carosio Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 The parking company might withdraw when faced with a prepared defence, they may be randomly choosing people hoping that they'll cave in and pay when faced with a court action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibbles Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Make sure you have all the documents you have received along with the dates you have received them. I think I would then be tempted to post on Money Saving Expert. You may need specialised help. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163 There should be a space for you to ask for an extra 14 days to respond to court papers. You'll need it so go for that as well. ---------- Post added 10-10-2013 at 18:10 ---------- Sorry and here are the details of how to proceed. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4585747 If you don't panic and are prepared to help yourself by doing some reading and writing of letters you will not have to pay. Finally - to deal with the Letter Before Action/Court Papers read this: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?p=62445019#post62445019 Can I just add that those who say "ignore" is the best option and they never take anyone to court - care to admit you are wrong yet? I've ignored and not been taken to court. What's the point of your smugness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfc9696 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I've ignored and not been taken to court. What's the point of your smugness? well it true i got a letter for court summons at Northampton cc through parkingeye and i did same as you at 1st through them all in bin ,problem now is i have now details through throwing them away. i have appealed to the court and parkingeye and awaiting their response. this is from dec 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoGo_dancer Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Am I right in thinking that it's only Parking Eye who are now issuing these types of letters? From what I can see this is a fairly new tactic...up until maybe June or July this year, it was clear that all the parking companies were just issuing a string of generic (but scary looking) letters and once you got to the end of the letter chain they simply just went away. This was certainly the case with my invoice from VCS. Maybe Parking Eye have discovered a loophole that the other cowboys don't know about yet...and even though there are now a bunch of official court papers flying about, it will be interesting to see what the actual outcome of this whole process will be. If the fact remains that the company can still only take you to court to reclaim lost earnings caused by your inconsiderate parking then it's not going to make them very rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carefulman Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 well it true i got a letter for court summons at Northampton cc through parkingeye and i did same as you at 1st through them all in bin ,problem now is i have now details through throwing them away. i have appealed to the court and parkingeye and awaiting their response. this is from dec 2012 If there is a 59 day gap at any time between your response and them replying their case is then "out of time"......I've done it.....it makes them squeal like a pig but there's nothing they can do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walkley Dave Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Am I right in thinking that it's only Parking Eye who are now issuing these types of letters?......... No, there are others - though Parking Eye are issuing them in bulk. "Ignore" was the standard advice because until October 2012 the law said they had to chase the driver. Now they can chase the Registered Keeper whose name is obtained for £2.50 from the DVLA. I reckon once faced with a genuine court claim people would capitulate. They reckon that too and they are probably correct. There are ways to attack that and it is possible to win - but it does require a certain amount of self-confidence not to say expertise. Much easier to go down a tried and tested route of appealing to POPLA where each appeal costs the Private Parking Co. £27.00+VAT and their trade association British Parking Association Ltd. around £120.00 which comes back to them in increased fees. Done properly, an appeal to POPLA will ALWAYS win if done correctly. To me that seems much better advice than "ignore" or possibly "ignore and get a Small Claims Court Letter". But people will still advise "ignore" and of course if that is what they truly believe who am I to argue? http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=60 http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163 will both tell you the same thing. And believe me there are some real experts on there. And with a bit of judicious searching will answer all the questions much better than I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carosio Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Successful defences against Parking Eye: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4766249 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfc9696 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 got my reply back from parking eye stating they are carrying on with procedure to take me to court. walkley dave whats best way to write to popla ? anybody know who is owner /shop that owns the land at bradfield road ,Hillsborough so i can appeal against them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penistone999 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I've ignored and not been taken to court. What's the point of your smugness? Me too. In fact ive ignored loads of these scam invoices from various cowboys including Excel , VCS , parking eye ,and ive never once been taken to court. Sounds like the parking scammers are trying it on with more people hoping the threat of court action will scare people into paying up . Some will be scared and pay ,some will hold their nerve and tell the scammers to sod off. As i say , ive given the parking cowboys plenty of chances to take me to court ,but they never have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Ralge Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 In the red corner: historic truth, bullish ego living and fighting past battles. In the blue corner: a new reality, an open mind and willingness to take the fight to a new enemy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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