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Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
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At this point I would just ignore them.

The 'reasonable assumption that you were the driver' argument went out with flared trousers but they continue to spout this nonsense because there is no other option available to them.

These charges are virtually unenforceable in my opinion and pretty much every case gets defeated in Court when properly defended.

Come back for more advice when you receive a Letter Before Claim.

There will be begging debt letters but these are utterly powerless and meant to frighten people into paying.

VCS and Excel are the same company and, once again, they suffered another humiliating defeat in Court when a totally unqualified member of the public stood up to them and defender her corner - read about it here;

https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/excel-parking-court-defeat-8753941

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #31 on: »
Good morning

Just wondered if I could get assistance on this ongoing situation now we have had the response which I posted but I do not know what to do.

I understand I have 2 options:
a- pay the £100 twice or
b- ignore them and wait

Kind regards

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #32 on: »
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At this point I would just ignore them.

Come back for more advice when you receive a Letter Before Claim.

Have you received a Letter before Claim?

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #33 on: »
Option 'b' would appear to be the best course of action.

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #34 on: »
No we only got the email response as mentioned nothing else we have had a deadline whereby they offered to keep the lower amount extended until the 8th and the next deadline is the 22nd of July.

Thank you for helping again

Regards

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #35 on: »
Their setting of 'deadlines' is purely a technique they use to try and make you think that they are somehow in control of this situation - a form of coercive control really.

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #36 on: »
Good morning all

Hoping you could kindly help we have had a further letter and you your valued assistance



Kind regards

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #37 on: »
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Have you received a Letter before Claim?

If not (you haven’t), ignore.

In future, if you receive letters it would be helpful to know from whom they originate. Assuming it’s DCBL, then they are debt collectors and have no legal standing, they just try and make you pay with red ink and frightening words and phrases.

A Letter before Claim will be issued by a solicitor, who may be the sister company DCB Legal.
« Last Edit: August 02, 2026, 11:40:12 am by jfollows »

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #38 on: »
Yes - definitely ignore - it's just a begging debt collectors letter.

There is no debt at this moment in time - it's them who are trying to convince you there is.

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #39 on: »
I can perhaps understand to a degree, but your posts are really symptomatic of a need to have your confidence boosted, despite the advice on the law which you have received.

There is NO regulated process by which VCS could pursue the keeper*, this is purely a contract issue and as such the next prescribed step FOR THEM is to issue a Letter before Claim. However, because they can and because they know it works, this doesn't prevent them from taking whatever other steps they want, as long as they stay the right side of laws regarding coercion and threatening behaviour, and the letter you've received is a case in point.

File and ignore.

The letter you've got reminds me of what happened years ago in London when, certainly in my area, there appeared a spate of  'A' board signs advertising MASSIVE GOLF SALE'. Of course they weren't 'sales' and eventually Trading Standards got involved. So did the boards disappear? No. They simply changed the wording to MASSIVE GOLF SALE Ltd(with this being in much smaller font) and formed a company!

No one is going to stop them sending these letters because they know that they can work. They have staff who dream up ever more intimidating terms and phrases designed to scare the unwary. And if you bite at any letter by responding, this would simply incentivise them to send another.

Disengage and force them to engage with the prescribed process i.e. LBC.

*- earlier in this thread you referred to 'we' in the context of their original notice and the unknown recipient. Is the addressee on this notice and subsequent letters a person and you or perhaps a company. The vehicle's not on a lease or hired or similar, is it?

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #40 on: »
Thank you all for your valued input, I wanted to confirm that it has come from DCBL - Direct House, Greenwood Drive, Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire

Kind regards

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #41 on: »
DCBL and DCB Legal are almost but not quite the same company, and the former can be ignored whereas the latter should not be.
« Last Edit: August 02, 2026, 08:34:57 pm by jfollows »

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #42 on: »
Good afternoon

Still getting chased and need assistance with this as its just getting out of hand.

https://pdftolink.app/view/c802bca1-4423-4ea6-978b-c9537f079d8c

Kind Regards

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #43 on: »
It's another begging debt letter - ignore.

Re: VCS Leeds Bradford Airport – stopping charge – advice before paying
« Reply #44 on: »
Agreed.
What was unclear in
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DCBL and DCB Legal are almost but not quite the same company, and the former can be ignored whereas the latter should not be.
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