Private Parking Tickets discussion

esmerobbo

magicmat wrote: »

Oh trust me, im not justifying my actions, just agreeing with the previous poster! My only point is, i dont really have an excuse...but Im happy to ignore all communication, ive got pretty big balls!

Mind you, flipping all of this around, if i was the landlord I would be pretty peeved! If i have a nice piece of VERY expensive real estate, what right do people have to park on it without paying? I guess there is no answer...maybe there should be a happy medium...and SENSIBLE way are charging people, and "fineing"...and then inforcing it, without strong arm tactics etc.

Anyway...the message is IGNORE then! And i will...thanks y'all!

I can see your point the owner of the land has a right to protect it. He doesn't have the right to penalise people though! He has the right in law to recover any loss!

If it was £5 to park for the morning, and you came back and there was a nice polite note saying you haven't paid you owe me £5 I bet most people would pay them.

What they have chosen to do is mimic the official parking authority's and issue penalties. Also at the higher end £100 reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days!

I don't, and I think most here dont object to paying for parking, its the being ripped off by the PPC's that we are against!

esmerobbo

jemram wrote: »

I had a "fine" and wrote back saying I was not driving, they wrote back and said pay or we pass the debt on, I wrote again saying I was not driving and now I have had a letter from debt recovery plus, I phoned and told them the ticket is in dispute and to refer it back to tps and also e mailed this to them, they say I must pay in 7 days or they take me to court, what do I do? I do not want to pay but am worried about court action.:(

Tis all bluff and more bluff, they have not a leg to stand on. You have informed them you were not the driver! Who would they sue??

esmerobbo

Notoscam wrote: »

Sports direct in St Helens and the company issuing the notice is called G24 LTD, many thanks for your advice

G24 have been there for a while it seems! The Mayor of St Helens is not best pleased!

Its a poor piece of Journalism though calling them "fines" and not pointing out that they are actually unenforceable!

http://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/4249693.Parking_fine_added_another___95_to_Lorraine___s_bill/

I googled "Sports direct St Helens parking ticket" and found a few reports. I didn't see one where they took any action, and I doubt I would!

Oopsadaisy

Saw the Mail yesterday and it mentioned the Clamping ban but also mentioned that private parking would have new laws eg regulated charges and operators would need to belong to a regulator of sorts. I wonder if they also intend to make the RK liable for the debt....bringing it into line with the council set-ups??

peter_the_piper

Oopsadaisy wrote: »

Saw the Mail yesterday and it mentioned the Clamping ban but also mentioned that private parking would have new laws eg regulated charges and operators would need to belong to a regulator of sorts. I wonder if they also intend to make the RK liable for the debt....bringing it into line with the council set-ups??

Don't give the Bu****s ideas.

Miniretta

PROTESTORS in Hull are claiming victory as legal moves to outlaw clamping get under way.
A bill making wheel clamping on private land a criminal offence is set to be introduced in Parliament in the next few days.
The Government's Protection of Freedoms Bill is unlikely to be opposed and is expected to become law by the end of the year.
West Hull motorist Michael Lea was the first person in the region to fight back against Parking Control Ltd, which took over several sites formerly run by Sector Security Ltd.

He was given a £250 release fee after parking his white van at the Jet Garage in Princes Avenue. However, he refused to pay and spent two nights sleeping in his van to prevent it being towed away. Evenutally, the firm backed down and removed the wheel clamp.
Mr Lea, of Princes Avenue, west Hull, said: "I am very pleased it has got to this stage. It is good news for every motorist.
"The clamping situation has been ongoing and I am still hearing stories of rogue operators.
"I feel very proud. Somebody had to take a stance and now others can benefit.
"Fortunately, I was in a position to take a stance but if I was working as a driver for someone else, I would have had to pay.
"I understand there has to be parking control but we have to get rid of these rogue operators."
After highlighting Mr Lea's protest in March last year, the Mail received a barrage of complaints about wheel clampers.
It led to our Clamp Down On The Clampers campaign, which called for tighter regulations. We presented a dossier containing our coverage to the Home Office in London last July.
Chairman of the Princes Avenue Traders' Association Paula Johns is also delighted by the legislation.
She said: "This is great news and the sooner the legislation is in place, the better.
"Even though there is no clamping in Princes Avenue now, people are still frightened to park round here.
"Hopefully now, these people will take their nefarious ways somewhere else instead. Their days are numbered."
Cowboy clampers take up to £55 million from 500,000 drivers every year.
Home Office Minister Lynne Featherstone said: "By criminalising clamping and towing on private land, this Government is committing rogue clampers to history and putting an end to intimidation and excessive charges once and for all."
But some critics, including the British Parking Association (BPA), criticised the Government for creating "a charter for the selfish parker", giving drivers the freedom to park wherever they want.
Once in force, the new law will mean only police, councils or official bodies such as the DVLA will be allowed to immobilise or remove a car in exceptional circumstances, such as a cars blocking a road or vehicles which are untaxed.
Land owners will still be able to regulate their land by charging motorists a fee but they must become a member of the British Parking Association (BPA), which states a fine must not exceed £75.
Clamping company Parking Control, which operates across the city, told the Mail it would adhere to any new laws

Oopsadaisy

"Land owners will still be able to regulate their land by charging motorists a fee but they must become a member of the British Parking Association (BPA), which states a fine must not exceed £75."

Yikes!!!! Makes the BPA seem respectable, as oppsed to a front for a bunch of **** 88888* ** * * ********** *'s

Falafles

Hi all,
I am new to this forum and looking for some advice (or even just someone to complain about my situation to!).
My boyfriend parked our car on private land and paid for a ticket, which ran out before he went to collect the car.

His ticket expired at 23:02, the car was clamped at 23:10 and was towed at 23:20. The following day (a Sunday, so the banks were not open, causing difficulties to obtain cash) we were charged £430 to get our car back. £80 of which was a £40 per day "storage fee" even though they had had our car for less than 24 hours!

We paid up because they were going to charge £40/day for every day it was with them, plus the car was a hire car so not even ours!

This just seems completely unreasonable to me, but as we were in the wrong (I think my boyfriend must have been at least 30 minutes overdue on collecting the car), I don't know if we can challenge it?

Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

Thanks

Oopsadaisy

You can get your money back

Sue the firm [waste of time but you need to] and most importantly also the landowner.....

Falafles

Oopsadaisy wrote: »

You can get your money back

Sue the firm [waste of time but you need to] and most importantly also the landowner.....

Thanks for the reply... how do I find out who the land owner is?