myke pocock
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 12:20 PM |
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Car Parking Charge
I parked in a car park of a retail shopping area, shopped and put my goods in my car. I then left the car park to go somewhere else which to be
perfectly honest the displayed notice said I shouldnt. I now have a charge of £90 or £50 if paid in 14 days. I have contested it by saying I went to
browse in another shop on the site (naughty I know) and emailed a copy of the receipt from the shop with a time on it! The company issuing the charge
only have photos front and back of my vehicle in the car park which only proves my car was there. Can they lawfully charge me without actual proof and
can I request their proof if they have more (CCTV?)? Surely "reasonable cause to believe that the terms and conditions of parking have
occured" is not enough legally? What happens if I dont pay?
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clairetoo
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 12:29 PM |
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Tell `em to get stuffed - I dont think there is anything they can do at all , without documented proof that will stand up in court .
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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JoelP
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 12:39 PM |
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id agree with claire, if you are sure they cannot prove you left the site. Outline the facts, tell them nothing will be paid without a court order.
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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owelly
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 01:07 PM |
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If its Parking Eye, there's tons of info on the net. Put simply, ignore any further contact from them. You'll get three letters from a
debt collecting agency whixh just happens to be in the same office as PE. Ignore these too.
They'll never take you to court. Sit tight.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 01:43 PM |
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Do not enter into any correspondence with them.
Do file the parking charge in the bin, it is totally un enforceable.
Do forget about it and enjoy the new year.
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jase380
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 02:10 PM |
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As other have said, bin the fine, ignore any more letters you get, don't respond to anything they send you. You might get as many as six letters
threatening court action etc but bin them aswell, they get bored cawl back under their rock eventually ( i speak from experience having done it
several times now ).
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RK
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 02:29 PM |
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Don't know about over there, but they will also get your phone number, and harrass you for months if not years, once the collection people (who
have no legal right to do anything to you) get hold of it.
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myke pocock
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 04:07 PM |
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Just in case anyone else has had experience of these particular people, it's a company called UK Parking Control Ltd.
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thunderace
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 04:17 PM |
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was it in scotland ? as there not legal in scotland.i have binned around 20 over the last year
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Brooky
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 05:58 PM |
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look here....
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 26/12/11 at 06:20 PM |
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if its not legit council throw it in the bin
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 27/12/11 at 08:07 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RK
Don't know about over there, but they will also get your phone number, and harrass you for months if not years, once the collection people (who
have no legal right to do anything to you) get hold of it.
If that happens write to them stating that they are to only contact you via post, and if they send more than one letter in a 14 day period
that's harrassment
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Furyous
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| posted on 27/12/11 at 09:58 AM |
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I'd advise against binning it for the time being. You'll want some sort of record in the very remote chance that anything comes of it.
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