That's possibly the worst bit of advice I've seen for quite a while.
Even if you look at my original post as being a bit defeatist (which, I admit, on reflection it was and the consensus of arguing your point in court over the £100 is probably a good idea), just ignoring it isn't an option any more. You either need to pay or contest, ignoring it is going to look terrible on you when they take you to court, which they're far more likely to do now they have a much better chance of getting you to cough up.
Sorry guys but ignore IS the best advice ! Even watchdog advise to just bin the letters .
Hundreds of people round here do it after a guy started spreading the word on facebook and not one has had to pay anything , you get 3 letters threatening all sorts but thats all they are and nothing ever comes back from it .
Taken from the page - "
You haven't done anything illegal or broken the law all u have done is breach some silly rules that a private company have made up
1) they have no right to charge u. Only the landowner can charge u
2) the landowner can only charge u loss of earnings. Its a free carpark so the loss of earnings is £ 0.00 (yep ZERO lol)
3) they amount they want wud b deemed as a penalty (as there is no way £48 is actual losses). Only the council or the police can charge a penalty not these Muppets.
Please don't pay it. Its like parking outside my house and then me asking for £100. You would tell me to get stuffed "
They have no more right to demand money than you or I , Ekona i now demand £80 from you for posting in a public forum if this is not met i shall send you 2 more letters and then do nothing.......