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Hi, Sorry I'm new so forgive any faux pas.

I had a £159 parking ticket to Newcastle City Council from when my mum was in hospital.

She passed away in Dec ( Equita didn't miss a beat when I told them :( )

I totally forgot I received this as I'm still all over the place with grief and have a daughter with autism who hasn't taken her grandma dying suddenly very well, my son who hasn't and I look after my dad also who is elderly, alongside studying and working full time- sorry sob story over, back to the story.

I rang the lovely Equita up and surprisingly got a lovely girl who set up a payment plan of £59 monthly for me starting 5th April......champion no bailiffs. WRONG!

I watched my account with bated breath and nothing came out, nothing was attempted and nothing set up.

I received a phone call from a bailiff this morning saying at 6am tomorrow morning I am getting a visit from the bailiff as I have broken the PP as they tried to collect it on the 3rd April and the bank rejected it????

no they didn't as my bank would have let me know.

After arguing for an age asking to speak to his manager, who is the bailiff apparently 🤨 

he said I have till 3pm to get the money together otherwise the heavys come round.

I don't have it,

I paid the £59 just now as I promised,

he won't work with me,

I have clinical depression

- yes I am a mess What can I do!!!

 

**** UPDATE*****

Now getting worried as just had ANOTHER text offf them 

TAKE ACTION. You have broken your payment plan. Contact us via email [email protected] or call us on 01604 628360 quoting Your ref to review your available options. Do not reply to this SMS.

Thats now 2 phonrd and 3 texts THIS MORNING  and I have paid the 1st payment!!!

 

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I dont have it. It was a while back and with everything that happened qith my mum paperworks all over the place aorry. Im really scared i havw to honest

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Do you have confirmation of your payment plan anywhere?

Also do you have a car outside your house or not?

 

and have you signed any agreement for goods?

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Wait wait wait...

 

1st off - Calm down... Please? I appreciate that it stressful but you need to be composed to understand your next steps 

2nd - I have spaced your post out so people can read it :) 

 

3rd - Questions

Have you had a CCJ for this issued against you? If so when was it done? 

Please do paste up a copy of the PCN that you were sent. 

 

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Are they acting as a DCA or have they gone for a CCJ? 

That would be interesting to know! 

 

 

 

 

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FK - He doesn't have PCN he's said that just fyi

 

also it cant be a CCJ because they're not CC baliffs (Debt too low for HCE) so it has to be as a DCA afaik or at least thats the assumption I'm under

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Ok, deep breath 😮‍💨

 I have a car but not outside my property and its a lease through work anyway.

I can try and find the paperwork as this kid gave no information over the phone to me.

He did mumble something about a court appointed bailiff??

Btw Thank you 😊 

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2 minutes ago, fedup1724 said:

Ok, deep breath 😮‍💨 I have a car but not outside my property and its a lease through work anyway. I can try and gind the paperwork as this kid gave no information over the phone to me. He did mumble something about a court appointed bailiff??

Did you get a CCJ in the post? If you check your credit file do you see a CCJ?

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Sorry - I started putting together the post - got a phone call and then submitted it. 

Well then the OP should stop stressing :)

 

@fedup1724

- We need to understand what is where. 

 

So - Are you 100% sure this has not been to court yet for any form of enforcement action? 

They need to get a CCJ and 28 days to pass before they can consider it :) 

 

If they are acting as a Debt Collection Agency in its current form before going to court then - They will say anything to get you to pay. 

What boundaries are we working to here fedup? 

 

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to be honest my finances are not healthy

I have a few Ccjs.

Parking tickets etc built up from my mum being ill then passing away.

I have found a few in my emails as work pass them through.

I dont get them first work do, then I receive them usually too late.

God wont let me upload it but its from Baywatch minister or whoever they are £100

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So its a private parking firm?

 

WWW.MINSTERBAYWATCH.CO.UK

Expert UK Car Park Enforcement Company For 12,000+ Space Multi-Site Car Parks, Gaming/Leisure Sites, Rural Sites, NHS... Get a Quote Today

 

Equita will be possibly be working in a DCA approach here... 

 

 

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Can you confirm the hospital please?

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We need to know to be able to help :) 

Dont worry this is anonymous. - Ive scrubbed the ref number you put in you SMS earlier so no one can see it :) 

 

Probably plenty of people who have been getting hit from Parking Firms at hospital. 

 

 

THESTRAYFERRET.CO.UK

More people have complained of unfair parking fines at Harrogate hospital under its new car park arrangement.

 

(Just a point that you will likely be anonymous still :) )

 

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  • dx100uk changed the title to Equita and council PCN
11 minutes ago, fedup1724 said:

The one I work for? Id rather not say tbf 

If you search your hospital and then parking can you tell us which company comes up

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I think we need to get our ducks in a row as we're getting conflicting information.

1. Is this a Council Penalty Charge Notice or a Private Penalty Charge Notice?

You'll get the first for parking on a road incorrectly, you'll get the latter for parking on private land in breach of some "terms and conditions" (hospital is private land)

2. Who are equita acting on behalf of? Your correspondence must say somewhere.

Lets try and clear all this up and then we can help.

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2 hours ago, fedup1724 said:

I had a £159 parking ticket to Newcastle City Council from when my mum was in hospital.

 

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where did you get Newcastle city council from if this is a Mr baywatch private parking ticket for a hospital where uou worK?

you ignored and it went all the way thru court and you got a default CCJ?

IGNORE THE BAILIFF TOTALLY

no more phonecalls 

no more panicking

its a civic CCJ, there is NO right of forced entry anyway.

dx.

 

 

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please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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I will attach what I have 🫣

Please don't judge me 🫣 

I have a good heart, a sloppy brain and I run my house like a pirate ship.

 

 

 

2024-01-03 Newcastle City Council NTO for PCN 2023-11-08.pdf 2023-12-21 Mr Baywatch Notice To Hirer for PCN 2023-10-23.pdf 2023-11-24 Tyne Tunnel Toll Paid by Arnold Clark 2023-12-07+admin fee.pdf

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  • dx100uk changed the title to Equita and mr baywatch PCN/CCJ?

Upload hidden - Unredacted.

Will reupload redacted shortly

Looks like we've got 2 things here. A Penalty Charge Notice from October and an invoice from December 2023 from Minster Baywatch.

 

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that would make sense.

so forget the mr baywatch one for the minute ( make a new thread for it fedup!)

we need to concentrate on the newcastle council PCN.

council PCN's were decriminalised years ago

councils can go straight to bailiffs

but there is still no right of forced entry.

2 things will wrap this up quickly

1 did you receive the original PCN from the council?

2. have you received a notice of enforcement from the bailiffs?

ans those 2 please

dx

 

please don't hit Quote...just type we know what we said earlier..

DCA's view debtors as suckers, marks and mugs

NO DCA has ANY legal powers whatsoever on ANY debt no matter what it's Type

and they

are NOT and can NEVER  be BAILIFFS. even if a debt has been to court..

If everyone stopped blindly paying DCA's Tomorrow, their industry would collapse overnight... 

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  • dx100uk changed the title to Equita and Newcastle PCN

redacted PCNs uploaded.

There are 3 issues

Council Toll Charge 16/11/2023 - Recharged by Arnold Clark 07/12/2023.

Council Penalty Charge Notice 03/01/2024 - This is likely the issue in this thread

Minster Baywatch NTH 21/12/2023 - This needs a separate thread once we've dealt with this one

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