No I havent - have just looked at it now. Seems as though should last 6 years?! I will write a letter quoting SOGA. Thanks a lot

Err no, warranty is only for a year. I can extend the warranty if I wanted to but at a cost of £250 per year. Seemed a bit extorionate - I didnt expect such an expensive appliance to break in such a short time period!

Oh right!Thanks!

Bump? What does that mean?!

Hello all, after some advice. Purchased an Admiral Maytag fridge-freezer in 2007, it has now broken down. It cost £1000. Rang the manufacturers & they have offered to extend the warranty (which apparantly was only for 1 year) for £250 per year. Asked a local engineer to look at it - they cant fix it. I'm stuck! Cant go back to retailer as MFI have gone bust. Any suggestions would be great please! I cant live without it for much longer! Thanks, Angela

Hello, just to let you all know - not heard anything after I got a refund from CCS debt collectors in May. They said it would be passed back to Central Ticketing, but I havent heard anything so I guess they have finally given up! After this experience I will definately check my rights before I pay anything again!! Thanks for all help & dont worry if you have had a CT ticket, just ignore all, including debt collector letters - they wouldnt have refunded me if they werent in the wrong!! Thanks again....

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!!

Good idea - I will cancel my card ASAP!

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

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!!

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!!

Hello everyone, I have read this very looonngg thread as I am in a similar situation, but I guess every case is unique so wanted some help or advice on the below please? My Central Ticketing saga begins...: - I received a parking ticket for £60 at Cheshire Oaks in November 2008 for parking slightly over a yellow hatched area - I wrote in to Central ticketing to appeal in December - The next contact I had from them was 10th March 2009, which was a ‘Formal Demand before court action’ asking me to pay £85 within 28 days. - I phoned the helpline soon after receiving this letter to ask why the £60 had now increased to £85? They informed me that I should have received a letter in February informing me that my appeal had been rejected and giving me a period to pay the £60 within. I informed the agent that I had never received this letter, which is why payment hasn’t been given; she said she would pass this back to the appeals department to deal with. I asked how I would know what I had to pay by when (since there were time limits imposed), she said the appeals dept would write to me in due course. - The next communication I have is on the 18th of April when I receive a letter from a debt collections agency (CSS Collect) demanding £143 within 7 days! Again I spoke to CT and they told me to ring the debt collection agency to tell them the situation & also write to the appeals depatment again. - I did this & demanded that they gave me an explanation for the rise from £60 to £85 - They wrote back to say that the debt has been passed to CCS Collect & they would no longer deal with me. - I rang CCS Collect & set up a payment plan (I was very upset at this time, scared of bailiffs etc) as I couldnt afford the £143 - Then I found THIS BRILLIANT SITE & felt like I was paying unneccessarily - I wrote to CCS Collect & Central Ticketing using the template letters that are provided on this site (the ones where I have already 'admitted' to driving, by appealing in the first place) - CT have repsonded to this letter yesterday with the standard 'this debt has been passed to CCS collect & they will not have any further correspondance with me'... I really dont want to go to court or have this affect my credit record (Want to remortgage soon), BUT I really dont want to pay £143 for parking slightly over a bay in a free car park!! I dont know what to do now as I now know after reading this site I should have just ignored from the outset Any advice would be gratefully recieved on this. If there is a chance of court action or the debt increasing further I think I will just have to pay & boycott Cheshire Oaks for the rest of my life....!! Thanks x