Pauls Story

Paul has been in the process - over the past 18 months or so of disputing a " fine " from ANCP issued for an Aldi store car park in another town 300 kilometres away, that he have never ever been in.

The alleged offense occurred in June 2011 , but the first he knew of it was a payment reminder notice from ANCP almost 12 months later.

Being unaware of their business model, he at that stage advised them that he had never been in the car park - through various other letters - with the latest installment some 7 months later again , being a letter from MS Gopalan- mirroring the letters on my site.

Paul told me he has now made several attempts to contact Ms Gopalan but on each occasion she is either unavailable , in a meeting , or has just left the building. Paul then wrote to Ms Goplan with the following letter:Dear Ms Gopalan,

Re: ANCP notice 999999

I have received a letter from you for an Australian National Car Parks fine. I had advised Australian National Car Parks many months ago that I have never ever parked in the claimed car park.

Given that I could not have been a party to the claimed contract, I would like to ask you therefore, why you are still writing to me? I refer you to the ACCC Debt Collection Guidelines that state you are not allowed to persue an alleged debt that is in dispute. This is especially pertinent since I am not even a party to the claimed contract, and I have alerted your client to this fact before you wrote to me.

Can you please email me with your position on this matter now that I have explained the background to this dispute?

Yours sincerely,

Paul

Paul never ever received a response from Ms Gopalan.