Marciacjp

You have no idea what you are talking about. You are confused on multiple issues and there is no way that you have legal training. I would advise everyone to not get involved with you.

montyloree

No it is not possible to have a class action in small claims. You can have more than one plaintiff in small claims but that is not the same as a class action and it would make no sense for individuals to group in a small claims action given the $25,000 limit on awards and the very inexpensive costs associated with litigation.

With respect to Consumer Protection it is a waste of time. They are a useless department who have a mediation mandate. They lack the ability to actually enforce the Act. The person you need to complain to is the Registrar of Collections Agencies as he is the individual who actually has the ability to enforce the Collection Agencies Act. Consumer Protection will just try to mediate and if the collection agency doesn't want to play ball they have no power and you just wasted three months. The Registrar on the other hand has the ability to order collection agencies to act and also to fine them and in extreme cases the power to incarcerate although that has never happened as far as I know.

Thanks Joe. Yes, I've been to that blog site but Impark (as we call it out here) is notorious for pulling stunts like this. I used to know the in-house counsel there but he wisely moved on to a better job. I've been thinking of calling him in the new year and getting a name or personal number for someone higher up the food chain over there.

I can't seem to get past the two gals who are at the top of the collections chain in the company. One of them is very nice on the phone but she keeps losing the faxes I send to her, tells me she's cancelled the ticket, then tells me she didn't, blah blah blah. But that's how Impark operates.

It's like dealing with Rogers. I had a phone, I cancelled it and changed providers, six months later I get a bill with all my info for that old number yet some guy is using it and racking up $2000 a month in charges. Then Rogers chased me for it, despite my providing proof of cancellation, etc. Took me a year and I lost a bank loan because of it. I had to sic serious big gun lawyers on them.

It was an ugly time for me and I don't want to go through it again over something as stupid as IQOR. I have a stellar credit rating and do not want it besmirched by morons when I did nothing wrong. My take on all this is that I file a libel suit and go after them for besmirching my credit rating.

I would go to this site and type imperial parking.

http://www.bbb.org/canada/Find-Business-Reviews/

I would find out who is the highest person in management that you can speak to at imperial parking because that is BS and unacceptable about it taking its course.

Thanks for the info, Joe. Yes, I've been dealing with Imperial Parking for 4 months. In fact, called them again today. I've been told by both Imperial and IQOR that they do not speak to one another. Supervisors on both ends have told me this quite emphatically. I suggested to Imperial that they call off IQOR and her response was she can't do that, everything has to run it's course to get resolved on IQOR's end. What the hell does that mean? My guess is that Imperial walks away and IQOR remains on the chasing after me treadmill forevermore. Great.

In these cases you go directly to imperial parking with your issue and keep hounding them till your satified.The collection agency will not back down till they hear from imperial parking. I know the majority of bill collectors are parasites and the only thing you can do is ignore them. Here is some information listed below where to complain.

Ontario
Brian Pitkin, CD
Registrar of Collection Agencies
5775 Yonge Street, Suite 1500
Toronto, ON M7A 2E5
Fax: (416) 326-8665
e-mail: brian.pitkin@ontario.ca

From what I understand, you are not limited to being one Claimant in a Small Claims Court action. This is similar to Supreme Court.

Anything that is filed will be heard. If you have proof that a serious wrong has been done to you (ie, libel such as a black mark on your credit rating report when you've done nothing wrong as in my case), then the justice will decide what is appropriate.

Anything is actionable if based on a breach of law. You are not necessarily limited to the number of Claimants and Defendants in an action. Class actions have strict guidelines as to what constitutes same, so perhaps my using the term "class action" may have been a bit hasty, despite being quite descriptive in conveying "many plaintiffs".

I paid for my parking, I have proof of payment, I did nothing wrong, and now IQOR is calling me repeatedly at my law firm being rude, swearing, threatening and then hanging up on me. I'm not impressed. I hope that I finally have Imperial Parking dealt with after faxing proof of payment and their error four separate times now. I have proof also that they received my faxes. I've sent them an invoice for my time and a nice letter indicating legal proceedings will commence with no further notice.

I owe no one any money. I have done nothing wrong. And now my credit rating will be affected because of these morons. I think the way to get them legally is for libel by way of besmurching my credit rating.

I'm pretty sure there are others out there who dutifully paid for their parking (as an example), and then ended up in this mess with IQOR. Imperial Parking is notorious for pulling these stunts.

How about this for a thought; why not pay,settle or file for bankruptcy and the calls will stop.

No, the States Attorney General's office was an aside at the end for those receiving 3 am telemarketing phone calls, like I am. Google the number or area code that the calls are coming from, then track that to get the state where the calls originate. Once you send in the complaint form, the calls stop. Very handy info and allows folks like me to get some sleep.