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    • Morning, I purchased a car from Big Motoring World on 10th December 2023 for £14899.00. On the 15th December I had a problem with the auto start stop function of the car in which the car would stop in the middle of the road with a stop start error message. I called the big assist and the car was booked in for February. The BMW was with them for a week and it came back with the auto stop start feature all fine and all error codes cleared on the report from big motoring world. within 5 days I had the same issue. Warning light coming on and the car stopping. I called big assist again and the car was again booked in for an other repair in May. Car was taken back in may, they had the car for a week and returned with the report saying no issue with the auto stop start feature and blamed my driving. Within 5 days of having the car back it broke down again. This time undrivable. I had the rac pick my car up and take to Stephen James BMW for a full diagnostic. The diagnostic came back with the car needing a new fuel system as magnetic swarf was found.  I have sent big motoring world a letter stating all the issues and that under the consumer rights act 2015 I have asked for a replacement vehicle. all reports from Stephen James BMW have been sent over to big motoring world. Big motoring world have come back and said they will respond to my complaint within 14 days for the date of my complaint letter. I am not feeling confident on the response from them, what are my next steps?   Thanks in advance. 
    • That is really good is that a mistake last off "driver doesn't have a licence" I assume that should be keeper? The Court requested me to send the Court and applicant proof of my sons disability from their GP this clearly shows he has Severe Mental Impairement, he is also illiterate.  I naively assumed once the applicant received this that they would drop the claim.  It offends me that Bank has asked the Judge to throw the case out at the preliminary hearing and to make us pay up.
    • Hi, we are looking to get some opinions on weather or not to bother fighting this PCN. This comes from a very big retail park parking where there are restaurants, hotel, amongst other businesses. The parking is free but I suppose there must be a time limit on it that I am not aware of. We were in the area for around 4 hours. Makes us wonder how they deal with people staying in the hotel as the ANPR is on what appears to be a publicly maintained street (where london buses run) which leads to the different parking areas including the hotel.  1 Date of the infringement 26/05/2024 2 Date on the NTK  31/05/2024 3 Date received 07/06/2024 4 Does the NTK mention schedule 4 of The Protections of Freedoms Act 2012? [Y/N?]  YES 5 Is there any photographic evidence of the event? Entry and exit photos however, based on the photographs we are almost sure the photos are taken on public street. This is the location I believe photos are taken from.  https://maps.app.goo.gl/eii8zSmFFhVZDRpbA 6 Have you appealed? [Y/N?] post up your appeal] No Have you had a response? [Y/N?] post it up N/A 7 Who is the parking company? UKPA. UK Parking Administration LTD 8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] The Colonnades, Croydon, CR0 4RQ For either option, does it say which appeals body they operate under. British Parking Association (BPA) Thanks in advance for any assistance.  UKPA PCN The Collonades-redacted.pdf
    • Thank you for posting their WS. If we start with the actual WS made by the director one would have doubts that they had even read PoFA let alone understood it. Point 10  we only have the word of the director that the contract has been extended. I should have had the corroboration of the Client. Point 12 The Judge HHJ Simkiss was not the usual Judge on motoring cases and his decisions on the necessity of contracts did not align with PoFA. In Schedule 4 [1[ it is quite clearly spelt out- “relevant contract” means a contract (including a contract arising only when the vehicle was parked on the relevant land) between the driver and a person who is—(a)the owner or occupier of the land; or (b authorised, under or  by virtue of arrangements made by the owner or occupier of the land, to enter into a contract with the driver requiring the payment of parking charges in respect of the parking of the vehicle on the land; And the laughable piece of paper from the land owners cannot be described as a contract. I respectfully ask that the case be dismissed as there is no contract. WE do not even know what the parking regulations are which is really basic. It is respectfully asked that without a valid contract the case cannot continue. One would imagine that were there a valid contract it would have been produced.  So the contract that Bank has with the motorist must come from the landowner. Bank on their own cannot impose their own contract. How could a director of a parking company sign a Statement of Truth which included Point 11. Point 14. There is no offer of a contract at the entrance to the car park. Doubtful if it is even an offer to treat. The entrance sign sign does not comply with the IPC Code of Conduct nor is there any indication that ANPR cameras are in force. A major fault and breach of GDPR. Despite the lack of being offered a contract at the entrance [and how anyone could see what was offered by way of a contract in the car park is impossible owing to none of the signs in the WS being at all legible] payment was made for the car to park. A young person in the car made the payment. But before they did that, they helped an elderly lady to make her payment as she was having difficulty. After arranging payment for the lady the young lad made his payment right behind. Unfortunately he entered the old lady's number again rather than paying .for the car he was in. This can be confirmed by looking at the Allow List print out on page 25. The defendant's car arrived at 12.49 and at 12.51 and 12.52  there are two payments for the same vrm. This was also remarked on by the IPC adjudicator when the PCN was appealed.  So it is quite disgraceful that Bank have continued to pursue the Defendant knowing that it was a question of  entering the wrong vrm.  Point 21 The Defendant is not obliged to name the driver, they are only invited to do so under S9[2][e]. Also it is unreasonable to assume that the keeper is the driver. The Courts do not do that for good reason. The keeper in this case does not have a driving licence. Point 22. The Defendant DID make a further appeal which though it was also turned down their reply was very telling and should have led to the charge being dropped were the company not greedy and willing to pursue the Defendant regardless of the evidence they had in their own hands. Point 23 [111] it's a bit rich asking the Defendant to act justly and at proportionate cost while acting completely unjustly themselves and then adding an unlawful 70% on to the invoice. This  is despite PoFA S4[5] (5)The maximum sum which may be recovered from the keeper by virtue of the right conferred by this paragraph is the amount specified in the notice to keeper under paragraph 9[2][d].  Point 23 [1v] the Director can deny all he wants but the PCN does not comply with PoFA. S9 [2][a] states  (2)The notice must— (a)specify the vehicle, the relevant land on which it was parked and the period of parking to which the notice relates; The PCN only quotes the ANPR arrival and departure times which obviously includes a fair amount of driving between the two cameras. Plus the driver and passengers are a mixture of disabled and aged persons who require more time than just a young fit single driver to exit the car and later re enter. So the ANPR times cannot be the same as the required parking period as stipulated in the ACT. Moreover in S9[2][f]  (ii)the creditor does not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver, the creditor will (if all the applicable conditions under this Schedule are met) have the right to recover from the keeper so much of that amount as remains unpaid; You will note that in the PCN the words in parentheses are not included but at the start of Section 9 the word "must" is included. As there are two faults in the PCN it follows that Bank cannot pursue the keeper . And as the driver does not have a driving licence their case must fail on that alone. And that is not even taking into consideration that the payment was made. Point 23 [v] your company is wrong a payment was made. very difficult to prove a cash payment two weeks later when the PCN arrives. However the evidence was in your print out for anyone to see had they actually done due diligence prior to writing to the DVLA. Indeed as the Defendant had paid there was no reasonable cause to have applied for the keeper details. Point 24 the Defendant did not breach the contract. The PCN claimed the Defendant failed to make a payment when they had made a payment.   I haven't finished yet but that is something to start with
    • You don't appeal to anyone. You haven't' received a demand from a statutory body like the council, the police or the courts. It's just a dodgy cowboy company trying it on. You simply don't pay.  In the vast majority of these cases the company deforest the Amazon with threats about how they are going to divert a drone from Ukraine and make it land on your home - but in the end they do nothing.
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Store all their paperwork and ignore it from now on.

 

I agree entirely.

 

As a newcomer to this you will go through a mixture of emotions including fear, feeling harassed and wanting the problem to just go away.

 

The point here is not to give in to these emotions. Central Ticketing and the Debt Collection Agency rely on just those emotions and I personally have heard nothing else from them since it became apparent that I am not scared to go to court. Indeed, I have caused them as much aggro as I can.

 

The threat of court action normally instils fear into the hearts of most people and this threat is used for just that purpose. We read about gruelling court cases and see tv soaps that include scary court scenes but the truth, for something so trivial as this is that it is very relaxed.

 

My latest experience was as follows:

 

1 - the other side did not turn up

2 - The court room was a small office with a table in it. The judge sat at one end of the table and I sat at the side (pretty much like a dining table)

3 - the judge was very pleasant and helped me to relax

4 - the judge simply looked at the notes, asked me for my opinion and then agreed with me

5 - I got costs (which included mileage, car parking and a sandwich) and the judge even went through the costs with me to make certain I hadn't missed anything I could claim for.

 

The truth is that Central Ticketing are very unlikely indeed to go to court, because they would probably get a slapped wrist themselves (visit some of the links from my earlier threads - the judges are getting fed up with these guys).

 

So, to follow the advice already given: Ignore them, save the letters

 

In the meantime, have a laugh at the expense of DCA's - if you listen to these tapes you will start to see things in a totally different light:

 

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The truth is that Central Ticketing are very unlikely indeed to go to court, because they would probably get a slapped wrist themselves (visit some of the links from my earlier threads - the judges are getting fed up with these guys).

It might be worth trying to get them listed as a vexatious litigant. That would mean they have to get permission from a judge to litigate.

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Hello,

 

Thanks for the quick responses. You have really reassured me & its good to hear my credit record would not be affected until much further down the line (if at all). I did indeed also send the letter (from the templates) to CCS to tell them the debt was in dispute & not to take any monies from my accounts (as I had previously spoke to them & set up a payment plan). I will have to wait to see next week as to whether they obey this, or take money from my account when I get paid...!

Thanks again guys - I will keep updated if I hear anything back, but as for now I will file away! PS. You tube link really made me laugh!! :)

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Hello :) I too have just had a very interesting read, wish I'd read this before I appealed against my ticket though!

 

I'm a courier and had parcels to deliver into a store on The Coliseum at Cheshire Oaks. I'd parked outside the front of the store with 2 wheels on the kerb, there are no double yellows and no sign saying no loading. I've often parked there while delivering, and sometimes even have to wait for another delivery van to finish their delivery before I park. I was in the store for about 4 mins while the parcels were signed for. When I came out there was a ticket on the windscreen. I wrote to appeal within the specified time scale, and enclosed the sheet from the day's manifest to prove I was delivering into the store. I still haven't heard a word in reply, despite on the back of the ticket says I should allow 28 working days, which has now obviously passed. I sent my appeal by recorded delivery, have a copy of my letter, the manifest, the receipt from the post office and a print out of the signature for delivery, so they cannot say I haven't contacted them.

 

I have today written a letter to them asking why I haven't heard a reply to my appeal, but before I posted it I googled to see if I could find a phone number instead - and here I am, so haven't sent my 2nd letter as yet.

 

Any advice what to do next?

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I recieved a ticket from this loathsome company and then many letters at the rate of £1.50 a letter must have cost £50 to date. They then sent the matter to 'fake' lawyers heard no more.

Beware Tesco's they now have their yellow coated thugs issuing the tickets as well. I was threatened with a ban from Tesco's for telling a fellow motorist to ignore the ticket.

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Cant believe it - Just checked my online banking & CCS Collect HAVE taken £50 out towards my parking fine, even though I wrote to them telling them not to do so!! I did try asking my bank to stop it from their end, but they said they couldnt. Robbing b****rds!! SOOOO annoyed, looks like I'll be paying £143 for parking over a bay after all..... GRRRRR!!

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You won't be paying £143. I would be getting back to the bank and complaining in the very strongest terms.

 

I presume your arrangement included setting up a direct debit or you giving debit card details top CCS collect.

 

This is the direct debit guarantee

 

"In future if there is a change to the date, amount or frequency of your direct debit, we will always give you at least 7 working days notice in advance of your account being debited. In the event of any error, you are entitled to an immediate refund from your bank or building society. You have the right to cancel at any time and this guarantee is offered by all the banks & building societies that take part in the direct debit scheme. A copy of the safeguards under the direct debit guarantee will be sent to you with the confirmation letter"

 

There are similar protections for a debit card and even more for a credit card under Consumer Credit Act.

 

If you tell the bank the payment is not authorised there is no way in hell they should be paying out. I'd phone your bank and I'd write to them enclosing a copy of the letter to CCS removing their authorisation and tell the bank you want them to take action as this is fraud. Ask them to get their fraud department involved.

 

You may have to escalate this within the bank but stand your ground.

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Why did uou agree to pay them anything assuming you where dealing with Central Ticketing

Have a read of post 149. The poster was unaware of this site and her rights when she made the arrangement. The arrangement was subsequently withdrawn in writing.

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I recieved a ticket from this loathsome company and then many letters at the rate of £1.50 a letter must have cost £50 to date. They then sent the matter to 'fake' lawyers heard no more.

Beware Tesco's they now have their yellow coated thugs issuing the tickets as well. I was threatened with a ban from Tesco's for telling a fellow motorist to ignore the ticket.

 

I sincerely hope you will be visiting said store, filling up your trolley with mostly frozen goods and then leaving a note saying "oops, no time to finish my shopping because I'm scared I will get a ticket" and then leaving.

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Hello,

 

Thanks for advice...again!

I have contacted the Bank & they said as its not a direct debit (I gave them my card details) there is nothing they can do to stop further payments or get my £50 back. They said there is no 'direct debit' style guarantee with debit cards. They suggest I get onto trading standards.

I also spoke to CCS Collect last night, who denied recieving my cancellation letter. I told them I sent it recorded delivery, in which case they went quiet and said I should write in again & a manager will have to look at refunding it & cancelling further payments (I have wrote today requesting this).

I have also wrote to Cheshire Oaks management suite today to let them know what their customers are being put through by these clowns....I await a response.

Angela

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You should tell CCS Collect that you want the money back in your account within 24 hours or you will be reporting the matter to the police as theft and fraud.

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Hello,

 

Thanks for advice...again!

I have contacted the Bank & they said as its not a direct debit (I gave them my card details) there is nothing they can do to stop further payments or get my £50 back.

 

Put an immediate "stop" on your current card and request a newly issued one to be sent straight out to you.

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Result!! CCS Collect have refunded the £50 back into my account, 4 days after taking it!! Thanks for your support guys! Now I will get on with ignoring all future correspondence from Central Ticketing!!

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Good result.

 

There's a saying "that when you've got them by the balls their hearts and minds follow in short order":D

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Hi All,

I'm in a similar situation with central Ticketing. Unfortunately I,ve made contact with them prior to finding this site.

 

The ticket agent offered his apologies on the day of the alleged contravention in Tesco saying it was due to his misunderstanding of child in the car as I had parked on the mother and child parking bay.

Central ticket ignored all of my earlier representations.

Eventually advised me on 29/05/09 that my appeal has been unsuccesful and the matter is now pursued by a debt collector.

 

I received a letter from Graham White solicitors yesterday as final notice prior to legal action.

 

I've stayed up all night angry & frustrated but very much willing to go to court if only to make my point.

 

Iam in the middle of writing a lengthy letter of complaint to the BPA as clearly central ticketing have breached various sections of the so called code of practice for approved operators.

 

Have also forwarded a letter to the Tesco store manager.

Has any one yet gone to court?

 

Graham white have informed me that the charges due is now £166 in addition to adminstrative charges of £142 owing to them for filing court action against me.

 

I have obviously not heard about the templates on this site prior to now.

Can any one please advise:(

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The chances of Graham White actually filing in court are practically nil. If they do, please come back to us as there are a whole host of people lined up to nail them to the wall for several breaches of codes of conduct fro solicitors etc.

 

It would seem that you are at the last stage of their attempts to defraud you so don't worry. They are about to disappear all together. You normally get two letters of Graham White "solicitors" (a FINAL FINAL chance to pay up) and then they disappear up their own backside.

 

You have little to worry about.

MBNA - Agreed to refund £970 in full without conditions. Cheque received Sat 5th Aug.:D

Lloyds - Settled for an undisclosed sum.:D

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As RichardM says, the Graham White letters are the final letters you will receive. What you must not do is write to Graham White, the DCA or Central Ticketing because that will only reaffirm to them that you may be about to crack and might encourage them to try even more threats.

 

By all means write to the BPA, Tesco etc if you have the energy, although it will probably fall on deaf ears. Easiest action is to stick all the cr** in a drawer and forget about it.

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Received two letters from Graham White yesterday. :lol:

 

I have to laugh at the shambolic administration at Central Ticketing. I must be sitting with over 70-80 tickets from them, yet they only seem to be pursuing a couple of them.

 

They must have given chasing them all up seeing as I get at least 5 tickets a week from them and haven't responded to them at all.

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Hi guys,

Your replies are very encouraging. I've decided to wait and see what happens next as Graham White have threatened court summons within 7 days of 8/06/2009.

Will keep you all posted.

cheers

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