£100 illegal parking demand

Mattbigwood · Post by **Mattbigwood** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:55 pm

Therealjj91 wrote:Is it the council? They are the only ones who can actually fine you, I've had literally hundreds of £'s in fines from private companies and I've never been taken to court and some of them had a picture of my car with my reg. They will keep sending you threatening letters with big red writing saying they will take you to court etc. and they will keep ringing your phone off an unknown number, just keep ignoring the letters and don't answer the phone calls and they will eventually leave you alone, trust me

Yes, I had heard that these companies try it on and it won't stand up in a court of law. The worse bit is that I was nowhere near Birmingham on the day!

Therealjj91 · Post by **Therealjj91** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:56 pm

Seriously if it's not the council DON'T pay! You will regret it if you do, it's the the council then yeah pay up.

Post by **Merlin** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:57 pm

Therealjj91 wrote:Is it the council? They are the only ones who can actually fine you, I've had literally hundreds of £'s in fines from private companies and I've never been taken to court and some of them had a picture of my car with my reg. They will keep sending you threatening letters with big red writing saying they will take you to court etc. and they will keep ringing your phone off an unknown number, just keep ignoring the letters and don't answer the phone calls and they will eventually leave you alone, trust me

I had a similar experience with BCP. I just ignored them.

Post by **Donald** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:00 pm

Two words in a written reply to their PO box.

"Get drokked"

Therealjj91 · Post by **Therealjj91** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:06 pm

Yeah BCP was one of the companies I had.

Post by **NafemanNathan** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 3:34 pm

Donald wrote:Two words in a written reply to their PO box.

"Get drokked"

I was thinking a thin smear of something popped in an envelope

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:50 pm

I did a thread about this recently, where Lisa's car got slapped with a parking fine from a private company (can't find the post now though

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As mec says, they need to prove loss of earnings under civil losses.
Unless it was a clearly designated chargeable area to park, they have no loss of earnings anyway (mine was in a permit residents parking permit area, but where the residents permits were free issue, so there was no chance of them being able to demonstrate any loss of earnings through my actions taking up a permit space!)

They did eventually give up and stop sending threatening letters after 6 months.

I recommend that approach rather than sending anything back to them - that way they keep merrily forking out cost in in printing and postage for no outcome

The "S" express · Post by **honda-hardy** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 5:11 pm

i personally would phone 111 and report the posible cloning matt. get a crime reference number and speak to dvla. ask for a diferent regisatration number perhaps.

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:33 pm

honda-hardy wrote:i personally would phone 111 and report the posible cloning matt. get a crime reference number and speak to dvla. ask for a diferent regisatration number perhaps.

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mercutio · Post by **mercutio** » Wed Aug 13, 2014 7:03 pm

Thebusofwoe wrote:
honda-hardy wrote:i personally would phone 111 and report the posible cloning matt. get a crime reference number and speak to dvla. ask for a diferent regisatration number perhaps.
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yep that should be the first step but they are probably just scamming you taking reg's off the interweb or something