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Hello,
the wife has received a demand for £170 through the post from Debt Recovery Service, it's only just arrived as address on log book hadn't been changed yet from when we moved house a year ago. The fine is on behalf of smart parking, for a shopping centre car park, it's claimed 2.5 months ago the car was parked, I assume went over time as it doesn't say by how much etc and we can't remember who was driving that long back.
As log book is still registered at old address this is the first we've heard of it, looking online, advice is to not communicate with DRS at all, they just keep sending threatening letters etc.
Should we take this up with smart parking asking to provide proof of how much over time and to identify who was driving etc? or should we just ignore as it's unlikely to go any further? I'm not paying £170 for car being parked too long if that's the case!
the wife has received a demand for £170 through the post from Debt Recovery Service, it's only just arrived as address on log book hadn't been changed yet from when we moved house a year ago. The fine is on behalf of smart parking, for a shopping centre car park, it's claimed 2.5 months ago the car was parked, I assume went over time as it doesn't say by how much etc and we can't remember who was driving that long back.
As log book is still registered at old address this is the first we've heard of it, looking online, advice is to not communicate with DRS at all, they just keep sending threatening letters etc.
Should we take this up with smart parking asking to provide proof of how much over time and to identify who was driving etc? or should we just ignore as it's unlikely to go any further? I'm not paying £170 for car being parked too long if that's the case!
Supernova190188 said:
Hello,
the wife has received a demand for £170 through the post from Debt Recovery Service, it's only just arrived as address on log book hadn't been changed yet from when we moved house a year ago. The fine is on behalf of smart parking, for a shopping centre car park, it's claimed 2.5 months ago the car was parked, I assume went over time as it doesn't say by how much etc and we can't remember who was driving that long back.
As log book is still registered at old address this is the first we've heard of it, looking online, advice is to not communicate with DRS at all, they just keep sending threatening letters etc.
Should we take this up with smart parking asking to provide proof of how much over time and to identify who was driving etc? or should we just ignore as it's unlikely to go any further? I'm not paying £170 for car being parked too long if that's the case!
Doesn't matter who was driving they have a vehicle with a plate registered to your wife failing to comply with the terms under which the car park was used. I bet the fine was small but the majority of what they want now includes their fees for escalating beyond providing the opportunity to pony up months ago. the wife has received a demand for £170 through the post from Debt Recovery Service, it's only just arrived as address on log book hadn't been changed yet from when we moved house a year ago. The fine is on behalf of smart parking, for a shopping centre car park, it's claimed 2.5 months ago the car was parked, I assume went over time as it doesn't say by how much etc and we can't remember who was driving that long back.
As log book is still registered at old address this is the first we've heard of it, looking online, advice is to not communicate with DRS at all, they just keep sending threatening letters etc.
Should we take this up with smart parking asking to provide proof of how much over time and to identify who was driving etc? or should we just ignore as it's unlikely to go any further? I'm not paying £170 for car being parked too long if that's the case!
They might go away or they might take you to court if you ignore it, either way the amount they want will only increase if you don't engage with them and they continue to pursue the Mrs
Supernova190188 said:
Hello,
the wife has received a demand for £170 through the post from Debt Recovery Service, it's only just arrived as address on log book hadn't been changed yet from when we moved house a year ago. The fine is on behalf of smart parking, for a shopping centre car park, it's claimed 2.5 months ago the car was parked, I assume went over time as it doesn't say by how much etc and we can't remember who was driving that long back.
As log book is still registered at old address this is the first we've heard of it, looking online, advice is to not communicate with DRS at all, they just keep sending threatening letters etc.
Should we take this up with smart parking asking to provide proof of how much over time and to identify who was driving etc? or should we just ignore as it's unlikely to go any further? I'm not paying £170 for car being parked too long if that's the case!
I shouldn't worry about it.the wife has received a demand for £170 through the post from Debt Recovery Service, it's only just arrived as address on log book hadn't been changed yet from when we moved house a year ago. The fine is on behalf of smart parking, for a shopping centre car park, it's claimed 2.5 months ago the car was parked, I assume went over time as it doesn't say by how much etc and we can't remember who was driving that long back.
As log book is still registered at old address this is the first we've heard of it, looking online, advice is to not communicate with DRS at all, they just keep sending threatening letters etc.
Should we take this up with smart parking asking to provide proof of how much over time and to identify who was driving etc? or should we just ignore as it's unlikely to go any further? I'm not paying £170 for car being parked too long if that's the case!
Not your problem.
bad company said:
If it were me and the letter was addressed to a former address I’d be inclined to ignore it.
Don't understand how anybody can leave it a year to change an address.Doubt that excuse will go down well with however you end up talking to about it.
If it hasn't been changed for over a year, how did you get the roadfund for it?
Drumroll said:
Don't understand how anybody can leave it a year to change an address.
Doubt that excuse will go down well with however you end up talking to about it.
If it hasn't been changed for over a year, how did you get the roadfund for it?
Driving licences were changed, logbook forgotten about due to having a difficult year and not being at forefront of mind. Doubt that excuse will go down well with however you end up talking to about it.
If it hasn't been changed for over a year, how did you get the roadfund for it?
Tax is on direct debit so automatically goes out.
Drumroll said:
Don't understand how anybody can leave it a year to change an address.
Doubt that excuse will go down well with however you end up talking to about it.
If it hasn't been changed for over a year, how did you get the roadfund for it?
old house owner still had DVLA mail after 3 years and i kept telling them by email and they kept coming to collect it - some people just want to watch the world burnDoubt that excuse will go down well with however you end up talking to about it.
If it hasn't been changed for over a year, how did you get the roadfund for it?
Its not a fine btw,i think the more popular and appropriate term is 'speculative invoice'
I got a parking charge notice slapped on my windscreen from a private parking company last august,for parking in a supermarket car park without paying.
I just pulled it off the windscreen,crumpled it up and binned it.
I received a couple of letters from them over the next couple of months but just binned them without opening them and I did not communicate with them whatsoever,and haven't heard anything from them since.
Same thing happened with my motorbike a few years back as well
Having no communication with them is the thing that frustrates and impedes them the most.
I got a parking charge notice slapped on my windscreen from a private parking company last august,for parking in a supermarket car park without paying.
I just pulled it off the windscreen,crumpled it up and binned it.
I received a couple of letters from them over the next couple of months but just binned them without opening them and I did not communicate with them whatsoever,and haven't heard anything from them since.
Same thing happened with my motorbike a few years back as well
Having no communication with them is the thing that frustrates and impedes them the most.
wildone63 said:
for parking in a supermarket car park without paying.
I just pulled it off the windscreen,crumpled it up and binned it.
Just out of interest did you pay for your goods in the shop or just go through the self serve till and not pay ?I just pulled it off the windscreen,crumpled it up and binned it.
How do you decide which services to pay for?
If you get a beer in a bar do you just walk off without paying like you did with the car park charge ?
Maybe that's why the BIB cba doing anything about low value shoplifting now according to various reports.
speedyguy said:
Just out of interest did you pay for your goods in the shop or just go through the self serve till and not pay ?
How do you decide which services to pay for?
If you get a beer in a bar do you just walk off without paying like you did with the car park charge ?
Maybe that's why the BIB cba doing anything about low value shoplifting now according to various reports.
Exactly what I thought.How do you decide which services to pay for?
If you get a beer in a bar do you just walk off without paying like you did with the car park charge ?
Maybe that's why the BIB cba doing anything about low value shoplifting now according to various reports.
speedyguy said:
Just out of interest did you pay for your goods in the shop or just go through the self serve till and not pay ?
How do you decide which services to pay for?
If you get a beer in a bar do you just walk off without paying like you did with the car park charge ?
Maybe that's why the BIB cba doing anything about low value shoplifting now according to various reports.
I didn't actually go into the supermarket,and I would have paid for parking How do you decide which services to pay for?
If you get a beer in a bar do you just walk off without paying like you did with the car park charge ?
Maybe that's why the BIB cba doing anything about low value shoplifting now according to various reports.
had I known it was a pay and display carpark
,it was in a town 20 miles from where I live
and the same supermarket in my home town doesn't charge for parking
and obviously no...I don't walk off without paying for a beer in a bar
wildone63 said:
I didn't actually go into the supermarket,and I would have paid for parking
had I known it was a pay and display carpark
,it was in a town 20 miles from where I live
and the same supermarket in my home town doesn't charge for parking
and obviously no...I don't walk off without paying for a beer in a bar
Sounds like you made a mistake but I don’t see why that should cost you £170.had I known it was a pay and display carpark
,it was in a town 20 miles from where I live
and the same supermarket in my home town doesn't charge for parking
and obviously no...I don't walk off without paying for a beer in a bar
Just beware OP, IF they do take it to court, and the court agree with them however unlikely, you get a CCJ. This then restricts your ability to get loans, mortgages and any other type of credit to the sort of rates/products that cost way more than £170 extra to service.
If it were me, I couldn’t leave it to chance, I’d contact them, have a row, and if I couldn’t get out of it, try to negotiate and settle before it got worse
If it were me, I couldn’t leave it to chance, I’d contact them, have a row, and if I couldn’t get out of it, try to negotiate and settle before it got worse
wildone63 said:
speedyguy said:
Just out of interest did you pay for your goods in the shop or just go through the self serve till and not pay ?
How do you decide which services to pay for?
If you get a beer in a bar do you just walk off without paying like you did with the car park charge ?
Maybe that's why the BIB cba doing anything about low value shoplifting now according to various reports.
I didn't actually go into the supermarket,and I would have paid for parking How do you decide which services to pay for?
If you get a beer in a bar do you just walk off without paying like you did with the car park charge ?
Maybe that's why the BIB cba doing anything about low value shoplifting now according to various reports.
had I known it was a pay and display carpark
,it was in a town 20 miles from where I live
and the same supermarket in my home town doesn't charge for parking
and obviously no...I don't walk off without paying for a beer in a bar
Even better you went in and used/abused the supermarket car park without patronising their store.
Maybe there's a valid reason they charge at one store and not the other and you are part of that reason ?
It was a valid question.
daytona355 said:
Just beware OP, IF they do take it to court, and the court agree with them however unlikely, you get a CCJ. This then restricts your ability to get loans, mortgages and any other type of credit to the sort of rates/products that cost way more than £170 extra to service.
If it were me, I couldn’t leave it to chance, I’d contact them, have a row, and if I couldn’t get out of it, try to negotiate and settle before it got worse
A County Court judgment only appears as a negative credit hit if you do not pay the sum ordered. If it were me, I couldn’t leave it to chance, I’d contact them, have a row, and if I couldn’t get out of it, try to negotiate and settle before it got worse
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