This is similar to what happened to my son. He got a £60 parking ticket for parking in a private parking bay outside his flat in Newquay for 1 hr at 10.00pm(!) so he could load some furniture in to his Jeep. He was told to ignore it by people in the block of flats because the outfit who left him with the ticket were a right bunch of scammers. So he did ignore it.... for 18 months. He recieved a couple of reminders but ignored these to, thinking nothing would happen. Then the threat of a CCJ came through the post with a fine of £420. He appealed and requested photographic evidence of the illegal parking, but surprise, surprise, none was forthcoming. Several days later he received notification of a County Court Summons from Northampton County Courts. Rather than travel all the way down there from Cumbria, he paid the fine to avoid the CCJ. I guess the lesson here is becareful what you ignore. No matter how insignificant the fine might be, its shocking how determined some companies will be in persuing fines even using unscrupulous solicitors to do their dirty work for them. So be warned...