I have the ability to be in 2 places at once
 

Well I must have as I just received a letter from a debt collection agency saying that I failed to display a ticket on my motorbike at 19:58 on Friday 2nd September at Havelock Holdings. Please pay them £144.

Except I haven't ridden my bike since July.

And Havelock Holdings appear to be based in Leicester whereas I was out with the Soho Massive that evening, Raving Mavis even gave me a lift to Soho from Lord's and then I got the train home, to Essex, where my bike was safely locked in my garage.

Idiots. They reckon that after I failed to pay the first few demands they got my details from the DVLA. Just spoken to the agency on the phone and they are now going to look into it. I might just let them take me to court then ask for compensation for wasting my time and phone bill.

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Reg plate been cloned?

There was a bloke on the local news not so long ago, who hadn't ever been to the places his car had apparently been parked illegally. The car had been all over the South...... he'd not stepped foot out of Yorkshire, and had racked up some hefty fines.

I would seriously consider looking into it deeply, if the agency refuse to budge.

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The chap on the phone said it's possible someone wrote the reg down wrong. I have a personalised plate which includes LPH and I've only had it a year. Maybe it's whoever owned the plate before me.

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Its not impossible for a mistake to be made or for it to be who ever owned the plate before. However, quick answer to that would be, the ticket was issued on Friday 2nd September(I'm assuming 2011) and you say you've had the plate a year......?

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Don't worry it's a private parking company they just give up in the end, we've never paid one of these even when we've done the deed, just ignore them.

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Yes. Got it for my 40th but didn't switch it over til March when my tax was due.

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check your credit record afterwards and make sure that they have lifted all records of said matter. if you don't get them to rectify it there and then it can be a nightmare. you have been warned :smt064

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+1, just ignore them as they have no way in law to fine you even if you have parked outside of their terms and conditions.

I never pay when I park at our local hospital and I'm damned if I ever will. Had loads of tickets, never paid one of them.

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Can we get away with it because its, for example, not cost effective for the private company to pursue through some type of prosecution or

is it legal to issue tickets/ fines via a private deployed company but the Govt haven't put any legislation/ prosecution mechanism behind it?

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I never had any intention of paying. But I'm interested to know how they got my reg plate mixed up. I'll be asking for photographic evidence and written confirmation that my address is removed from any credit references as this is a debt collection company who are pursuing me.