parking ticket from excel parking services limited

bluebell25

Hi guys.
I recieved a parking fine from excel. They are in charge of the car park at the hospital where i work. i have a permit and i paid to park for the duration of my shift but accidently parked in a consultants car park. i admitted the mistake and paid a £40 fine. but they are now threatening me with a £100 because i paid a day late. i dont know what to do. have so far had 2 letters threatening me. the only problem i face is that i am going travelling in 2 weeks and wont be back for a year so dont want to leave it for my mum to deal with.. ? any advice?? xx

Coupon-mad

bluebell25 wrote: »

Hi guys.
I recieved a parking fine from excel. They are in charge of the car park at the hospital where i work. i have a permit and i paid to park for the duration of my shift but accidently parked in a consultants car park. i admitted the mistake and paid a £40 fine. but they are now threatening me with a £100 because i paid a day late. i dont know what to do. have so far had 2 letters threatening me. the only problem i face is that i am going travelling in 2 weeks and wont be back for a year so don't want to leave it for my mum to deal with.. ? any advice?? xx

Excel only send some debt collector letters, it's nothing to worry your Mum - and what a crying shame you paid the scammers. Never make that mistake again, please.

Debt collectors are not bailiffs so no-one is going to turn up on your doorstep. Please spend a few hours before you go, reading up on this scam with your Mum so she's completely comfortable with ignoring the letters. She won't pay the con-merchants to make it go away will she, please say she won't, it's only a few letters!

Start with reading the sticky threads at the top of the forum board, show your Mum the pics of the debt collector letter-chains:

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

Show your Mum the Watchdog clip about private parking tickets that you'll find when reading those posts on this thread. It's easy to find on many threads and on the stickies.

Then read as many other cases as it takes for you to both understand this is NOTHING to worry about. No-one is going to Court, tell your Mum NOT to pay and NOT to read the threats if she'd waver and believe them (but why would you if you'd seen a preview of the very same letters on here?). I really hope your Mum 'gets it' like we do, I am a Mum as well and would NEVER pay this, it's like paying phishing email scammers and is such a simple con.

I seriously don't understand why people pay these bogus tickets when a quick Google reveals the scam in seconds (quicker than it would take to have made that payment). Your money helped the scammers continue this protection racket - sorry but that's the truth.

One very quick search found this well-known Small Claims case (extremely rare that Excel tried Court, they got their fingers burnt a couple of times trying to make examples of people and they never try now). See what a judge thinks of Excel's parking charges:

http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/local_news_2_9302/judge_says_excel_parking_fines_illegal_1_701811

So sorry you fell for it, please don't let your Mum become a victim as well, she only has to follow the Watchdog example and make a paper aeroplane out of any letters. Only ever take a parking ticket seriously in the UK if it comes from the Police or the Council.

Cliffo78

I have just got a "Parking Charge Notice" from Excel Parking Services Ltd. They claim I did not display a valid ticket! I have parked in this car park every working day for a year and have ALWAYS paid as I did today but they claim my vehicle was not displaying a valid ticket.
I was going to appeal but the news on the forum is it will be a waste of time.
I am right to not bother appealing, ignore this charge notice and all subsequent letters I get from Excel and whoever else they claim to be no matter what they threaten?

trisontana

Cliffo78 wrote: »

I have just got a "Parking Charge Notice" from Excel Parking Services Ltd. They claim I did not display a valid ticket! I have parked in this car park every working day for a year and have ALWAYS paid as I did today but they claim my vehicle was not displaying a valid ticket.
I was going to appeal but the news on the forum is it will be a waste of time.
I am right to not bother appealing, ignore this charge notice and all subsequent letters I get from Excel and whoever else they claim to be no matter what they threaten?

You are correct.

Cliffo78

trisontana wrote: »

You are correct.

Even though I still have to park in that car park every day for work?

trisontana

Cliffo78 wrote: »

Even though I still have to park in that car park every day for work?

Yes. Don't be scared that they might clamp you. They would be breaking the law if they clamped you over an alleged "debt", especially as I imagine that there are no signs in that car-park warning about clamping.

Cliffo78

trisontana wrote: »

Yes. Don't be scared that they might clamp you. They would be breaking the law if they clamped you over an alleged "debt", especially as I imagine that there are no signs in that car-park warning about clamping.

I have checked and the car park sign does not say anything about clamping. I have to carry on parking there but from now on will be making sure I park perfectly in the lines, only in a marked bay and stick the ticket I buy every day somewhere obviously in view.
Excel make a fortune out of ticketing people in my office block but to my knowledge I am the only one who has refused to pay.

trisontana

Then spread the word to the rest of the office that they do not have to pay these tickets for breaking Excel's silly rules.

Cliffo78

trisontana wrote: »

Then spread the word to the rest of the office that they do not have to pay these tickets for breaking Excel's silly rules.

I have just been speaking to a friend of mine Excel told her that if she had outstanding fines and she used their car park they would clamp her! Dont know what do do now?

trisontana

Cliffo78 wrote: »

I have just been speaking to a friend of mine Excel told her that if she had outstanding fines and she used their car park they would clamp her! Dont know what do do now?

For a start they are not "fines" and if Excel did clamp her they would be breaking the law.