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Parking Charge Notice - any advice please!
Hi - I just want to briefly explain my story and then I'd be grateful of any advice or tips etc. Back in May 2009 I pulled into a Staples car park to pick up my daughter from school (it's half way home and she was already waiting), I pulled in, she got in the car and I drove out (took me approximately 10 seconds). Didn't…
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Parking eye parking charge notice
Ive just got home from work to find a letter for parking eye. (Parking charge notice) It details that I parked in Aldi Worcester for 7 hours and 20 mins when the limit is 2 hours. I didn't realise that this operation was in force on this car park and didn't notice the signs. I have read so many feeds/forums with regards to…
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A ticket from (the) Met !
I had just pulled up to park in a free-for-two hours parking area, when I noticed a car there with an invoice on from Met Parking. I saw the woman about to get into the car, and told her the usual of ignoring it, not contacting etc. Then she went up to the rep from Met and started to have a go at him. I started by telling…
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Those 845 court claims - PPC league table
Following another FOI request, we've now got the names of the PPCs who initiated those 845 claims in 2011 (England & Wales only). Here is the list (apologies for the formatting): Name of Parking Company Number of claims initiated OBSERVICES PARKING CONSULTANCY LTD 221, DEVERE PARKING SERVICES 216, EAST KENT HOPITALS…
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UK Parking Control Ltd - any authority?
So I got a parking ticket today for parking in a retail store car park and leaving the site. To be fair, I was in the wrong, as I left the car there and went to a different shipping centre to avoid paying multi-story charges. I've been searching Google for this, as I had heard that most private parking companies can't…
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private parking companies
I have read a lot of the comments regarding these companies now for my side of things! I have a small shop on a main road with a car park in front which will hold at a squeeze 5 cars I paid for 4 No Parking customers only signs at 20.00 each still folk come and park and go off this shop is my livelyhood -no customers = no…
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War Is Declared: Court Action Against DVLA
As many of the regulars on here will be aware, some of us, including Nev Metson (ex- Fraud Squad detective), Martin Cutts (Plain Language Commission), Paul Morris (Data Protection Society) and myself (cantankerous old git), have been beavering away to undermine the whole house of cards that is the BPA AOS scheme and its…
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bit of advice, from another forum needed quickly
bit of advice needed quickly have just got home from holiday and have a parking fine from a shopping centre. apparently i was there for longer than the 3 hours specified, i was, but i moved the car to a different parking spot, and naively thought this was ok. now the want £40 immediately or it goes up to £70. the letter is…
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TCP Parking Ticket - Not A Dickie Bird
Hubby rec'ed a parking ticket when he parked in Asda (he didn't purchase a ticket as he thought it was ok after 5pm not to - it's 6pm - plonker). Although he would have been refunded anyhow as he spent more than a fiver in Asda - but that's neither here nor there. He was in my car at the time and I waited with anticipation…
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PPC posters?
Does any one have any idea for a small easy to read/understand poster that could be put up in comunity buildings ( and possibly local pubs) warnig the public about private parking tickets and possibly a few flyers/words that can be printed on the back of entrance tickets that can be handed out to members of the public by…
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PPS's first letter...& being very naughty!
Hey lovely moneysavers! Got my first letter (complete with pictures of my car...looking good!) from PPS after my alleged overstay of 20mins, equating to all of less than 30p by their tariff. Now wanting me to pay £130 (or £132.50 if paying by a debit card!). Not bothered, going to sit it out. If they want to go further…
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UKPC issues
Hi, I was issued a charge by ukpc, and since I drive a company car I can't really have debt collection letters going to my company so I have appealed it. The thing is I actually have a concrete case for appealing as they have sent a letter that say I have exceeded the paid for time, and this particular car park has a…
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UKCPS Court Action
I would like to say a big thankyou to this site and to give them fa who supported me with help and advice on the court action taken against me by UKCPS. After receiving my court date and filing my defence, I arrived at court today to be told UKCPS had withdrawn their claim. My advice to anyone being harassed by this…
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Premier Parking Solutions Hull Ferry Port
Hi Everyone Newbie here Need a bit of advice regarding a parking "fine" i'll explain the situation below. Me and my partner went on ashort break with P&O ferries and paid for parking for the time we wereaway. Whilst away be bumped into friends and called Hull ferry port to askabout changing our return ferry to a later date…
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Roxburghe
Hi I have just received the second of two letters from Roxburghe I have previously read your links on this and therefore am not going to pay the £88 parking charge I am a permit holder and I find that as paying this amount yearly to park on site they are not full filling their end of the bargain by supplying car parking…
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No Notice in Car Park that Parking Fine Would be Levied...
Hi I received a parking notice from euro car parks for over stay in my local Waitrose. There are notices in the car parks to say that you can't stay over 2hours. There were no signs displaying the terms andconditions of the car park as I entered and there was no information about parking fees and anysubsequent charges…
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Private Parking Issue?
Hi, My mum has parked at the back of her house for years - on a gravelled area leading off from some garages just infront of the back of her house. When she bought the house some ten years plus ago she had to buy access rights to the garages as they are mainly private with some garages owned by other neighbours of hers.…
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Pccn on a lease plan car
Apologies if this subject has been discussed already but I've had a look through loads of other threads and couldn't find one like it so hoping someone can advise me. We recently got a pccn from NCP stating we were parked in a permit bay with no permit. (we weren't, to the best of our knowledge). The fine was £75 with no…
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Town and City Parking, 8 years, £64,000+
Hi, In the flats where I live the only paring is the Service Yard, behind the shops (the flats are above the offices above the shops). The management company likes to say that residents are not allowed in the service yard or the shoppers car park. This is despite the fact that the service charge levied against the flat…
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PCN final notice help!
Hi all I posted about a month ago about receiving a letter from Gladstone solicitors telling me I had 28 days to pay for the PCN, which as I mentioned was received when someone at work used my husbands company car. As advised I ignored the letters but have today received a final claim notice telling us we have 7 days to…
