My approach has been to ignore these. You will receive a series of increasingly threatening letters. Ignore these too
Yeah, that's pretty out of date advice as detailed upthread.
I took on one of these companies and they bottled it just before court, but there were several quantifiable failures on their behalf. I have since been caught out when overstaying the 3 hours on the retail park near work, and paid because it was my **** up.
Unless you can categorically prove they have dropped the ball, you should just pay up.
Dont know where that quote came from, mustve been on my clipboard from another thread!
You can ignore the threatening letters which will be from a debt collection agency that the landowner or original parking company has sold the debt to, however if you receive a letter entitled Letter Before Claim, this MUST NOT be ignored, this will be from the landowner, original parking company ( Parking Eye etc) or their solicitor as only they can take you to court, the debt collection agency who the debt was sold to can't. Most of the time this won't actually happen as 90% of people just pay up but if it does then at that point you must pay or contest it in court, you can only be charged the original fine plus court fees, so usually about £160 all in. They have up to six years to enforce this.
The debt collectors often send demands for ever increasing amounts but this is totally unenforceable.
There is a very good Facebook group entitled FIGHT YOUR PRIVATE PARKING INVOICE #1 appeals forum where you will get good accurate and informed advice.
