I received a letter from DCBL regarding multiple unpaid parking charges on 28/6/25 with the date on the letter marked as 16/6/25. I was told that I had 14 days from the date of the letter to make payment or contact the company with the ultimatum that legal action would be recommended against me. Thus, I only had 2 days to do so.
The parking charges were linked to my old car's registration number which was registered to my previous address of which I am no longer a resident. As a result, this is the first contact I have been aware of. I am now facing £2550 worth of charges (15 tickets where they added a £70 fee on) of which would not have added up if I had known about the first one as I would have paid it. I will own to being naive as I had been told that the car park had an hour free rule. This is my fault for not checking the signage. However, as I said, had I known about the first parking charge, I would have paid it and not made the same mistake.
I am now extremely unsure of what to do as I have contacted them to explain the situation but have been told by others that I should ignore it. I cannot afford it and would own up to it had I blatantly ignored the original letters, however this is not the case. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
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