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Private parking wheel clamp - signs too small!
I parked where I shouldn't have on Saturday for four minutes and in that time I was clamped! I had to hand over £150 cash. In fairness, I had a feeling I shouldn't have parked there but I had a quick look around for signs just before I got out of the car and I couldn't see any. When I looked again (after handing over the…
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Parking Eye Mess Up
http://www.luton-dunstable.co.uk/News/Dunstable-News/Supermarket-sweeps-away-car-park-fines.htm Note the gratuitous use of the f word by the newspaper and the head of PR at Aldi.
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what can i do?
Yesterday i recieved a notice to owner ticket (from a local council) saying it was for £100 needing to be paid within 28 days. However, we did not get a ticket in the first place, and the reason they are stating is that we "parked in a loading place during restricted hours without loading (code 25). But it was a loading…
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There's going to be trouble ahead.......
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/193280/Speed-camera-sell-off-fury Possible sell off of speed scameras to the private sector. Mick Giannasi, head of roads policing at the Association of Chief Police Officers, proposes that the issuing of tickets and collection of fines should be “outsourced”. Is that bloke thick?…
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Parking Charge Notice - Excel Parking Services - Help
I received a PCN from Excel Parking services in July this year. We purchased a ticket (which I still have) and I fired off an email to inform them of this. I received a letter to say the charge would not be revoked as they say my vehicle contravened code 94 - parked without displaying a valid ticket. I think the problem…
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Private Clamping To Be Outlawed?
If you look towards the end of this article you will see this:- On Tuesday the Home Office will announce plans to make it illegal to clamp or tow away a car parked on private property. I hope it's true, and not just wild speculation by the paper.
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Euro car parks - parked in hatched area
Can anyone give me any advise please, i was parked on a car park today in a parking space, i had paid for my ticked but was parked just over the white line and into the yellow area as the car parked in the space next to me was right up to the lines and my son couldn't of got out of the car without damage. The painted…
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ICC Legal Services
Just had a letter from from these guys for NCP reference a private carpark fine. Is this just one of there bull letters they send?
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Civil parking charge notice.
Mrs W is raging, over stayed by 18 minutes Lidls south of Edinburgh. Usual charge letter, £90 fine reduced to £45 if paid within 14 days. I've told Mrs W to ignore, however, the company website makes interesting reading, I'll also be paying our MP/MSP a visit, how can it be legal for this company to have access to DVLA…
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Transport minister on parking companies
Mr Baker promises to stop DVLA selling numbers to parking companies, bearing in mind its Daily Snail and a politician I wonder if it will happen. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1302006/Lay-drivers-Minister-tells-councils-easier-parking-fines.html
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Wrong Car Colour!
Can anyone help? I recieved a parking ticket today. How "legal" is my parking ticket if the Warden has put the colour of my old Suzuki run-a-round as 'BLUE' when in fact it is PURPLE. Violently purple!! :eek: All other info about the car is correct, Make, Reg., etc but the colour is wrong. My instinct tells me I might be…
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Expensive Mistake
We have a shared car park for a number of blocks of flats. I parked my car for the first time in one of the bays last night. Stupidly (on my part) this was one of the housing association bays and my car was towed while i was at work. The charge to release £395. Do I have any chance of appealing/reducing this? If so whats…
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Ukcps
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2010/08/10/disabled-bus-banned-from-great-northern-retail-park-86081-27029780/ APCOA http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2010/08/10/student-victoria-eaton-gets-a-parking-fine-in-a-free-car-park-86081-27029776/ And today with UKCPS…
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CMS UK Ltd
Hi, I parked at Robin Park in a disbaled bay this morning. As it was early there were very few cars on the car park i parked close by to the shop i was visiting and simply forgot to display my blue badge. The car park was virtualy empty and there were loads of disabled parking spaces, i have never had any problems here…
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Clampers in Trouble
This is in the Independent today regarding I-Watch Security a West Midlands clamping firm http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/blackmail-charges-follow-wheelclamp-probe-2050750.html
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Scandalous parking charges - can you help with some advice?
Hi there, I'm hoping one of you will be able to help with a bit of advice on my situation! It looks pretty bad and I need to resolve it by tomorrow... I received a letter today from JBW Group Bailiffs, claiming I owe £355 on an outstanding PCN ticket from London Borough of Islington Council, issued in 2008. I moved out of…
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HELP! I need to enforce my victory!
Could anybody please advise on what is best for me to do next???.... Long story short, I was Clamped back in March by ASSIST PARKING SERVICES LTD in Manchester, and forced to pay £120 to release my vehicle. I ended up taking my case to the county court, and won judgement by default as they did not respond. So now,…
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DH been clamped by a company called GMD
DH has just parked in a pub carpark in Wakefield, he was gone for litterally 5 minutes and has come back to find his car clamped by a company called GMD and its going to cost £100 to have it released or £300 if we cant pay today as it will be towed. The thing is we are absolutely brassic we dont have a penny at all and we…
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bailiff letter following private parking ticket
I got a parking ticket in April 2008 from County Parking for not displaying a permit (which i did have). I ignored their correspondance and they did not persist for very long. Today I have received a letter from Philips Specialist Bailiff and Debt Recovery Agents saying I have to pay £156.00 in the next 7 days. Any…
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APCOA in Almondvale, Livingston
We returned to the car today, after spending about an hour (and lots of money) in T K Maxx in Livingston, to find an orange plastic envelope stuck to the windscreen. Parking Notice Enclosed Warning It is an offence for any person other than the driver to remove this notice. The envelope was removed and opened in the car.…
