Jules
SF VIP
In the fall we received a letter saying we owed for parking in a lot in Vancouver. First, we were never there and second it was the license plate number of a car we sold 8 years ago. DH researched the company and there were a lot negative online reports. He tried calling and they never picked up and there was no option to leave a message. When a car is sold here, the license plate is destroyed unless you want to put it on your new car, which we didn’t.
He decided it was a scam and we should just ignore it. More letters came and then from a collection agency that they owned. I don’t know how they got my cell phone number. This should not have been part of the BC auto license system, but who knows. I don’t answer phone numbers with no names attached. Sometimes there was a garbled message to call them. Fat chance; no message, no call.
Then they started sending texts to have me call the Collection Agency. Again, no message.
Finally we got some help from an insurance agent and reported it to the police, who opened a file. Basically, they’re not interested. Nothing would come of it; it’s too low priority. If someone else reports this company, they would be flagged in the system. We’re going to report it to the credit monitoring companies, so it doesn’t show up on our files. Even that’s not simple.
Online reports suggested this company goes after people who have a difficult time proving they weren’t there or that they really paid. Many give up and just pay to get rid of them or are in fear of a bad credit rating. It feels like this company is running a low level scam.
He decided it was a scam and we should just ignore it. More letters came and then from a collection agency that they owned. I don’t know how they got my cell phone number. This should not have been part of the BC auto license system, but who knows. I don’t answer phone numbers with no names attached. Sometimes there was a garbled message to call them. Fat chance; no message, no call.
Then they started sending texts to have me call the Collection Agency. Again, no message.
Finally we got some help from an insurance agent and reported it to the police, who opened a file. Basically, they’re not interested. Nothing would come of it; it’s too low priority. If someone else reports this company, they would be flagged in the system. We’re going to report it to the credit monitoring companies, so it doesn’t show up on our files. Even that’s not simple.
Online reports suggested this company goes after people who have a difficult time proving they weren’t there or that they really paid. Many give up and just pay to get rid of them or are in fear of a bad credit rating. It feels like this company is running a low level scam.
