Private Parking Tickets discussion

anewman

matthewjames wrote: »

but if they do, am I likely to get a huge fine and fees?

They won't :beer: stick letter in bin/scamnesty bin/draw and enjoy your life :beer:

Coupon-mad

matthewjames wrote: »

I'm on my 3rd letter from Europarks, saying they are going to take me to a small claims court. I haven't replied but am worried. From what I've read they wont take me to court - but if they do, am I likely to get a huge fine and fees?

As above! Euro Car Parks are one of the PPCs that have joined the growing MSE private parking companies 'Hall of Shame' with example letters clearly shown on this sticky thread:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...html?t=2214803

Myself and Alx*27 are among those on here who have ignored letters from Euro Car Parks. Mine was last year, they sent me 3 letters I think and that was that. The letters don't say they ARE taking you to Court, they say they MAY (in fact they WON'T).

Nothing to fret about, they have no teeth!





P.S. It really won't happen with ECP, but if a PPC ever did take you to Court and you lost (0.00001% chance!!) then you would have to pay whatever the hoodwinked judge found the PPC had clearly evidenced in terms of a fair(?!) contract, plus up to £50 Court processing fee. No Solicitors costs or anything.

Gmedia

Hi Beetplek,

I saw your Forum Message, and saw you beat UKPC, i was ticketed parking in my own residence for not displaying a permit. It was possible because to display one as i had a courtesy car after my car was involved in a crash.

Anyway, i have sent a few letters to them, first explaining my situation, then they rejected my appeal, so i followed up with a letter saying that regardless to the facts i had already given, i too wasn't driving the vehicle and that legally i was not at liberty to.

I have now had the £90 reminder and the Debt Recovery Ltd letter.

In this it has all the usaul threats, but "invites" me to inform them wh was driving if i wasn't, so they will no longer persue me the RK.

Should i write to them and say "I wasn't driving" and "i don't have to trell you who was"?

Or should i just start to ignore these now?

Please advise...
Cheers, MSE Virgin ;0)
Giovanni

Coupon-mad

Hiya Gmedia, welcome to MSE!

Yes, just ignore the whole thing from now on. It's just a scam and you don't have to 'beat' a PPC - think of their letters as dodgy emails and just 'delete' them from your mind and file them away in a trash folder.

I kept my PPC letters just in case they ever decide to resurrect the scam, I just want to keep a record of the rubbish and the fact they made no attempt to ID who was driving. Also I sometimes get them out of my bag to show friends who mention parking tickets - I feel everyone should know that a private parking ticket isn't a real fine and can be safely ignored.

To read hundreds of other threads like this one, just click on the 'Parking Fines, Tickets and Parking' blue link at the top of this page (just underneath the Banking Saving orange tab). That will display all the current threads. Read them and smile once you see how common this scam is and just how many people are being educated on here to ignore the scammers.

You have not committed any offence and don't have to explain, nor say who was driving.

Oopsadaisy

Gmedia wrote: »

Should i write to them and say "I wasn't driving" and "i don't have to trell you who was"?

Or should i just start to ignore these now?

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Er,,,,,,,,,,ignore, then ignore, then ignore a bit more. Finally ignore.

tracyandluke08

Hi everyone, so glad to have found this forum and wondered if anyone can help me please.

Today we parked up in a shopping retail park and completely forgot to pay and display. This isnt like me and have parked there loads of times before and never forgotton. I even made sure i had the parking money when i set off from home grrr. However today i was particulary stressed having a toddler and baby with me and walked straight into the shops without realising.

I came back to my car and noticed the yellow sticker thingy with the fine inside - £100 or £60 for paying within 7 days - i thought this was extortionate considering the actual pay and display price was 50p.

Anyway, it was my car but i was not driving - my partner was. Ive seen some info about disputing it if the owner wasnt driving.

When we got home (after being upset on the way home - more mad at myself for not paying and displaying) my partner rang up their automated phone number and paid the £60.

Now im wondering whether we should have? if we could reverse the payment by ringing his credit card company tonight as obviously the payment wouldnt have been taken from his account yet?

i know i was in the wrong though by not paying and displaying, but feel the fine to be very unjust.

what do you think??? appreciate any help, even if you think its not what i want to hear, just need honest advice please.

by the way its excel parking, a private company, its not a council one.

Thanks
Tracy

peter_the_piper

No, you should not have contacted them in any way however its done now.
For compensation you could have gone to the site and bought a ticket then gone home. That way your conscience is clear that you have not deprived them.
I'm not sure how easy it will be to do a chargeback so its up to you if you want to go down that route.

tracyandluke08

thanks for your quick reply

i didnt even think of then going to buy a ticket afterwards as i was just that upset at the situation

just wondering what to do now for the best, whether to just leave it paid and have done with it, or to get my bf to cancel the payment.

im on maternity leave so its not like we have the 60 pounds spare but thought we had to pay it. Gutted

peter_the_piper

I'm not sure how the others would look at this but I feel its a bit different to doing a chargeback for an unlawful clamp/tow. You could give it a try but I don't think that you have much chance. Please wait for others as I may well be talking rubbish. (Feeling mellow after a good wine).

tracyandluke08

i just dont see how they can charge £60 for what would have cost me 50p
surely if we cancelled this payment tonight then it wouldnt get sent to them? then i expect we'd get the letters sent from them with the demands for money. From what ive read on the net they usually give up, so just a bit unsure with what you're saying i wouldnt have much chance on?

sorry im new to all this