EPC Hungary Toll

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Im new so apologies if im doing anything wrong with this posting. Ive read through and found this forum extremely helpful. But just wanted to share this to help me and hopefully others.
Driving all through Europe a few months ago always bought vignettes no problem. Apart from Hungary where we allegedly bought the wrong category. We have a camper under 3.5t and picked the class that includes campers under 3.5t but apparently theres another class we should have picked. (Extremely ambiguous wording) Anyway got back to a demand off EPC. My question is do I reply to EPC telling them I won't be paying or do I simply ignore everything until the tiny chance of court summons. At which point Im confident of winning anyway. Thank you for your help and all the great work that is done on here

If you Google the firm in question you'll see plenty of examples of how they operate. I'm not aware of any cases reaching court, but equally I've not spent much time looking into them.

If it were me, I'd be curious as to what basis they used to acquire my data from DVLA.

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Thanks for the reply yes I was thinking I should probably raise it with DVLA

I should probably raise it with DVLA

If you're looking to do so, a sensible starting point might be a Subject Access Request, to see who has accessed your data, and for what purpose they told the DVLA they needed it.

When we've looked at EPC before we concluded it is a debt collector and has no authority to pursue a court claim as that can only be done by the relevant traffic tribunal/authority.

I recall an FOI to TFL asking how many or how much cases/money were enforced/recovered in Europe by court action (and not people just being scared into paying) I think the answer was none!

Thank you that's reassuring. Like I say it wasnt that I didnt pay I bought the category that I still think covers my vehicle. But obviosuly if EPC think they can make a quick buck then they'll be all over it. Im nearing the end of my 60 day appeal period. Im still in two minds whether to reply or ignore. What would your gut feeling be if you dont mind me asking?