Chased for parking fine that never existed
Before I tell you about the awful experience. I will say that Mark was helpful. This company along with their client Smart Parking sent me a threatening letter for a parking ticket they had never issued. After informing them of the legal procedure they failed to follow and asking for evidence of the parking charge, they were unable to provide any evidence. As this was never issued the charge was cancelled by Smart Parking and I followed up with DRP because I didn't have the confidence that they would suddenly follow correct procedures. DRP still had the debt and were ready to ask me for £170. I then had to provide the evidence myself of the cancellation. These two companies try to make money through illegal charges that have never been issued with scaremongering and threats to your credit. It's a clever and illegal way of them both making money. Sell on the debt for a ticket that hasn't been paid because the client doesn't know it exists and then count on payment with an aggressive letter threatening legal action. I was only able to find the reference number for this parking ticket from the letter from DRP sent 4 months later informing me I'd ignored previous letters and notices. Neither DRP or Smart Parking could ever provide any evidence of correspondence before this date or even a parking ticket issued to me. This matter has been closed but I've had to spend time communicating with both agencies because they failed to follow any fair or legal procedures. Many parking companies and debt collectors exist and we're generally not fond of them but this experience has shown me DRP and Smart Parking are the lowest of the low and will count on people being scared into paying illegal charges.
