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ok, it's my first post so be gentle 
the basics are as follows:
there is a car park that is covered by one of these funny companies that take pictures of people who go across them and send out fines, uk parking control ltd
seeing as someone was blocking the car park, we had to do some manourvers to get across it to get to the premises that i was going to, it's a builders yard but you've got to cros the neighbouring car park to access the entrance to it
the first ticket i got stated that there was a fine of £150 that had to be paid as i was parked in the car park without permission
the picture they sent showed me with the reverse lights on and the brake lights on waiting to back out of the space i'd pulled into to let the other cars/vans out
so i wrote back saying that i hadn't parked
they wrote back saying that there were plenty of signs up so i had to pay the fine
i wrote back saying that there were no signs, only one that said if you parked illegally you've get clobbered with a £75 fine, not the £150 they were charging me with
they wrote back saying that if there was no additional evidence to proove i wasn't parked then the fine stood
i wrote back asking them to provide addition evidence that i was actually parked
the next letter was from hunter forrest and co (on behalf of ccs enforcement servies)saying that the total fine was now £153.50
so i wrote back to them to say that there were no grounds to issue the parking ticket in the first place
they wrote back to me asking for further details in writing
with a phone number to contact in case there was anything that was unclear
tis was dated 30th jan 2008
i'm aware of speaking to someone at the time and they agreed that there wa no case to answer and that i would recive a letter stating this
yesterday morning i got a letter from ccs saying that the outstanding payment needed to be paid in full by the 11th or they would take legal action
right then, what do i do?
pay up?
do i wait and take it to court?
do i wait and they take it to court without telling me and then come around being nasty?
soemthing else?
i've asked in several different fourms but the basics are that i wasn't parked so why should i pay?
if it cgoes to court i feel that it's going to be a win for me
but after reading some of the story's about certain ballif companies, it doesn't seem to be easy to stop them once they get on your case
which is why i've turned to you folks to find out the best course of action
i've read a few of the posts but i can't understand what some of the legal stuff means
so would like a nice simple answer if that is at all possible
thank you in advance
the basics are as follows:
there is a car park that is covered by one of these funny companies that take pictures of people who go across them and send out fines, uk parking control ltd
seeing as someone was blocking the car park, we had to do some manourvers to get across it to get to the premises that i was going to, it's a builders yard but you've got to cros the neighbouring car park to access the entrance to it
the first ticket i got stated that there was a fine of £150 that had to be paid as i was parked in the car park without permission
the picture they sent showed me with the reverse lights on and the brake lights on waiting to back out of the space i'd pulled into to let the other cars/vans out
so i wrote back saying that i hadn't parked
they wrote back saying that there were plenty of signs up so i had to pay the fine
i wrote back saying that there were no signs, only one that said if you parked illegally you've get clobbered with a £75 fine, not the £150 they were charging me with
they wrote back saying that if there was no additional evidence to proove i wasn't parked then the fine stood
i wrote back asking them to provide addition evidence that i was actually parked
the next letter was from hunter forrest and co (on behalf of ccs enforcement servies)saying that the total fine was now £153.50
so i wrote back to them to say that there were no grounds to issue the parking ticket in the first place
they wrote back to me asking for further details in writing
with a phone number to contact in case there was anything that was unclear
tis was dated 30th jan 2008
i'm aware of speaking to someone at the time and they agreed that there wa no case to answer and that i would recive a letter stating this
yesterday morning i got a letter from ccs saying that the outstanding payment needed to be paid in full by the 11th or they would take legal action
right then, what do i do?
pay up?
do i wait and take it to court?
do i wait and they take it to court without telling me and then come around being nasty?
soemthing else?
i've asked in several different fourms but the basics are that i wasn't parked so why should i pay?
if it cgoes to court i feel that it's going to be a win for me
but after reading some of the story's about certain ballif companies, it doesn't seem to be easy to stop them once they get on your case
which is why i've turned to you folks to find out the best course of action
i've read a few of the posts but i can't understand what some of the legal stuff means
so would like a nice simple answer if that is at all possiblethank you in advance
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