Parking ticket by Euro car parks

trisontana

weeash88 wrote: »

PLease Help!!! I know I must sound like a paranoid freak, but I have just had another lot of letters from Euro Car Parks, well there Credit company actually... I thought they had stopped as I hadnt heard from them in months until just a couple of days ago......
This time I got 4 letters instead of 3? which was strange, however they have gone back to original amount of £90 per ticket... they are asking me to pay this otherwise there 'client' will incur charges ... I dont actually have the car that the tickets where issued for anymore, which is a little worrying... Can you give me any advise RE these letters? Thanks Guys xx

You will be pleased to know that in yesterday's Sunday Times article about private parking, Euro Car Parks admitted that they have never taken anyone to court because they know they would never win . Hence all the scary letters trying to frighten people into paying up.

peter_the_piper

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=56311 Follow the post down a few entries.

Esoog

double....

Esoog

fairplayforall wrote: »

fed up of people looking for loopholes to dodge paying parking fines. Think about the people who own the car parks, this is their weekly wages and they have a right to earn money to pay for maintenance of car parks. I own six spaces outside my shop and people abuse it all the time parking for two hours to go for a meal or their hair done somewhere else, I pay the rates and keep it in good order for my customers. How would they feel if I parked on their driveway at home for two hours and went shopping.

Clamp em

Driver8

For those who don't go in the parking forums. Print a few hundred of these off when you go to a supermarket and stop people being scammed.



PRIVATE PARKING TICKETS - DON'T PAY!
IT IS NOT A FINE! YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL!

This is an information page for the thousands of people who receive "tickets" from private companies in the UK ever day at supermarkets, retail parks, and in any other privately-owned carpark.

We are NOT encouraging anybody to openly flout parking restrictions on private land, or to refuse to pay reasonable charges for parking. Landowners have a right to make reasonable charges for the use of their land.

For advice specific to your case, you should visit the forums at http://forums.pepipoo.com or http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

1. What you should know about these companies

It is important to remember that private parking companies (or PPCs as they are often called) have NO OFFICIAL POWERS - that's right, none at all! They give out their "tickets" on the basis that you have seen the signs in their car park and that you have therefore agreed to a contract obliging you to pay a certain sum of money.


2. What happens to people who don't pay?

In 99.9% of cases, absolutely NOTHING! The company pays the DVLA £2.50 to get your address, and then sends lots of threatening letters. In the main, these letters can be safely IGNORED. The only way the company can actually force you to pay is by taking you to the small claims court, which costs them even more money. And they are by no means guaranteed to win! And they practically never do.

The two main reasons for this (among others) are the following:

- Only the person DRIVING the car could ever have agreed to any such parking contract. The company can only get the Registered Keeper's address from the DVLA: you don't have to tell them who was driving.

-Many of these charges are so extortionately high that they constitute a penalty, which is unenforceable in a consumer contract.


3. Can they affect my credit rating?

NO! The only way your credit rating could be affected by ignoring private parking companies is if you were taken to court, lost, and then still refused to pay. But they will not take you to court.


IN SHORT

The vast majority of the time, you can safely IGNORE tickets from private parking companies, they are not official fines.

The vast majority of the time, you can safely IGNORE the threatening letters, including those from debt collection agencies.

You DO NOT have to pay a penny of your hard-earned money to these companies. Remember that the chances of being taken to court are very slim indeed.

DO NOT IGNORE COURT PAPERS!
If you receive real court papers from a private parking company (very rare) then you should go to http://forums.pepipoo.com or http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences for help defending the claim. Do not be afraid to sign up and ask questions regarding any paperwork you are not sure about.



Don’t believe the above? Watch a solicitor on Watchdog advising you what to do with the scam invoices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIcdi9niHA

THEY ARE NOT FINES

Only the Police, Courts or Council’s can fine you. NOT a private company, please remember that.

People power works. We can beat the scammers, thieves, charlatan's and criminal's.

kowalski181

my wife said she put her ticket the right way round showing time but due to the wind or when she shut the door it has most probably blown across dashboard and gone wrong way round hence not showing time we bought ticket, to our shock we returned back to the car park and were issued with a ticket demanding we pay £50 before end of month or £70 thereafter also has address to write in to to protest. if they dont give you a sticker how is it guaranteed to stick on window???
anyway i think this is crackers, no way we are paying the fine, and from what i have read it doesnt appear that a court case will occur. any advice please? is it worth sending protest letter or should i just ignore it???

loztiggy

as mentioned in every other post on this thread, if it was issued by anyone other than a council or police officer, its not valid that you have to pay..

Ensure its a private firm that has issued it

ignore it if so

kowalski181

it was eurocar parks
they arent the police or the council so think im probably ok, it was the main one in wrexham town centre,

trisontana

kowalski181 wrote: »

it was eurocar parks
they arent the police or the council so think im probably ok, it was the main one in wrexham town centre,

Of course you will be OK. Euro on on record stating that they never take anyone to court because they know they won't win.

loztiggy

even iv had a euro, i rang them, told them why i wouldnt pay, and they ADMITTED that nothing more would happen