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?
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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 ).
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.
Just in case anyone else has had experience of these particular people, it's a company called UK Parking Control Ltd.
was it in scotland ? as there not legal in scotland.i have binned around 20 over the last year
if its not legit council throw it in the bin
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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.
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.