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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: tigodog on August 18, 2025, 03:45:21 pm
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Continued aggressive chasing in the form of this letter (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mR80bCRiXjw3-wyuONJPQWnvhOAOUuw-/view?usp=drive_link) :o .
As per the previous instructions I will ignore debt collector letters and take action if/when the Letter of Claim or Claim Form is received.
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Thanks for the responses.
To clarify, I chose to ignore the notices thinking I was following the advice in the linked thread, i.e. this bit (https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/gemini-parking-solutions-gunnersbury-park/msg52247/#msg52247:~:text=You%20can%20simply%20ignore%20them%20or%20have%20a%20bit%20of%20fun%20at%20their%20expense.) - although I now realise the advice was to appeal first, then ignore the correspondence if/when they reject the appeal.
My mistake, and I understand and am sorry for the frustration caused - I respect and appreciate what the members of this site do.
Noted that I can ignore debt collectors and not Letter of Claim from solicitors, or a Claim Form from the court. Thank you.
Thanks also for removing the letter, you are correct - I had forgotten to redact the personal details.
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I note it also includes the OP's full name and home address which I assume they weren't intending to share on a public forum, so I have removed it.
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I have to say, that is a ridiculously aggressive debt collector's letter. And misleading in the extreme.
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As a general point... It is always slightly frustrating to see a case where a member has taken the time to offer advice, only for the recipient of the advice to choose to ignore it, then come back for more advice at a later date (advice they might not have needed if they'd followed the previous advice).
Back to the specifics of your case. Debt collectors can be ignored. If you receive a Letter of Claim from solicitors, or a Claim Form from the court, these must be responded to.
The matter "times out" 6 years after the date of parking. If you move house before that 6 year period ends, and the matter remains unresolved, it is sensible to write to the parking company giving them your new address.
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Thank you for the advice. I chose to ignore them and have received a few letters both from Gemini and, more recently, Debt Recovery Plus.
At what stage, if any, do I need to to do something?
Thanks again for all you do.
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Just follow the exact same advice as in the linked thread.
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Driver didn't pay for parking, I am the registered owner and received this Parking Charge Notice (https://imgur.com/a/fKdZxDV)
Contravention date - 1st August 2025
Notice issue date - 11th August 2025
PCN received - ~15th August 2025
Parked here (https://maps.app.goo.gl/94YN6LBhhhV1ev4b7). There is signage but driver missed it on way to sports centre.
I've seen this previously won case (https://www.ftla.uk/private-parking-tickets/gemini-parking-solutions-gunnersbury-park/msg52247/#msg52247), would I be able to use the same appeal wording?
Thanks in advance.