Private Parking Tickets discussion

peter_the_piper

Tina_Tigress wrote: »

Peter - lesson learnt. Just (anxious) wait for the letters to arrive. Thank you for your advice.

You just have to be strong, file them in a drawer and don't stress too much, even the pretty coloured ones and the fake solicitors letter. B.T.W. debt collectors have no powers and only court appointed bailiffs have rights.
Come back later for moral support if needed.

Zebradome

bracken1011 wrote: »

I received a 'penalty' notice from a private firm and I decided to ignore it on the basis the fine was £60 and with court fees being £30, there wasn't much chance they'd pursue it. I received a reminder invoice, two letters threatening court action, and then one stating that someone would be visiting my home within 72 hours. This last one made me wobble and I almost caved in! But I didn't and I haven't heard from them since.

I'm afraid I caved in when the lawyer's letter came (hospital car park -Scotland) as I didn't want a debt of £20 to affect my credit score. Anyone know if it would.

peter_the_piper

jakhammer wrote: »

Does anyone know if these guidlelines for not paying apply to NCP (National Car Parks)? They are after all a private company. I received an NCP ticket after parking in their pay and display car park in Glasgow (Ingram Street) several months ago and I am disputing the charge (for reasons I won't bore you with) and have received debt collection letters and now a solicitors letter/phone call. My intention is to fight it in court if needs be so any assistance would be greatly appreciated?

:mad:

Assuming that its a private car park and not NCP sub contracted from the council then ignore them. If its a council car park then you have to deal with it and not ignore.
NCP don't do court, its not cost effective.

irrelevant

Tina_Tigress wrote: »

Peter - lesson learnt. Just (anxious) wait for the letters to arrive. Thank you for your advice.

Hope you've also learned not to park in a disabled space without displaying your blue badge. These (and the p&c spaces) might not be legally enforceable, but they are a necessity for those who actually need the extra room to get in and out.

brian2208

Hi,

I picked up a ticket last month, I had inadvertently parked over the white line between two parking bays. The row of spaces was otherwise quite empty and I was not causing any sort of obstruction. It was simply a case that i was in a hurry and was parked for only 15 minutes.

Fortunately I read the posts in this forum before sending any money and just ignored the ticket. Today i've received my first threatening letter and I'm just wanting some reassurance that the best thing i can do is ignore the ticket and letter ? Signs were present which I failed to notice and I openly admit I was parked across two bays.

Am I doing the right thing or should I pay as I do admit I was in the wrong to park as I did ?

sk82

On 05/07/09 I went to manchester with my friends for the first time. We asked the owner of a supermarket (132 Wilmslow Rd, Manchester)for permission to park in his supermarket-which he kindly granted. There were large signs stating parking was for customers only. We had two cars which were then clamped and removed; we explained to the security gentleman (F&M Security ltd, unit 12,springfield business centre,springfield lane, salford, m3 7js) that we had prior permission to park there and he grudgingly returned one of our cars(without us paying any fee). However, he refused to return the other car until the £275 fee was paid. He was a very rude and verbally abusive gentleman. We appealed against this (he should have returned both cars without us paying the fee) but it was rejected despite us having proof that we were customers of the supermarket and the owner had given us prior permission to park there. The security man spoke to the owner of the supermarket who agreed with everything we said, but he still refused to bring our car back until we paid the fee of £275. Two other cars were parked in the same place (which were already there before we parked our cars)-and these were not clamped or removed. Another car was clamped whilst we were there, we asked the owner how much they had to pay-told they were from Manchester and 'these guys do this all the time, we refused to pay more than £10 and he released our vehicle'. This is prejudice and as we had permission and proof that we could park there, our car should not have been clamped or removed.

I have written to them to appeal, but they rejected it. What should I do? Shall I write warning them I am going to take them to a small claims court?

Please help!

Crabman

Zebradome wrote: »

I'm afraid I caved in when the lawyer's letter came (hospital car park -Scotland) as I didn't want a debt of £20 to affect my credit score. Anyone know if it would.

Quick answer - no. You'd have to lose a court case then refuse to pay the court judgement for it to have an effect.

Interesting that it was £20 though unlike the ridiculous amounts some ask for - which PPC was that?

peter_the_piper

brian2208 wrote: »

Hi,

I picked up a ticket last month, I had inadvertently parked over the white line between two parking bays. The row of spaces was otherwise quite empty and I was not causing any sort of obstruction. It was simply a case that i was in a hurry and was parked for only 15 minutes.

Fortunately I read the posts in this forum before sending any money and just ignored the ticket. Today i've received my first threatening letter and I'm just wanting some reassurance that the best thing i can do is ignore the ticket and letter ? Signs were present which I failed to notice and I openly admit I was parked across two bays.

Am I doing the right thing or should I pay as I do admit I was in the wrong to park as I did ?

It depends on if it was a council or private car park. Private --ignore and wait for further paperwork. I'm assuming its not a council one, am I right?

strawbie

has anyone had any experience of 'parking eye?' They are a company which have cameras up in some supermarket carparks. You can usually park for free for two hours and after that you receive a 'bill' in the post for £80, which i think is ridiculous. obviously they have signs up advising you of this and have photographic evidence-can they get away with this daylight robbery???

Tina_Tigress

irrelevant wrote: »

Hope you've also learned not to park in a disabled space without displaying your blue badge. These (and the p&c spaces) might not be legally enforceable, but they are a necessity for those who actually need the extra room to get in and out.

Read the earlier posting.