeded permitted stay time'' apparently.

The letter is dated 10 March 2022.  The date of the fine is 14 July 2021 !!  

 

I have never had any correspondence from G24 and did not know I had a fine outstanding.  This is the first I have heard of it!

 

I have received no 'proof' of my crime, though assume they will have cameras to prove I was there too long.  This was so long ago I don't feel I have any chance of proving my innocence. 

 

It is too late to go and take photos of current signage etc (I have read online that carpark charges / signage for this carpark have been altered in the past year).

 

The parking location is Sportsdirect and Matalan Heathcote Road Longton, Stoke-on-trent.  I have visited this car park maybe once more since the date last year, it is not a place I frequent often, and certainly cannot imagine that I stayed long enough to exceed the allowed time (not sure what this was back then).

 

  I would pay the fine if I am genuinely in the wrong but I can;t imagine that I am!

 

I can't find out who owns the parking lot, matalan? sports direct? third party?

 

I don't know if I should do nothing and risk being taken to court? (I really cannot afford the £160 fine, and certainly not additional court charges).

 

Do I contact G24 and explain I never heard from them?

 

Do I contact bw legal and explain I never heard from G24 initially?

 

please help, I am not a law-breaker but I also do not want to feed these companies money I don't have if they don't genuinely deserve it!

Thank you

 

 

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Edited March 14 by dx100uk
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[dx100uk]

Where does it say you have been fined? Nor where you have broken any lawś?

 

its a speculative invoice for breaking some imaginary contract.

 

why have you not received any of the numerous prior letters?

Have you moved in recent tiMes or your cars v5c shows it registered at another address

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[Beb282]

Thanks for your reply.

I moved into this address in June last year (previous address was my parents - and they always save any post for me)

 

I have no idea how they even have my current address.

 

Does DVLA hand out peoples private information??!!! 

 

Certainly no letters have been received prior to today, hence it was such a shock to get in from work and find it!

[FTMDave]

If you put the single word "Heathcote" into our search box, you'll rapidly see that you are not alone.

 

The good news is that, despite all G24's bluster about how they'll drop a nuclear warhead on your home if you don't pay, the reality is that they've taken none of these other motorists to court.  in fact most haven't even received a Letter of Claim.  So relax and don't pay the fleecers.

 

Bit by bit read all of these other threads, you'll soon wise up to G24's games plus some of the others have dug up very useful information about G24's carp signs.

 

To answer your question, after trial & error we sussed out that the car park is owned by a third party.

[dx100uk]

14 July 2021, ...what address would have been on the cars v5c document?

One of the addresses above?

 

As for the DVLA  Yes under their relevant rules concerning parking, for £2.50 they reveal the address for the time of the ticket following a request from the fleecers.

 

Your current address would have come from your credit file as a debt collector has a license to search that 

 

You need to get reading a few 10's of threads here to get up to speed.

 

Dx