Parking ticket by Euro car parks

patterdale2000

Please can someone give me some advice please.

I received a parking charge notice from euro car parks today. I would like to appeal against it. The car park is for a shopping outlet that offer free parking. I told my husband to park in a disabled parking bay, we are not reg disabled, but since I have just come out of hospital and having a general anaesthetic and having an operation on my lady parts I find it very hard to get out of the car in a normal bay. We would have parked on mother & tobbler but they where full and having a 3 year old and a 13 week old baby we would have been fine to park there.
We just popped to the shop to get some shoes for my daughter and when we came back we found the notice. Also on the notice for the times of parking they have put 12.50 to 12.50? So are they saying that we never stayed there? If I appeal against it would I get anywhere? :mad:

peter_the_piper

Forget trying to appeal, they very rarely succeed, they are not known for their sympathy as they only want your money by any means possible. Forget them, when they send you more invoices and letters ignore them as well, file all away. Usually they give up after 5 letters, some on pretty coloured paper and coloured ink to intimidate you. If you're not sure just go to http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30 and ask them and they will reassure you.

Big_Nige

Totally agree with Peter the piper, I received one of thier parking charge notices in March this year, totally ignored it never corresponded with them & have never heard from them. Ignore it... if in doubt check out pepipoo

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sarahg1969

OP, there IS no appeals procedure. Because you have not been fined. The company will write back to you saying your appeal has been considered and was unsuccessful. It's a nonsense.

Do not contact the parking company. Let them spend £2.50 obtaining the RK's details from the DVLA.

And as a poster above said, have a look at the parking forum on https://www.pepipoo.com.

uktyler

So you don't pay it, everyone now knows you don't have to.

How long before the shops up the ante and use other methods to enforce their parking restrictions?

Bring on the wheel clamps, otherwise it will just be a free for all.

peter_the_piper

Because there will always be enough people who do not know that they are unenforceable to make it worth while continuing the deception.

uktyler

peter_the_piper wrote: »

Because there will always be enough people who do not know that they are unenforceable to make it worth while continuing the deception.

But soon there won't be, enough of the population are internet savvy enough to look it up, or ask a question like the OP. Sooner or later action will have to be taken by the stores.

It is not about the deception of the 'fines' its about disabled people and parents being able to park.

The OP knows now, and will tell others.

Soon all private car parks will be free for alls, abandon your car whever you want, they can't do anything about it.

By the way I don't believe the 'fines' are fair, but then I don't believe parking in these spaces is either.

peter_the_piper

I also do not believe in parking in these spaces and never do. Often its not a case of being internet savvy, most people are honest and believe that these are fines when they are not, and because they look intentionally official, will pay up without checking. Its only when they are blatantly unfair do people question them.

Zippy123

I wish they would change the law here and make it an offence to park in a disabled bay even if it is on private property like they do in some US states.

OP probably does not have to pay the fine, but she knows she was in the wrong. She should not have parked there. She could have sent her other half to do the shopping alone or with her child.

No sympathy from me.

Our local private car parks know the tickets are not enforceable so they CLAMP. A much better solution as you have to pay to get the clamp released. They also take hours to do it :T

Cat695

Even if they clamp you are quite within your rights to remove it by any means(this is completely legal)......UNLESS it was placed on by a police officer or council parking attendant.....who won't because the car park is private land.....so people who have nothing better to do than moan about bloody parking places....why don't you do something useful...erm like write to your MP and ask what the country is doing about the gun crime in the UK?!

Zippy123

If you damage it in any way whilst removing it you could be done for criminal damage and spend time in jail. Which is good really because then you wont be parking irresponsibly.

If you have the car towed you could be for theft of the clamp which is good too.


The moral is simple: Dont park selfishly!