Roxburghe chasing Hospital 'speculative invoice' - CLaim now issued

[aargh]

Today i received a letter from Roxburghe stating we owe them £78 for unpaid parking tickets,

 

they sent this letter address to me, stating "you" alot, for starters i dont drive, i dont have a Full Valid uk driving license so it wasnt me.

 

the fine is at a hospital, where my partner works.

 

as far as im aware she only recieved one which was £15.

 

and some how have summed up to £78 which they have stated include lates fees. it states date iseudd 18-03-11, 10.00.

 

So i seem to be charged with debt and possbily a hit on my credit history? since im the registered owner? (sorry i paid for the car roxburghe!)

 

Is there away out of this? or way to get the hit on my credit histroy off?? i dont feel that i should be blamed nor screwed over by this!?

[Tootles1971]

I think as the registered keeper of the vehicle you are technically liable for anything that happens with the car (like speeding fines etc) but I seem to remember reading that as long as you make it clear it was not you in the car on that date then it can be transferred to the person who was driving the car at the time (not hard to prove as you don't drive!) Wait for someone who knows more to come along and give you proper advice, but at the very least, your partner needs to establish why the late fees have been applied and get the exact details of the whole series of events. If they haven't written to you before this, then I'm not sure that they can suddenly demand late fees.......

[aargh]

thanks tootles, and yes this is the first point of contact after the inital fine paper stuck to the car!

[havinastella]

Today i received a letter from Roxburghe stating we owe them £78 for unpaid parking tickets,

 

they sent this letter address to me, stating "you" alot, for starters i dont drive, i dont have a Full Valid uk driving license so it wasnt me.

 

the fine is at a hospital, where my partner works.

 

as far as im aware she only recieved one which was £15.

 

and some how have summed up to £78 which they have stated include lates fees. it states date iseudd 18-03-11, 10.00.

 

So i seem to be charged with debt and possbily a hit on my credit history? since im the registered owner? (sorry i paid for the car roxburghe!)

 

Is there away out of this? or way to get the hit on my credit histroy off?? i dont feel that i should be blamed nor screwed over by this!?

 

 

This is NOT a fine. It's a speculative invoice.

 

Private Parking Companies cannot fine you.

 

Ignore, Ignore and if you don't get it, IGNORE.

 

They can do nothing to your credit record.

 

Jogs

[aargh]

even thought this roxburghe are debt collectors? i should ignore it?

[Jonny_J]

I would ignore it if it were me.

[havinastella]

even thought this roxburghe are debt collectors? i should ignore it?

 

If I wrote to you asking for £100, would you give it to me?????

 

If you would please PM your address.

 

A debt collector has less rights than your milkman.

[DonkeyB]

Have a look in this forum.

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?88-Parking-Traffic-Offences

[aargh]

but i have lowel debt collectors giving me defaults every month althought i keep the payments. and have done for over a year now..?

[aargh]

heres an scan of the letter

 

heres a better copy of the scan

 

http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/2734/roscanjpeg.jpg

 

for some reason it made it small when attached to the post! the important information at the bottom worrys me?? looks really legal lol

[Jonny_J]

Lowells are fools. Ignore them for now.

 

I would have thought that it's up to them to prove that you are the one that they should be chasing. I would send them a 'prove it' letter and see what they come up with if it were me.

[DonkeyB]

Sorry if I sounded terse – it’s just that I have never heard of Roxburghe going beyond the ‘solicitor’ letters from Graham White Solicitors, because they know it’s largely a [problem]. They rely on their income from the uninformed souls who capitulate.

 

Best answer is buy a parking ticket... but know your rights when you do get a fine. I’m sure most people would put their hands up and pay if the process was transparent, honest and did not pretend to be something it isn’t.

[havinastella]

Firstly, As it's Roxborough, it's a 'Private Parking Company' ticket, otherwise it would have been enforced by a proper Company.

 

Second and more Importantly, the OP was NOT driving and has NO obligation to say who was (except to a judge)

 

Thirdly, everybody on this site knows the sequence of $cam letters that Roxborough send. Ignoring them is the ONLY option as if you respond, they know they have hooked you.

 

There is NOTHING Roxborough can do to you as long as this is a PPC ticket!

 

Most, If not ALL hosptitals are run by PPC's, that can do sod all if you don't pay/illegally park.

[aargh]

so should i ignore it? or go down this route

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?282302-Private-Parking-Tickets-Template-Letters

 

thanks

[havinastella]

so should i ignore it? or go down this route

 

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?282302-Private-Parking-Tickets-Template-Letters

 

thanks

 

 

Watch this

 

[aargh]

but this isnt met its Roxburge, and also parking at a hospital unsure where it was on the film! should i still ignore it, my partner got another ticket today heres it scanned, sorry to keep on but dont want to get into any trouble but would rather not pay for them unless i really had to!

 

heres is a picture of todays ticket clearly says it go to roxburge after 28 days none payment!

 

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/1430/ticket1.gif

[Tootles1971]

as your partner works in the hospital, is there not staff parking? Why has he/she got the parking tickets?

[havinastella]

as your partner works in the hospital, is there not staff parking? Why has he/she got the parking tickets?

 

It does not really matter.

 

Ignore,Ignore and Ignore!

 

Not a thing they can do!

 

Jogs

[Tootles1971]

You misunderstand me Jogs........not saying they should speak to roxburghe, but staff at a hospital shouldn't be getting tickets, surely! I was just suggesting they speak to her employer about it.

[havinastella]

Maybe it's like Redhill, where the staff have to park in the Golf course just so they can do there job!

 

Most hospitals don't have 1/4 of the space needed for parking, esp with most services being pushed back to the local hospital. The only good thing to come out of all this is the hospitals employ 'Private' companies, who can do naff all

 

Jogs

[Happyhippy1959]

I work at a large hospital and we had a private parking company take over car parking. The Staff pay a discounted fee, but have been hit with fines for parking in the wrong area's etc etc,,,, On Union advice not one member of staff have paid the extortionate charge or am I aware any member of the public. These private parking companies have ideas above there station.... I am not that o fay on parking law but I have heard that private companies struggle to bring these matters to court for one reason or another...

 

Good advice, ignore ignore....

[BRIGADIER2JCS]

Private parking fines amount to nothing more than an invoice and can be treated as such.

[aargh]

everyone keeps saying its just an "invoice" whats this mean excatly?

[Tootles1971]

hear hear, bbnb. None of us advocate non-payment of what we owe, but the way the letters and phone calls are worded put fear into people's hearts and that should not be tolerated. D-I-L you can surely see from the OP first post how much stress the letter had caused. Nobody here wants anyone to break the law, far from it. That said, when DCAs are acting in such a way it is right that people stand up to them.

[aargh]

its kinda annoying 1 person saying 1 thing, but seems like he knows his stuff, but then a bunch of other people telling me hes wrong! to be honest ill leave it for now, im poor enough as it is let alone paying out something i dont need to! i've been paying all bills perfectly for at least 2 years now, trying to clear my debts etc!

 

thanks for all your support, and thanks C D for clearly correcting the guy. within the quotes etc, made alot of difference!

 

 

-arghh