I had a parking ticket last year. I left the car park and returned in the time i'd already paid for, and they said I should have paid again. I disagreed but they decided I owed the money. Because of threatening scary letters at the time I paid £60 which was the early payment amount, as they extended the early payment time limit to allow me to appeal. I threw away the paperwork around 6 months after payment date so don't have evidence.
I hadn't heard anything else, but now A YEAR AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAYMENT I get the following letter, asking for £40, the difference between the £60 early payment and the full payment -
Despite our various communication your debt remains outstanding. Unless payment is received in full within 14 days we will unfortunately be left with no alternative but to instruct our legal department to commence proceeding.
Please be aware that we will be seeking full costs of the application together with all our legal fees in dealing with this matter.
If a judgement is obtained the options that may be available to us is as follows -
a warrant of execution
appoint court bailiffs to attend your property
seize your vehicle/goods
apply for an attachment of earning
third party debt order
It goes on but you get the gist. I don't agree that I should pay this but I'm worried they will start adding charges and this will escalate.
In addition the letter was dated 19 June and I only got it on 27th so I've hardly any time!
I think this is disgusting. I'm lucky that I won't be destitute if I pay,
but it will be painful. I'm scared of not paying. What would you do?
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Achoopichu · 29/06/2017 08:51
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