UKPC parking invoice - tesco Faraday retail park,Coatbank Street, Coatbridge. ML5 3SQ scotland

[kiptower]

prob just a typo it should read jug'ment

 

send them one of these

 

Edited June 6, 2009 by kiptower

[m3rzs]

hi every one, ive read with great interest the info of ukpc, ive also seen that there seems to be no telephone numbers to contact ukpc. i work as a postie at merry hill in dudley. we have many times been ticketed by the ****, every time the the tickets are squashed. you can contact appeals officer if you wish on 01383487961, her name is Barbara lloyd.

email barbara.lloyd@westfield-uk.com they have now been told not to ticket us again.

ive had many arguments with the ticketing officers/**** who just say they r doing thier job. ive also had great pleasure of informing the innocent drivers who have been ticketed to read the advice given on this page and many others like it before they pay.

hope the telephone number email ad is helpful to any one who needs them.

[Nuzz]

Hello

I'm new to this Forum and came here after I googled UKPC. I was on the point of paying their charge for a parking "discrepancy", when it was suggested I look them up. The first hit brought me here. This was about three months ago, and I have since read the interesting correspondence and advice. Thank you all!

 

I won't go into details, it's the same old story for me as repeated in the previous 62 pages here. I decided not to pay, and followed the advice to ignore them completely. I am now receiving letters threatening CC action from Debt Recovery Plus Ltd. The latest, today, was most interesting. They say that they are prepared to reduce the amount they're demanding, from £246.75 to £ 113.40, if paid within seven days.

 

I find this hilarious. Debt collectors now have a sale on - up to 50% off!!!

 

I have replied to no letters from UKPC or their partners DRPL, nor will do so.

 

If they do issue a CC summons (which I doubt) I would welcome the prospect of going to court to contest the whole issue. Quite looking forward to it, in fact. But I think - from comments here - that this is unlikely to happen. I will, of course, keep you posted at every step.

 

One issue I would like to have clarified - and apologise if it's already been dealt with here, I couldn't read through all the pages again - I am angry at how UKPC got hold of my personal details, via DVLA, to write me their threatening letters. Is this a breach of data protection? Would it be possible to take a case against them. I might, if there is sufficient interest and support, be prepared to take out a test case.

 

There is a very relevant article in The Times on line about DVLA selling off personal data. It says "The agency made more than £4 million last year by selling the details of 1.6 million drivers. It sold 900 names and addresses to Newline Securities and Parking Control Management, both of which have repeatedly double-charged drivers for parking breaches and inflated bills by adding spurious charges."

 

Apologies if this has already been mentioned.

 

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6440803.ece

[roxy-roo]

One issue I would like to have clarified - and apologise if it's already been dealt with here, I couldn't read through all the pages again - I am angry at how UKPC got hold of my personal details, via DVLA, to write me their threatening letters. Is this a breach of data protection? Would it be possible to take a case against them. I might, if there is sufficient interest and support, be prepared to take out a test case.

 

There is a very relevant article in The Times on line about DVLA selling off personal data. It says "The agency made more than £4 million last year by selling the details of 1.6 million drivers. It sold 900 names and addresses to Newline Securities and Parking Control Management, both of which have repeatedly double-charged drivers for parking breaches and inflated bills by adding spurious charges."

 

Apologies if this has already been mentioned.

 

https://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6440803.ece

 

hi its not illegal for the DVLA to sell on your details as i found out when i queried this with them after I got my ticket, apparently they have to be members of certain organisations to be able to buy them in the first place, I did a lot of digging around ( as I was well peed off they had gotten my details) and found it had something to do with the British Parking Association.

[buzby]

Actually the DVLA have always allowed firms (and private individuals) to pay a fee and be given the information if they have a 'reasonable cause' to request it.

[Al27]

Anybody can pay £2.50 for an address.

 

It's a government [problem] as much as a parking co one.

[lamma]

FAQs - PPCs - fighting back. The forces are aligned

[buzby]

Anybody can pay £2.50 for an address.

 

It's a government [problem] as much as a parking co one.

 

[problem]? So you feel that it is urreasonable for law-abiting citizens to be told an RK's address should they have a legitimate need to know who it is?

 

It is the parking companies who have made the process unsavoury, not the other way around.

[Linus27]

Hi all,

 

I am on my 6th letter now from UKPC/Rossendales Collect. I have not written to them or contacted them at all so far. The letter I received today from Rossendales Collect was a Notice Of Visit, threatening to visit my home within the next few days.

 

Am I still doing the right thing to ignore them? Has anyone had anyone visit them yet. Should I worry about a visit or am I ok to just keep ignoring them?

 

Just getting a little worried.

[crem]

You're doing fine. Just keep ignoring.

[buzby]

Yup - only 8 more letters to go, not forgetting the opportunity to pay a 'reduced' fee to 'settle the matter'.

[Beerwulf]

Hi all,

I first tentatively looked at this site about 2 months ago when we first got a UKPC ticket in our local Tesco's in Hull.

I answered the first letter from UKPC saying I was not the driver at the time so consequently was not answerable to the said "fine".

Several letters followed each one sounding more urgent than the one before.

Eventually we were sent the threatening letter from their solicitors.

By chance the day after my wife was at work and spoke to a colleague about the mess around we were having.

Her friend went on to say that the same thing happened to her a few months ago.

Now the interesting part.

She stormed up to the Tesco's help desk and demanded to speak to the manager. He listened and then just said for her to give it to him.

He opened up a large drawer which was full of similar tickets.Putting it in with the rest of them he told her not to worry and she would not hear any more about it.

Which she hasn't!

I intended sending another letter to the solicitor however after hearing what had happened here we thought maybe we should approach Tesco's.

We took in all the letters we had received and explained to the manager the "trouble" we had been through.

He took all the paperwork off us (which we had photocopied) and said he would deal with it.

Two days later we received a letter from UKPC saying they had now dropped the case!

Result!

The only snag here being the fact that when we got the ticket originally we just panicked and though we would have to pay up.

It was only when I went on this site that I knew it was in effect a [problem] by urchins trying to make easy money from the gullible or uninformed British public.

Unfortunately there will always be people who are all to willing to cough up without taking a little time to find out some facts.

Anyway just to say thanks for the guidance and maybe this story could be passed on to others who just may want to approach whoever the owners may be of the car park being surveyed by UKPC.

[crem]

See! Even the Tesco manager just sticks them in a drawer and forgets about them just like the advice on this site always gives out. I wonder if he is a CAGger too.

[Carlanon]

I've just received my 10th letter and this one is also from Credit Security Ltd. It says that:

1. You have ignored repeated applications for settlement.

2. You have had the benefit of goods/services supplied for which you have not paid. (I've had no goods or services!!!)

 

Unless we hear from you within seven days with a payment and repayment proposal we may without further notice:

 

a. INSTRUCT ONE OF OUR LOCAL COLLECTORS TO CALL UPON YOU FOR PAYMENT.

 

b. PROCEED WITH LEGAL ACTION FOR RECOVERY THROUGH AYLESBURY COUNTY COURT.

 

IT IS IN YOUR OWN INTEREST TO MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT FOR SETTLEMENT NOW BY COMPLETING THE PORTION BELOW AND RETURNING THE ENTIRE LETTER TO HIS OFFICE.

 

Has anyone had one of these and do I need to worry that they actually will go to court?

[dpick]

Ten letters all that admin they must be desperate TWITS

 

dpick

[letshelp]

I've just received my 10th letter and this one is also from Credit Security Ltd. It says that:

1. You have ignored repeated applications for settlement.

 

Translated, 'You have ignored our begging letters'.

 

2. You have had the benefit of goods/services supplied for which you have not paid. (I've had no goods or services!!!)

 

Rubbish

 

Unless we hear from you within seven days with a payment and repayment proposal we may without further notice:

 

a. INSTRUCT ONE OF OUR LOCAL COLLECTORS TO CALL UPON YOU FOR PAYMENT.

 

:lol:

 

b. PROCEED WITH LEGAL ACTION FOR RECOVERY THROUGH AYLESBURY COUNTY COURT.

 

:lol:

 

IT IS IN YOUR OWN INTEREST TO MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT FOR SETTLEMENT NOW BY COMPLETING THE PORTION BELOW AND RETURNING THE ENTIRE LETTER TO HIS OFFICE.

 

:lol:

 

Do I need to worry that they actually will go to court?

 

NO

 

regards

[buzby]

The letters are standard (and unchanging) so nothing to worry about!

[Carlanon]

Thank you all for your support. They really do appear to be unwilling to give up on me, so we'll see what the next one says.

[dilbitini]

Hi,

I am new to posting on this site, although have been following it since I received a deposit on my windscreen from the lovely UKPC a few months ago. I have since ignored the 8 or so letters and twice weekly telephone calls, as advised on here.

But, (and I know that this is their intention), I am starting to worry a little as I have now received a "payslip" looking letter stating that i WILL be visited by a debt collector. However I don't seem to see a mention on here of anyone else getting one of these.

Can anyone confirm that they have, and reassure me that ignoring them is still the right thing to do.

Also, I thought you could only get a CCJ if you have unpaid "debt" ? And I don'yt owe them a penny.

Thanks

[buzby]

By their very nature these 'inducements to pay' have to evolve as sites like this provide much advance knowledge of the process, demystifying it and explaining it is simply a ploy to relieve you of some money.

 

You cannot get a CCJ for a debt that has not been to court. Even then, not only do you have to lose, you had to fail to pay their demand within 21/28 days. Only then will there be a 'Judgement' recorded against you.

[crem]

I am starting to worry a little as I have now received a "payslip" looking letter stating that i WILL be visited by a debt collector. However I don't seem to see a mention on here of anyone else getting one of these.

It might say WILL, but it still WILL NOT happen. If it does, you can just tell them to PO, FO, or any combination of initials that takes your fancy.

Can anyone confirm that they have, and reassure me that ignoring them is still the right thing to do.

Yes it is.

 

Also, I thought you could only get a CCJ if you have unpaid "debt" ? And I don'yt owe them a penny.

You are correct. You'd never have believed they would lie to you like that would you.

Thanks

..

[lamma]

The harder the PPCs try the more legislation they break. Their takings must be down.

[Carlanon]

Hi. I got a payslip one 3 letters ago. The next one will be from a Debt Enforcement Office DEMANDING you pay IMMEDIATELY and if you dont it oculd result in a DEBT COLLECTOR calling upon you for a CCJ being registered against you. The one after that is from the same people saying documents for legal action are now being prepared by their department. The one I got this morning says that they may proceed with legal action for recovery through Aylesbury County Court. I haven't ever received any phone calls though, although that may be because my telno is ex directory. What a blessing!! The letter seem to come at 2 week intervals so I'll wait and see what comes through my letterbox the week after next. I have never responded to any of the letters and just come back to the forum for support each time I receive a letter. The advice on here is still to ignore them and thats what I will continue to do. I wish somebody would stop them threatening people though.

[dilbitini]

Thanks for the replies to my post guys.

I shall continue as I am then, ignoring the letters and calls, although the later is becoming a pain.There must be some way to stop them harrassing people at home like this?

Does anyone know how long I have to endure this for btw?

[Mr_Eee]

dilbitini, I had the payslip type before - quite a nice touch, shame it wasn't a payment though!