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Advice Re Bailiffs & Clamping Car

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  • Advice Re Bailiffs & Clamping Car

    Help needed please.

    Bailiffs have already clamped my car for a disputed parking fine (I have a valid parking pass) and are threatening to tow the car unless I pay them £485. They are not offering terms and want full payment immediately. We had received no letters or notice prior to their arrival on 17 April and have been taken by surprise with the whole thing.
    I have twice sent the Council parking services who issued the ticket proof of my parking pass but I have now upset a total jobsworth there and she has said they don't care as long as they get their money, that she will not allow any negotiation and that the sooner my car is towed the happier she will be.

    I have told the bailiffs that I do not have that kind of money so they have said they will tow the car and increase the costs even more.

    If they remove the car and auction it I doubt it will cover the costs they are already demanding as it is a battered little S Reg Fiat .

    My worry is that I am the registered owner of another car ( one that my self employed husband uses for work) and the bailiffs are aware of this. Can they also clamp this car to cover further disputed costs?

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    Re: Advise Re Bailiffs & Clamping Car

    If you have a valid parking permit, why were you fined in the first place? Specifically, what reason were you given for the fine?

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    • #3
      Re: Advise Re Bailiffs & Clamping Car

      Thats been my argument too - I've always had the pass for the carpark since I began working for my employer.

      Council Parking Services saqy that there was an expired ticket on my car and that they posted a ticket notice on my windscreen, I have pointed out that I wouldnt need to purchase a ticket and that there was never a ticket notice on my windscreen. I have even taken my pass to their main office to show them but I keep being quoted Council "legaleese" and today was told I would have to pay the £485 and then dispute the ticket again and try to claim my money back.

      It feels like blackmail to me and I just don't have the money. I have been off work since mid January due to my unstable heart condition and this additional stress is not helping matters at all

      Tracy

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      • #4
        Re: Advise Re Bailiffs & Clamping Car

        This is utter rubbish. Have you asked them for proof at all? What correspondence do you have?

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