Thanks dx100uk for your reply. Yes you are of course correct. The exact wording on my ' final notice letter ' is "Our client now requires full payment of Balance within 10 days from the date of this letter 28 june 2016, failing which our client has instructed us to commence County Court procedings against you for the recovery of the balance. So whats my next step, is there a response that i can send them that will make them stop sending letters or should i continue to ignore them. Id rather not have to go to court, but i am prepared too, to reduce this ludicrous amount of £154. Any help would really be appreciated.

Hello Firstly i am new here and just looking for a bit of advice, my issue is as follows: 15 October 2015 I parked in an Excel car park in Chesterfield . As usual i paid my £3 for a 24hr ticket. The machine issued the ticket. I put it in the car. When i arrived back i had a PCN. checked my ticket an realised it was only a £2 ticket covering a few hours. The ticket machine had swallowed the 3 pound coins ut only 2 had been registered by the mechanism. The last coin was not rejected. Hence i received a PCN. I took the old advice of ignoring this charge as i considered the PCN unreasonable and have ignored all letters from Excel and BWlegal. I was passed through the usual debt recovery agencies (DRP etc..) and the amount owed fluctuated. About 2 weeks ago i received a new letter from BW Legal , the Final Notice letter, stating that the debt has been passed to them and their client requires paying £154 including £54 costs failing which they will commence county court proceedings Obviously it is too late to appeal the charge through the usual avenues but i just wonder what the best course of action is now, i still think the £154 is incredibly disproportionate for what actually occurred and so i do not wish to pay it, however it is a bit of a nuisance having these people chasing me. Any advice welcomed! Thanks