Private Parking Tickets discussion

Coupon-mad

SquirrelOwl wrote: »

It was issued by CPS (Midlands) Limited - I've already read on these thread this company getting slated and to ignore at all costs.

Just to ask: Do these cowboys work off their own backs to irritate the **** out of people or are they hired by individual shops/companies?

They do this simply for the money - but are not actually 'hired' by the shops (at least not paid).

Invariably they approach the shops to sell their 'free service' promising to eradicate parking issues for no outlay. When they get the nod from the site owner or occupier, they sign a contract with them and start issuing tickets.

Some retailers get a percentage of those tickets (and some give that percentage to charity) but the biggest slice of the pie is kept by the cowboys.

You can see why scammers do it can't you, it's just too easy to make big money this way. In nature, living off the back of another animal is what parasites do - and that's exactly what PPCs are, parasites raking in cash off the back of legitimate businesses.

Wota-legend

Sir_Roger_deLodger wrote: »

Do you think they'll be bothered? They will just put you down as a worrier and it will take a lot longer before they leave you alone. Ignoring is the best option.

Ah believe me they will not think that I am a worrier once they get a load of the letter I have written, I have quoted all sorts of contract law and even there own BPA regulations at them left right and centre. Ive made it clear I mean business and I know my rights. Although I would love to use the more militant approach the way my luck has been going recently I would be the one example of where they actually followed through although I highly doubt it will be worth there while, I also dont believe to leaving things to chance, prefer to deal with things head on, a victory in this manner I think is far more worth it. You may call it worrying but on that matter i simply do not agree with you. It will be the only letter they get and I have made sure it is inadmissible as evidence , have not admitted anything worth admitting and basically given them 7 pages of telling them exactly where they have gone wrong lol! Nice try suckers but they're not gonna get me that easily lol!

Oopsadaisy

Wota-legend wrote: »

Ah believe me they will not think that I am a worrier once they get a load of the letter I have written, I have quoted all sorts of contract law and even there own BPA regulations at them left right and centre. Ive made it clear I mean business and I know my rights. Although I would love to use the more militant approach the way my luck has been going recently I would be the one example of where they actually followed through although I highly doubt it will be worth there while, I also dont believe to leaving things to chance, prefer to deal with things head on, a victory in this manner I think is far more worth it. You may call it worrying but on that matter i simply do not agree with you. It will be the only letter they get and I have made sure it is inadmissible as evidence , have not admitted anything worth admitting and basically given them 7 pages of telling them exactly where they have gone wrong lol! Nice try suckers but they're not gonna get me that easily lol!

Save yourself the price of a stamp. They will neither read it, nor care what you think. They have enough easy targets that do pay up for them to continue irrespective of your carefully constructed and thought out missive. I do love the way you've made it inadmissable...again why bother they never get to court.

Phatkatt

Can any one shed any light on my problem?

My boyfriend has been living in his apartment for three years. 6 months ago all the residents got a note under the door saying that the residential committee has decided to implement a new ticketing system where if you park in someone else's space, they can call a number and have you ticketed.

For this car parking system we were all issued with a resident car parking space ticket and 3 guest passes, despite only having one space each.

We parked our hire car in a space that we know to belong to a vacant flat and were subsequently ticketed. We refused to pay the ticket as we had a number of issues....
1. Is the ticketing system actually legal as we were never consulted about the changes?
2. Also, there is no clause in the tenancy to say that the management reserve the right to make changes?
2. The ticketing system is very unclear as we were given one tenant's ticket and three guest tickets when four cars cannot fit into one space, therefore suggesting the we can park in other spaces.

Now, the biggest problem is getting my money back, as the ticketing company simply contacted the car hire company after I refused to pay them and the car hire company just took the £135 off my credit card, despite me telling them about the issues i had.

Any assistance would be gratefully, gratefully received!

Coblcris

Privity of contract means the residents are not bound.

peter_the_piper

Phatkatt wrote: »

Can any one shed any light on my problem?

My boyfriend has been living in his apartment for three years. 6 months ago all the residents got a note under the door saying that the residential committee has decided to implement a new ticketing system where if you park in someone else's space, they can call a number and have you ticketed.

For this car parking system we were all issued with a resident car parking space ticket and 3 guest passes, despite only having one space each.

We parked our hire car in a space that we know to belong to a vacant flat and were subsequently ticketed. We refused to pay the ticket as we had a number of issues....
1. Is the ticketing system actually legal as we were never consulted about the changes?
2. Also, there is no clause in the tenancy to say that the management reserve the right to make changes?
2. The ticketing system is very unclear as we were given one tenant's ticket and three guest tickets when four cars cannot fit into one space, therefore suggesting the we can park in other spaces.

Now, the biggest problem is getting my money back, as the ticketing company simply contacted the car hire company after I refused to pay them and the car hire company just took the £135 off my credit card, despite me telling them about the issues i had.

Any assistance would be gratefully, gratefully received!

Get a copy of the terms and conditions of hire to see what they say about real fines and just not charges by a ppc.

Supersaint13

I too am being pursued by Parking Eye following an overstay at B&Q in Warrington.

They have sent one letter and a reminder - and today I have received one from a debt collection agency - CCS Collect - threatening dire consequences if I don't pay up. It's escalated from the intial £50 to £110.

Has anyone heard of CCS Collect - and do they go the whole hog?

I don't want to damage my credit rating thorugh some no-mark business, and like a recent poster, I'm feeling intimidated!

Any responses greatfully heeded!

Sir_Roger_deLodger

Supersaint13 wrote: »

Has anyone heard of CCS Collect - and do they go the whole hog?

We've all heard of them, and no.

Supersaint13 wrote: »

I don't want to damage my credit rating thorugh some no-mark business, and like a recent poster, I'm feeling intimidated!

Any responses greatfully heeded!

Your credit rating could only be damaged IF all the following happens:
1 They take you to court. [unheard of with Paking Eye and CCS]
2 They win [impossible]
3 You still don't pay up.

That letter from CCS is usually the last in the chain, they give up very easily.

TheClan

I recently parked in my university car park which is managed by a private company. Due to an overun by one of my lecturers I was about 12 minutes late getting back to my car and received a ticket for £65.00.

The cost of parking in the Uni is only £0.40p per hour, so I found a £65.00 fine for a 12 min overstay to be ridiculously excessive.

I ignored the ticket and afte about 12 weeks I received a letter giving me a chance to pay or they will take me to court and recover the debt via a Bailiff.

What should I do next?
Ignore their letter or state my reasons for not paying them.

Please Help

trisontana

Just ignore and it's not a "fine", just an unenforceable invoice.