Parking charge

[sparky_1]

Hello,

I have just parked on my local leisure park (pizzahut, Vue cinema, Franky and Bennys etc) to use my health club. I came out to discover a ticket on my window. It says i was parked "out of a marked bay" and says i have to pay £60! within 10 days or the charge will go up by £3 everyday !
I looked around and realised they had put new signs up and it did appear i was now parked in a zone i shouldnt be in.
The thing is £60 within 10 days ! I havent got £60 just like that ! I have a mortgage to pay and responsibilities and my money is all budgeted out. I am not in a position where i can just pull £60 out of thin air.

1. Arent these tickets supposed to be £30 if you pay within 14 days or £60 if you pay within 28 days ? This one, issued by UK P.A.O Ltd just says £60 within 10 days full stop.

2. Can i contact someone and tell them i cannot pay this all right now and will have to pay it off bit by bit ? If i go to court and tell them this will it go down as a bad mark on my credit history ?? £60 within 10 days is ridiculous. How do they expect people to pay these charges??

any advice appreciated

[Crabman]

Welcome to MoneySavingExpert.com! :D

Try our forum search, click here (http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/search.html?do=process&query=parking%20fine)and it'll search for parking fine. To search for other topics, click search in the green bar above. Also take a look at the Motoring A-Z in (link in my signature) :)

It looks however that yours is a private company so it's not subject to the same rules/regulations as the council/police fines. Have a look at this thread: Private Parking Fines (http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=476080) :beer:

[dnc1781]

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/index.php?url=/directories/url_dir.htm

see Category 6 : Miscellaneous, Uncategorised
then
scroll down to "Parking........."