Athens Security/ Debt Recovery Plus

[GreenE]

ah help!

 

Last year I got a parking fine for being in a private car park in from Athens Servcies Ltd / AAS Parking.

 

After looking on forums such as this I decided not to pay.

 

However the parking fine is in my Mothers name and she has just received a letter from small claims solicitors

say that £149.99 need to be paid now or it will go to county court judgement.

 

Understandably she isn't keen on having her name to the fine.

 

So I decided to call debt recovery plus and offer then a a much lower amount or set up a payment plan as I can't afford the full amount.

 

They refused and said I had to pay the full amount or I will be sent to court.

 

So now I'm wondering what to do? WIll they send me to court do you think?

 

And are they really allowed to refuse me a payment plan?

 

I'm very confused and a bit stressed by it all so would really appreciate any advice.

 

Thanks

[silverfox1961]

Hi and welcome to CAG

 

You say Athens. Sure you don't mean Athena?

 

 

can you name the solicitor and give a brief detail of the letter

[GreenE]

Definitely Athens.

 

THe letter is from Small Claims Solicitors.

 

The letter says it is acting for Athens Secutiry Services Ltd T/AAS Parkins and are instructed to recover the following debt (£149.99)

 

You have failed to clear the above balance despite several letters from our clinets requesting payment.

 

Unless our client recieves full payment from you in the next 14 days, Athens security services ltd T/AAS parking may isssue legal proceedings aganist you and obatin a Country Court Judgement for the sums owed, plus the legal costs.

 

In the event that a country court judgement is obtained against you and the payment is not made, our client will consider all enforcement options, which shall result in furthur legal costs, including but not limited to:

Instructing county court bailiffs/high court enforcement officers to attend your address and remove goods to the value of the debt and costs owed

Applying for an attachment of earnings order, requiring your employer to deduct sums from your wage and pay them directly to our client.

 

if you wish to avoid the steps outlined please contact our client's debt recovery agents, Debt Recovery Plus.

 

The website at the bottom of the letter is thesmallclaimsservice.co.uk

[renegadeimp]

Post the letter up and edit out all personal info. Convert the letter to PDF before uploading.

 

Also notice the use of if, may, might. In any case, it is NEVER a good idea to ignore a Parking charge notice anymore. The companies have wised up to the fact people know their rights so are becoming a lot more litigious, even though they know they will lose the claim on a decent defence.

[silverfox1961]

AH yes. A S Parking. I did get confused.

 

Now, they are threatening legal action, not saying they will so to slap them down I would be sending a letter stating that any liability is denied and if they choose to litigate, you will fully defend.

 

I take it you ignored all other correspondence from A S and DR+ (not good advice nowadays)

[GreenE]

[ATTACH]51012[/ATTACH]

 

Hope I've managed to attach that!

 

So when I write to them who's name shall I put on the letter? My mothers who's the letter is address to or me, the one who's responsible for the fine?

[GreenE]

[ATTACH=CONFIG]51013[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]51013[/ATTACH]

[silverfox1961]

Try this method as jpegs are too small

 

et your default scan page size to A4 less than 300DPI [150 will do]

scan the required letters/agreements/sheets - as a picture[jpg] file

don't forget you can use a mobile phone or a digital camera too!!

'

BUT......

ENSURE: remove all pers info inc. barcodes etc

but leave all monetary figures and dates.

.

************************* ************************* *******

{DO NOT USE A BIRO OR PEN OR USE SEE THRU TAPE OR LABELS]

************************* ************************* ***********

.

DO IT IN MSPAINT.EXE or any photo editing program

goto one of the many free online pdf converter websites ...

http://freejpgtopdf.com/

http://www.convert-jpg-to-pdf.net/

..

if you have multiple scans/pics

put them in a word doc FIRST and convert that to PDF

or http://www.freepdfconvert.com/

or

use www.pdfmerge.com

 

convert existing PC files to PDF [office has an installable print to PDF option]

..

it would be better to upload a multipage pdf if

you have many images too rather than many single pdfs

.

or if you have PDF as an installed printer drive use that

or use word and save as pdf

try and logically name your file so people know what it is.

though DONT USE BANK NAMES or CAGicon in the title

i'e Default notice DDicon-mm-yyyy

.

open a new msg box here

hit go advanced below the msg box

hit manage attachments below that box

hit the add files button on the top right

hit select files, navigate to your file on your pc

hit upload files

...

YOU DONT have to put a link to the attachment in the msg box..just upload it ..job done

.

[GreenE]

try this

Edited May 19, 2014 by GreenE
wrong link

[dx100uk]

firstly

it is NOT A FINE

 

nowhere does it say that on any letters

 

read them carefully.

 

can you tell us exactly when last year this was please

 

if you've left it all this time

 

then its reasonably safe to continue to ignore now

 

though ideally you should have replied to the notice to keeper you

should have had between 28-56 days after the speculative invoice.

 

dx

[GreenE]

it was on 15/4/13

 

I'm not sure where all their other letters are, think they may have gone into the recycling.....

 

I phoned DR+ this morning, was that the wrong thing to do? The woman on the phone was pretty intimidating (and very rude!) and was saying it will go to court. Is this possible?

[dx100uk]

its a years old !!

 

totally ignore them now

 

no don't phone them

 

they'll fleece you blind.

 

dx

[renegadeimp]

Arent DR+ that company that is in a portacabin in a pub car park?

[GreenE]

I've sent them a letter saying that the debt is denied and asking them not to contact me again. Hopefully that was the right thing to do, fingers crossed that's the last I hear from them. Thank you for all your help.

[ericsbrother]

DR+ have less right to ask for money than a street beggar. At least the beggar is truthful.