Excel Parking Services ticket from 2009 - now DCA's chasing me!!

[Zaizen]

Received a letter from debt collection for £150.

 

I apparently ignored previous requests for payments to a company called Excel Parking Services.

 

I cannot recall any dealings with Excel in the past year or so. I did receive a ticket from Excel in 2009 for approx £120 and on advice from members of this forum I ignored it as it was a free car park and I was on the line or perhaps half a wheel was just over I cannot really remember.

 

Reading around I find that a lot of people advise saying to ignore. However, there is a sticky that says we should not ignore.

 

What should I do? Can they chase something 5 years later? If it does not relate to that can they skip straight to Debt Collection without first contacting me? If i contact them can it negatively impact me?

[honeybee13]

Hello there.

 

What is the name of the debt collection company please?

 

HB

[Zaizen]

Hi,

 

The collection company is called Rossendales Collect

[armadillo71]

Rossendales seem to be on a major fishing exercise.

My advice would be ignore them.

 

If you get something from excel come back.

 

Any parking charge notice from before oct 2012, then only the driver can be held liable, and the PPC have to prove who that was...

[Zaizen]

Thank you for the quick reply. I shall keep this updated if anything further happens.

[jopi1]

I have also received a letter from rossendales collect saying i owe excel £150.00 and unless i pay within 7 days recovery action will commence the original parking charge notice is from 2009 do i just ignore the letter or can they take further action?

[armadillo71]

The PPCs are running scared.

They are trying to squeeze as much money out of their [problem] business model before the collapse as possible.

Any parking charge notice received before Oct 2012, only the driver can be liable for it.

It is up to the PPC to prove who the driver was...

You only need to respond to a LBA from the PPC or landowner.

 

A debt collector has no power to do anything.

[jopi1]

Shall i just ignore the letter then i don't want a debt collector coming to my door to take items to the value of the fine from excel.

[renegadeimp]

There is no fine. A Doorstep collector has no rights, and certainly cannot take ANYTHING whatsoever from you.

[DragonFly1967]

Shall i just ignore the letter then i don't want a debt collector coming to my door to take items to the value of the fine from excel.

 

Whilst they can come and knock on your door, they have absolutely no power of entry, so you can quite safely tell them to do one and ask them to leave your property. If they don't leave immediately, feel free to use whatever force is reasonable and necessary to persuade them

 

They most certainly can't take anything that belongs to you without a court order, so no need to worry about that

[honeybee13]

Shall i just ignore the letter then i don't want a debt collector coming to my door to take items to the value of the fine from excel.

 

Hello there.

 

It would be better to start your own thread rather than hijack this one. That way you can have advice tailored to your own situation.

 

HB

[ericsbrother]

there is nothing they can do after this time that will produce results for them. It could be said that the contact after a gap of 5+ years is a breach of the DPA for the storage and use of your personal data. No debt exists so why would you be considering sending these bandits any money?. Whilst it is still legal you could just warn them about your dangerous dog not being fed whilst you are on holiday!