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Parking Notice
Hi I got a Parking Charge invoice from Parking Eye recently. Before, the thing to do was 'ignore', but now that does not seem the case. Though, I'm in Scotland so was wondering what course I should take? EDIT: Ok, read around, ignoring them is what is advised. It seems only England/Wales are affected by the new rules. I'm…
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Minor error completing visitor permits
I was in Edinburgh at Easter and the person I was staying with gave me sufficient visitor permits for the day. She read the instructions and said we needed to scratch out consecutive times so one starting at 8.30, the next at 10 and so on. When we returned we had a parking ticket because there were no 'valid visitor…
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Am I too late ? PCN charge
Hi guys, first MSE post so please be kind ;) I received a PCN a month ago, from a car park in Surrey and operated by Civil Enforcement Ltd. To cut a long story short, I entered my Reg mark incorrectly, and put the wrong extension to my entry. I genuinely paid for my ticket, although also over-ran at the restaurant the 1 hr…
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Why is PCN mis-ticketing not treated like PPI mis-selling?
[FONT=Arial, sans-serif]I'm truly grateful to the regulars in this Forum. I followed the guidelines, sent my appeal, and barely a week later received the cancellation letter! Thank you so much for helping me keep both my cash and my self-respect. [/FONT] [FONT=Arial, sans-serif]I'd like to chuck in a couple of…
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Hospital Car Park '"Fine"
In March this year I drove myself to A&E because I could not pee. I parked as near as I could to the A&E entrance without obstructing anyone (some 100 yards from A&E entrance) It transpired that I had parked in a staff car park but there were no signs on entry to the staff car park and just two signs within the car park…
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Previous car's reg entered by mistake!
Back in February I parked in the Excel car park on top of EuroSpar at Broomhill, Sheffield. I entered the reg of my previous car by mistake but did not realise and received PCN shortly after. I couldn’t find the ticket but I appealed stating that I might have made a mistake when typing the reg number. Excel dismissed this…
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Athena: Late letter despite appeal?
Hello, My partner got a parking fine letter from Athena after he parked in a Lidl on the last Sunday of March. Although it took him a couple of weeks, he responded by placing an appeal through Athena's online system within the time limit. However, today he received an angry reminder letter stating that he hasn't replied at…
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UKPC parking charge at the shopping car park in Aylesbury
I parked at a car park a shopping park in Aylesbury to do some shopping and did not notice that you have to take a free parking ticket to be able to stay there for 2 hours. I only realised it after 40-50 min when it was already late and I found a parking charge on my windscreen. After coming home I searched Google and…
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Australian Parking Fines
Whilst back packing in Australia I bought a camper van. On leaving the country in January, I sold the vehicle and on advice from the Queensland Transport Authority the new owner was to change the details into his name as the vehicle had new rego. I have recently received a message from 'friends' in Australia that there is…
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Parking in Disabled space in Lidl
Hi folks, Sorry if this kinda question has been asked before, but I can't find any thread!! My mother-in-law received a ticket whilst shopping at Lidl the other day. She parked in the disabled bay (She does have a blue badge), but forgot to put her badge up. :-( When she came out, she had a ticket on her screen. The warden…
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Car reg not put in machine
Hi, I went to a car park covered by Parking Eye bought a ticket and have still got it but didn't put in car reg (just 'e' - don't know why but was talking to friends at time) the ticket came out though. Anyway I have stubb showing I paid fully at location, date and time, so am I liable for the £60 fine and should I appeal…
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Transferred ticket
Not sure where i stand with this PCN issued to me today. I was driving into a local car park in Cornwall, it was pretty packed and access was difficult due to the number of cars entering/exiting the car park. On entering i was asked if i wanted this other persons parking ticket he said it was valid until the next day so i…
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Advice on how to proceed...left it late
Hi all I have read the newbie section but have a few queries before i act. The reason being i assumed the correct thing to do was to just ignore any correspondance...it appears i was wrong! I received a pcn from Athens Security services Ltd for overstaying my time in the Quarry carpark, Rock, Cornwall in the autumn '13.…
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Parking eye County Court despite canceled ticket
Dear all. I have received a parking charge from Parking eye for parking in a Wicks car park in March. At the time, my van had broken down and was having issues with the power steering (fluid leak so I could not steer the van properly). I went into Wickes and asked a guy on the till about it an he said it would be fine to…
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PCN help please...
Hi guys some time ago i posted on here re a PCN from Excel for stopping at an airport which i had received 4 months after the incident (which was seconds) and also after moving abroad in Feb so had missed the deadline for the reduced fee and appeal and the second letter arrived until i went home for a visit. I followed…
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Ethical Parking Management - formal demand after selling car - plz help!
Hi all, I hace read the sticky thread above and searched for something similar to my situation but have found nothing, so any help appreciated! On March 23rd I sold my car to a scrap dealer. We have an allocated parking space with a parking permit in a private car park managed by Ethical (ha) Parking Management. On the day…
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Parking Eye Ticket Aldi
Hi My son has received a PE letter through the post. I've formulated a response from the "sticky" but noticed the sticky doesn't actually request a POPLA code (Unless I've missed it). Is it necessary to make sure a request for a POPLA code is included in the text of the first letter?
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Airport PCN
Hello everyone - I received a parking charge notice in the post recently from APCOA, alleging a breach of the terms and conditions of use at Luton Airport for dropping someone off outside the designated parking area. I read in the beginners guide that I should send off a first appeal, but noticed that 17 days separated the…
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G24 PCN
I have been reading some of your successes over G24. I too have a prob, but mine has gone further than some so I'm worried about the out come. I received a PCN for over staying at a store, I did not see the notices but a week later was shocked to receive the letter. I sent my evidence in along with other receipts to prove…
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AS Parking - Perranporth
Hello We parked in a car park today but one of the ticket machines was tapped off and the other was out of order. Stupidly we parked anyway and there was no other parking meters to pay at. Two hours later we returned to see someone putting tickets on all the cars. I told the guy the machine wasn't working but his reply was…
