Diamond Parking ticket turns into Collection

[Matsuda]

I get those letters to, I let Tenshi shred them =)

[SeedBNR]

Those fuckers at wiggins keep calling my house every morning

[Cillu]

Block their number, bro.

[asr]

Originally Posted by SeedBNR

Those fuckers at wiggins keep calling my house every morning

After the DPS guy random ticket some vehicles locally exposing on CBC news, I got a call every early morning around 4am. It keeps like a month. Phone number starts from 604. You can tell who is calling.

[kevin7352]

i got a court letter too. decided just to pay it to get it over with cuz it was my fault anyways.

[Vulgate]

Looks like it's from a Attorney but it's just themselves.
Plus it's only a "recommendation" to file suite, not the suite itself.

fight it. Attorney fees itself is going to cost more than their return so it makes little sense

Originally Posted by TypeRNammer

I just got one of these too, notice of recommendation...so are they just being more aggressive on this?

[InvisibleSoul]

LoL! That's an empty scare tactic if I've ever seen one.

So they mail you an internal Recommendation to File Suit form that's from the Complainants department of Wiggins to the Attorneys/Credit Bureau department of Wiggins.

If they were really going to file suit, they wouldn't send you this letter, which means the only reason they're sending it is to try to scare you into paying.

I like how it is both the Attorneys and Credit Bureau department... trying to instil not just one, but two fears. But why would their Attorney and Credit Bureau be combined? I don't think their roles are even remotely close enough to be a shared department.

[Volvo-brickster]

Originally Posted by SeedBNR

Those fuckers at wiggins keep calling my house every morning

dude

http://consumerprotectionbc.ca/consu...ebt-collection

http://consumerprotectionbc.ca/image...nly%202011.pdf

and be done with it

[yray]

charge them a $112 handling fee

[LP700-4]

Originally Posted by SeedBNR

Those fuckers at wiggins keep calling my house every morning

They were calling me every day around 4pm for the past 3 weeks, every time its this automated message.

I've been ignoring them since and the calls seem to have died down in the past couple days

[twitchyzero]

funny how this thread popped up...they've been harassing my house phone for a month or two now
it got pretty badly lately...the would call maybe 4-5 times a day...sometimes every hour...as early as 9am on a holiday
just added them to my block list today

[Timpo]

kinda off topic, how much money do those agents get?
I would not want to make harassing phone calls everyday unless I get paid super well.

[325isMSPORT]

plate change cheaper than parking tickets

[AW607]

Originally Posted by TypeRNammer

I just got one of these too, notice of recommendation...so are they just being more aggressive on this?

I got the same letter from them today. Caught me off guard because I thought they just gave up. It's all hearsay but apparently it's not worth it for them, isn't it?

[svelt]

Originally Posted by AW607

I got the same letter from them today. Caught me off guard because I thought they just gave up. It's all hearsay but apparently it's not worth it for them, isn't it?

They aren't going to sue for $100 bro. That's the cost of filing the claim it self, and then there are all of the associated costs and time paid to the employees involved in a lawsuit. Frankly I'm not even sure if they'd win, I'm pretty sure a few scenarios are not that cut-and-dry especially any scenario not involving a meter (i.e. You have a ticket for parking over 2 hours at a mall. It is completely disputable that you actually were especially if it's very close and you were there for maybe from 1-3:10 - and it's very difficult to prove).

I can't imagine them under any possibility bothering to do this unless they somehow have solid proof that you owe them well over a grand in parking tickets and they are reasonably convinced that they can recover this from you in court.

Can any legal expert chime in to say what limits they have to setting the fines? Looking at these some of them are ridiculous..$112? Why don't I just make a $1000 parking ticket then? It seems completely arbitrary to me, and some of the violations are so petty and stupid.

FWIW I've never once gotten called for whatever reason. Haven't gotten the letter above either but since you're all getting it I expect to see it soon - in my recycling bin.

[donjalapeno]

Originally Posted by 325isMSPORT

plate change cheaper than parking tickets

i got a plate change two days after i got the ticket but they still send me letters...I got a 80 dollar ticket from Impark for being literally 2 minutes late..i aint paying for shiiiitt

[Graeme S]

Aren't there laws about how early and often these guys can call? If I were you guys I'd start getting screencaps from your phone showing how often they call and at what times so the collection agencies will start getting some heat. Getting called that often and early is supreme bullshit.

[r6kid]

i owed over 1200 to diamond etc.. just checked my credit thru friend at vancity.. its pretty good he said.. =) so no your credit wont get affected..

[white rocket]

3rd party collection agencies(Wiggins, Iqor, CBV, etc) are restricted by law. They can only phone you at work to obtain your home phone number. Any questions past that is harassment. Once they phone your house once you can ask them to never call again. If they do, it's harassment. This is why they have begun to use an automated service. They have even deleted the "If you are not this person, press 4" option so you can't get them to stop on your own. I've heard you can press 9 or # a bunch of times to prevent future calls from that number. Not 100% about that though. All letters they send are just threats. The only thing that CAN do is put a collection notice/outstanding debt on your credit bureau. A private lot company, like Impark or Diamond, can tow your car if you owe and are parked on there lot. Even if you are paid at the time of parking.

Most lenders don't hold too much weight to those types of collections as they understand how ruthless and unfair they can be. Sorry if any of this info is redundant or already posted. 3rd party collections can eat a dick.

[jack_dangerous]

wiggins was calling non stop and also sent a stupid letter

i just called back and told them the person they're looking for has moved to *insert random place*.

no more calls

[twitchyzero]

Originally Posted by twitchyzero

funny how this thread popped up...they've been harassing my house phone for a month or two now
it got pretty badly lately...the would call maybe 4-5 times a day...sometimes every hour...as early as 9am on a holiday
just added them to my block list today

so maybe a week later they somehow bypassed the block list even with the same number

Gonna give consumer protections bc letter a try

[Bahhbeehhaaaa]

Originally Posted by asr

After the DPS guy random ticket some vehicles locally exposing on CBC news, I got a call every early morning around 4am. It keeps like a month. Phone number starts from 604. You can tell who is calling.

They can call between 8am and 9pm, your local time
Debt Collection - When Can Debt Collectors Call - FDCPA

[Sky_High]

Originally Posted by asr

Phone number starts from 604. You can tell who is calling.

Not sure if serious.


For those that mention Impark/Diamond Park might/will tow your car if you park at their lot again (hard not to, they are all over Lower Mainland) and see you have an outstanding ticket...

What happens if you transfer said licence plate from car A to car B? Will they still do shit?

[tallshorty]

I got a ticket with Diamond Parking recently but it was a hand written ticket for $78. I paid for parking but arrived 13 min late right after the ticket was written. When I looked up online for the ticket with the ticket number and my license plate, I couldn't find it. So when I called to ask about this ticket, it turned out they inputted my license plate incorrectly into their system from the hand written ticket. Of course I didn't correct them on that. So I may be off the hook assuming they don't refer back to the handwritten paper ticket. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[zzzz]

Hi,

Do you pay your parking tickets from companies like Royal Parking Services in Richmond if the vehicle is a lease??