UKPC parking invoice - tesco Faraday retail park,Coatbank Street, Coatbridge. ML5 3SQ scotland

[triumffan]

Hi guys,

I got one of these from UKPC for allegedly parking in contravention of their regulations in Faraday retail park in SEPTEMBER 2007.

After corresponding with them and then Hunter Forrest, their henchmen, over a couple of months I eventually got the financial services ombudsman involved and all correspondence stopped.

So I was also surprised to receive a formal notice letter from CCS Enforcement Services Ltd. yesterday requesting payment by close of business on 11.02.10.

Mine however is only for £105.24!! anybody want a bargain ha ha.

Anyway I know that these companies sell each other "bad debt" for a nominal sum so I can only guess that CCS have bought the "bad debtors" from Hunter Forrest and are having a go.

[lamma]

they didn't buy a 'bad debt' - there is no debt. They bought a victims list.

[crem]

they didn't buy a 'bad debt' - there is no debt. They bought a victims list.

 

True about the bad debt bit, but looks like the "victims" list isn't accurate coz it doesn't look like triumffan intends being a victim.

[buzby]

The usual deal is the price for the list gets less as some settle and others ignore. I gather it can start at 75p/name, and fall to be 10p/name based on the date claimed to be outstanding. The fact these 'vritual' debts can be traded in this way just shows you there is nothing people are prepared to sell/buy in order to make a living.

[dojj]

Hi guys,

I got one of these from UKPC for allegedly parking in contravention of their regulations in Faraday retail park in SEPTEMBER 2007.

After corresponding with them and then Hunter Forrest, their henchmen, over a couple of months I eventually got the financial services ombudsman involved and all correspondence stopped.

So I was also surprised to receive a formal notice letter from CCS Enforcement Services Ltd. yesterday requesting payment by close of business on 11.02.10.

Mine however is only for £105.24!! anybody want a bargain ha ha.

Anyway I know that these companies sell each other "bad debt" for a nominal sum so I can only guess that CCS have bought the "bad debtors" from Hunter Forrest and are having a go.

 

having been directed to this site from another, i have read a lot of posts and have to say that you beat mine by 2 months

 

they are chasing me for "stopping" in a car park in november 2007 and i got, word for word, the same letter through the post yesterday

the ammount though is £153.50

i'm somewhat annoyed about it but, after reading a lot of the other posts on the subject, it seems that doing nothign is the best option

other than write them a letter telling them i've recieved their letter and going to do sod all about it?

or just wait for them to show up? if they do?

 

the basics of mine where that you have to drive across one car park in order to get to the other one, but seeing as there is only space for one car to get in and out at either end, you have to manouver about a bit in the park, which is against their rules as apprently "you must procced through the car park without stopping and that upon entering the car park you have read and agreed to the terms and conditions"

when the police/council/legal peeps looked at it they said that there were lots of thigns wrong with it:

parking is not the same as stopping

you cannot comply with the rules if you have to stop to avoid an accident with anotehr vehicle

you can't have read the rules if it's the first instance of provcceding thorugh the car park

etc

 

so ignoring them and telling them to jog on is the way to go yes?

[crem]

 

so ignoring them and telling them to jog on is the way to go yes?

 

well you can't do both can you! You either have to ignore them OR tell them to jog on.

 

Ignoring is the strongly recommended route in CAG.

[lamma]

I don't know how anyone can ignore them AND tell them to jog on. Just ignore them. This dredging of old tickets is a sure sign that takings are down, I am almost crying for them

[dojj]

ok then, i shall ignore them until another letter makes an appearance

 

but what i don't understand is who employs these charlatans in the first place

 

if i was genuinly illegally parked i would have payed the fine, but the system is designed to maximise the number of peole they "catch" breaking their decidedly currpt rules

 

surely the government can, inbetween financing themselves by way of expensies and ignoring the common joe out on the street, find some one to create new legislation to either bring these companies to book or close them down altogether

 

the fact that you can pay a fee to get the dvla to fess up who owns the car is nothing short of scandalous

[letshelp]

ok then, i shall ignore them until another letter makes an appearance

 

I would suggest that you ignore that too.

 

if i was genuinly illegally parked i would have payed the fine,

 

You cannot be illegally parked on a private car park, and there is NO fine just a begging letter.

 

surely the government can, inbetween financing themselves by way of expensies and ignoring the common joe out on the street, find some one to create new legislation to either bring these companies to book or close them down altogether

 

The last thing you want is government iterference, look at the mess they make of anything they get involved with.

 

the fact that you can pay a fee to get the dvla to fess up who owns the car is nothing short of scandalous

 

The don't have the owner information only the registered keepers details which could be someone completely different.

 

regards

[cazcounty]

Hi guys,

I got one of these from UKPC for allegedly parking in contravention of their regulations in Faraday retail park in SEPTEMBER 2007.

After corresponding with them and then Hunter Forrest, their henchmen, over a couple of months I eventually got the financial services ombudsman involved and all correspondence stopped.

So I was also surprised to receive a formal notice letter from CCS Enforcement Services Ltd. yesterday requesting payment by close of business on 11.02.10.

Mine however is only for £105.24!! anybody want a bargain ha ha.

Anyway I know that these companies sell each other "bad debt" for a nominal sum so I can only guess that CCS have bought the "bad debtors" from Hunter Forrest and are having a go.

 

damn...that beat mine by a good few months!

i wonder if bankbustermum got another?

[Gazzanew]

I also had the same letter on the same day as everyone else from CSS and the way I look at it is if UKPC could have taken me to court for the alleged illegal parking fine they would have done it 2 years ago !!!!

[triumffan]

Hi guys,

GOOD NEWS....I have just received a letter from CCS this morning telling me to ignore their previous correspondence as the debt referred to has been cancelled and returned to UKPC. They also go on to apologise for any distress that may have been caused.

Thank goodness I hadn't yet sent that cheque that I wrote yesterday.... Aye right!!

I'm sure you can all expect similar.

[Conniff]

Thank goodness I hadn't yet sent that cheque that I wrote yesterday.... Aye right!!

 

If the cheque had an additional amount as a tip, you should send it anyway.

[cazcounty]

Hi guys,

GOOD NEWS....I have just received a letter from CCS this morning telling me to ignore their previous correspondence as the debt referred to has been cancelled and returned to UKPC. They also go on to apologise for any distress that may have been caused.

Thank goodness I hadn't yet sent that cheque that I wrote yesterday.... Aye right!!

I'm sure you can all expect similar.

 

yes same letter today...

hope they sent loads out...

thatll be 80p for the 2 letters itll have cost them.

these firms are a joke,

UKPC is a total joke.

[sakoni2001]

Just thinking aloud here:

 

What if we all send their letters back en masse with 'Return to Sender' written on the envelope.

 

Probably, won't achieve much, but it will increase their workload.

[Conniff]

I don't know how anyone can ignore them AND tell them to jog on. Just ignore them. This dredging of old tickets is a sure sign that takings are down, I am almost crying for them

 

I wouldn't think they are on the bones at all though. Just 1,000 tickets nationwide being paid brings in something like £80,000 per day which over a 7 day week will bring in £29,200,000 per year. They are on a good racket and they know it even if there are some who don't pay, that will definately be in the minority and these companies in the money.

[buzzard10]

Ha! Guess what? I got one too, but somehow I wasn't too surprised!

[crem]

If the cheque had an additional amount as a tip, you should send it anyway.

 

Whats the etiquete value for a PPC tip? I think in restaurants it's 10 to 20%, I'm guessing for a PPC the tip should be about -100% :lol:

[nick_online]

Has anyone received a phone call from these people?

 

I've been told that their debt collectors phone my girlfriends parents house with regards to this - http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences/63235-ukpc-parking-fine-97.html#post2643090

[letshelp]

I have just received a letter from CCS this morning telling me to ignore their previous correspondence as the debt referred to has been cancelled and returned to UKPC. .

Debt, what debt?

They live in another planet.

regards

[dojj]

i got the same letter this morning

 

i feel like i've taken some illegal drugs lol!!!

[Andy77799]

What though if we all appealed for the sake of a stamp? wouldn`t it cost the LOTS in trying to get us to cough up?

 

Cost thej lots more then the 26p it costs us just for a laugh???

 

How can we hit them harder...............?

[nikangie]

Hi...i've also received a parking ticket from UKPC whilst visiting tesco. I have appealed, unsuccessfully (no surprise there)...but in appealing I fear I may have implicated myself as the driver rather than just the registered vehicle keeper. Is there any advice anyone 'in the know' can give on this...can I still maintain that I wont pay and that the 'contract is with the driver and not the registered keeper' as indicated in earlier postings?

I absolutley dont want to pay these [problematic] but dont want to jeopardise my credit rating.....help !!!

[cazcounty]

with ukpc the general opinion is to file their letter under BIN.

youll have lots of fun yet though...youll get a nice set of letters.

they cant win though , so youve just got to keep your nerve even though theyll make a few empty threats.

[Andy77799]

Nicangie: I did the same in my appeal before finding this site.

 

Don`t worry about it, just ignore ignore ignore.

 

All the same really, you may get a few more letters than normal but just ignore and laugh at them.