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The Flame Pit / Debt Recovery Letter Trace Debt - Hungarian Traffic Violation
« on: December 16, 2024, 02:59:30 pm »
I have received a letter from Trace Debt Recovery with two unpaid toll infractions from Hungary taking place on July 29th and July 30th, 2023. The demand of this posting is 30th October and 29th November 2024.
The charges for the debt recovery are 290.71 GBP and 290.75 GBP. Firstly, I'm not sure if I even committed these toll infractions to start as this allegedly happened nearly 18 months ago. I was in Hungary with my car at the time, but I do no remember the roads I was driving on so long ago. Perhaps it could have happened, but maybe it did not. Because I don't speak Hungarian, I'm not sure.
Moreover, the main reason for writing today is, this is the first notification in 18 months that I have received and it is coming from a Debt Recovery Group. I was completely unaware these two toll infractions even occurred.
Trace Debt Recovery acted as if I knew and insisted I pay nearly 600 GBP in fees immediately which I said I would not pay without further information. They simply said it would go to court.
I'm seeking advice what I should do as a next step. If I had received letters from the Hungarian Officials that a toll infraction took place in the Summer of 2023, I would have responded to it or at least made an appeal or asked for more information.
Did they not contact me because they (Hungarian Officials) do not have access to the DVLA data-base? If so, then this is flawed from the start as I wasn't given any information in the Summer of 2023.
Thank you for any information or advice.
The charges for the debt recovery are 290.71 GBP and 290.75 GBP. Firstly, I'm not sure if I even committed these toll infractions to start as this allegedly happened nearly 18 months ago. I was in Hungary with my car at the time, but I do no remember the roads I was driving on so long ago. Perhaps it could have happened, but maybe it did not. Because I don't speak Hungarian, I'm not sure.
Moreover, the main reason for writing today is, this is the first notification in 18 months that I have received and it is coming from a Debt Recovery Group. I was completely unaware these two toll infractions even occurred.
Trace Debt Recovery acted as if I knew and insisted I pay nearly 600 GBP in fees immediately which I said I would not pay without further information. They simply said it would go to court.
I'm seeking advice what I should do as a next step. If I had received letters from the Hungarian Officials that a toll infraction took place in the Summer of 2023, I would have responded to it or at least made an appeal or asked for more information.
Did they not contact me because they (Hungarian Officials) do not have access to the DVLA data-base? If so, then this is flawed from the start as I wasn't given any information in the Summer of 2023.
Thank you for any information or advice.