Smart Parking (T&CP) Anyone come accross these clowns

[oldpink]

my mate just got a Parking Ticket Speculative invoice for overstaying the 2 hr limit in Asda
I've told him to ignore it but I think he's still worried, a quick read up on a few sites says I'm right and they will follow the usual route of letters then debt collectors
and threatened with court action, but I have read that only Asda's lawyers can instigate court proceedings which by all accounts
very rarely happens as its not cost effective to the company's

apparently of the 1.8million tickets issued by these company's only 800 odd cases went to court in 2011

any BCF members came across these cowboy highway robbers if so what was your outcome
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[Musketeer]

I have 3 ongoing cases like this. Car registered in my name so all the letters come to me.. it's gone a bit quiet with them recently after months of ignoring them. I will ignore everything except court summons.
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[Rogerborg]

Where is your mate?

If in England, do not ignore it. The hilariously titled "Protection of Freedoms Act" turned out to be a charter legalising these thugs' extortion rackets. They've been winning court cases left, right and centre on the back of it.

I'd get over to pepipoo or parking-prankster and get some bang up to date advice about what's actually working and not working.

Synopsis:

Establish whether they're claiming it as a contractual charge or a penalty for breach of contract.
Assert insufficient and/or non-compliant signage.
Assert that they have no standing to pursue the issue.
Assert that it's not a true pre-estimate of loss.

That's the crib notes, he'll really want to get the full story. And not from TPUC or other raving Freementalists.
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[keggyhander]

I'm in England and I'm ignoring mine. Been threatened with court by Newlyn Debt Vultures. Ignored that one and got the letter saying it's been passed back to UK Parking Control. Ta Ta Newlyn.

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[Rogerborg]

[bikertomm]

I had around 12 of these (yes, 12) come through in the bad times from which I worked at the place in question..

Whilst I was parked were we should have been the monkeys didn't inform them not to ticket the certain area.

Seeing as the people in HR couldn't find their own vaginas I collected them all up just incase and ignored them.

It's been 2 years..
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