16 Apr 2020 12:53:22
Just got a letter from asda car park back of broomloan from 2018. baliffs this time though from england. Can only presume with this virus and lack of fines coming in they have decided to chase up old ones. Wondering if anybody else has had one through?

1.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 13:00:42
I've had loads of them from that Asda, Paul. They all go right i'm the bottom of the bin!

2.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 13:08:31
Yeah av had a few over the years mate and always went right in the bin but this letter is different. Its from the baliffs off the telly programme. High court enforcement. can't pay we will take it away haha. didn't think the were legal up in scotland?

3.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 14:31:42
Defo not legal in Scotland probs just using company In hope of scaring people to pay.

4.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 14:32:26
Paul putin bin, do not make any contact with them, that’s the important bit.

5.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 14:33:45
Paul just read last bit off your post. legislation has changed in Scotland, but sure it was after 2018
Google it.

6.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 14:50:46
If its an Asda private car park and not a council car park then then you have not committed an offence. If it was council or Police (double yellow on a road) then you would have to pay or face criminal proceedings. However as Asda is neither you have not broken any law just not keep up with part of the contract you agree to fulfill when you enter a private car park. This is civil law not criminal law and is not a police matter.

The car park owner/ operator will chase you for the fine at first and offer a reduction if payed within 14 days, if that fails they pass to a debt recovery company who will turn up the heat, implying they will do this and that but have no power at all and can only go back to the owner/ operator and advise they couldn't recover the breech of contract.

It would then be up to the owner/ operator to take you to civil court where you would have to show why your not paying the breach of contract fee, unless you have a valid reason, it would go against you with probably a hefty fine levy by the court. They have taken folks to court before as an example and usually the debt recovery firm will fly this flag to scare you with an example but it is highly unlikely court will ever happen.

If you keep ignoring nothing will happen unless as I said they take you to court. This only applies in Scotland. FYI there is a bill going through SCO GOV to regulate this industry to stop this type of thing. Hope that helps. PS valid reason means valid reason not it wasn't me gov. If the signs were poor or obscured this would be a valid reason.

7.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 15:44:31
Paul86, have none of your mates got any wild dogs mate, if so get a loan off them then let the dogs run about in the front garden. i'd imagine that will work, lol,

8.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 15:52:27
I was a manager in Morrisons for years they can’t enforce any supermarket car park parking tickets in Scotland so as the guys said. bin it!

9.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 16:09:31
Think this sounds like a virus scam, there is supposed to be a lot of it about.

{Ed033's Note - Yes, there's a virus scam about for sure.

10.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 16:55:49
Paul86, as tjbb has pointed out mate, its a private car park, there's nowt they can do, I've had about ten stuck on windscreen up at the forte, I've took the ticket off the window and threw it away in front of these parking ticket men, what can they do? ,

11.) 16 Apr 2020
16 Apr 2020 17:24:25
Cheers for all the info guys.

12.) 17 Apr 2020
17 Apr 2020 06:45:02
Get them in ayr all the time when I leave the car in fat Mike's sports direct car park. Wipe your arse with it mate had at least a dozen in last couple of years, would cost them more than the fines worth to go to civil court, the letters only go out as it would amaze you the amount of people who get scared into paying. It's an absolute racket mate.

13.) 17 Apr 2020
17 Apr 2020 13:13:36
Herwego55, the way it works is they threating the car owner with court costs, and some do pay there daft fines, but these car park companies think to themselfs . if we can't get a score of these drivers what chance have we got of getting court case money from them? if any of these companies where daft enough to take anybody to court, the defendent would offer to pay the court money at fifty pence a week, as that's all you can afford, that's like 26 pound a year, how many years would it take to pay the debt, ', achccce just forget it, lol, that's about the just of it mate, take it from this auld heed, blank the fine, paul.