Advice on a Parking Eye Parking Charge Notice

helenollie

ive had a charge from excel, from one of these [parking eyes, i wouldnt mind but i have the ticket to prove a paid, the time of arrival corresponds with my ticket, but they are saying because i missed a digit from my numberplate when i got the ticket i've failed my contract, so even though I know for a fact i paid for the ticket to park there, i now owe them £207 i had my 1st letter from graham white on saturday, they can whistle though, there's no way i'm paying anything its disgusting that they think they can charge me £207 for missing the 1st digit off my numberplate

Trebor16

helenollie wrote: »

ive had a charge from excel, from one of these [parking eyes, i wouldnt mind but i have the ticket to prove a paid, the time of arrival corresponds with my ticket, but they are saying because i missed a digit from my numberplate when i got the ticket i've failed my contract, so even though I know for a fact i paid for the ticket to park there, i now owe them £207 i had my 1st letter from graham white on saturday, they can whistle though, there's no way i'm paying anything its disgusting that they think they can charge me £207 for missing the 1st digit off my numberplate

It would be great if they took you to court and then you produced the ticket to prove you had paid. I wonder if that would be grounds to describe the PPCV as vexatious litigants?

Roboteernat

Turns out i also got a parking notice from a company, sadly i had also sent of my new documents and address details to the DVLA and subsequently the letters were sent to old address. Have received 3 letters so far, all of which i have picked up over 1 month after the actuall suposed date of the parking.
So far i have inadvertantly missed all 3 letters.

Guess im going to be missing a few more letters in the future too!!

Annoyingly, i spent a good 20 minutes looking for a space, as it was christmas shopping time so the parking bays were full, so actually didnt park till way after i got in there :mad:

FatAndy

helenollie wrote: »

ive had a charge from excel, from one of these [parking eyes, i wouldnt mind but i have the ticket to prove a paid, the time of arrival corresponds with my ticket, but they are saying because i missed a digit from my numberplate when i got the ticket i've failed my contract, so even though I know for a fact i paid for the ticket to park there, i now owe them £207 i had my 1st letter from graham white on saturday, they can whistle though, there's no way i'm paying anything its disgusting that they think they can charge me £207 for missing the 1st digit off my numberplate

If they've specifically said the "penalty" is for a breach of contract they've shot themselves in the foot. By law all they can claim for a breach of contract is a "reasonable pre-estimate of losses suffered" and it doesn't sound like £207 is a reasonable claim in your case.

Have a look here (page 40) - http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/reports/unfair_contract_terms/oft311.pdf

treeboa

GUYS YOU NEED TO START TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY
i can vouch for the fact that since receiving a ticket a few things have happened which i can lay directly on the doors of t&c

i keep getting the urge to shove the tickets up the local distributors backside

i have taken to grinning like a loon at `mr t&c` each time i see him especially as hes wearing the official `beanie` hat

i have taken to watching the letterbox eagerly awaiting the next instalment, i have actually cancelled my subscription to viz as i find the letters far funnier

im getting the overwhelming urge to find out were `mr t&c` parks his vehicle and stick a load of post it notes on his screen demanding payment :rotfl:

pritz31

hi

i also got a notice for overstaying in an out of town car park whilst shopping there.

I stupidly rang up to pay without checking online. i was annoyed about having to pay £3 credit card charge on top of £50 fine so said i would send a check. they extended my payment period by 14 days.

i then decided to go online to pay when i came across these forums telling me that it was a scam

have i admitted liabiltiy by ringing them up? do i need to pay or can i still safely ignore?

cheers

trisontana

Just ignore them from now on.

bromsgrovebarry

This is not a fine but a scam. I make a habit of ignoring these Mickey Mouse 'fines'. Just be prepared for some silly threatmail and do not be intimidated by this scam.

sya220

I wish I had read the forum sooner.
I received a PCN for parking and shopping at Morrison one evening at 9:30pm when it was approaching the store's closing time, and all the ticket machines were covered by plastic bag.
Not knowing I could just ignore the Notice, I have been panicking and spent a lot of time writing to ParkingEye and Morrison to appeal. I don't know the outcome yet. Have I been wasting my time?

Coupon-mad

sya220 wrote: »

I wish I had read the forum sooner.
I received a PCN for parking and shopping at Morrison one evening at 9:30pm when it was approaching the store's closing time, and all the ticket machines were covered by plastic bag.
Not knowing I could just ignore the Notice, I have been panicking and spent a lot of time writing to ParkingEye and Morrison to appeal. I don't know the outcome yet. Have I been wasting my time?

Errr...yep! But at least you didn't pay the fake PCN! :T

Your letters to Morrisons should have been COMPLAINTS about them allowing a third party to harass paying customers - you can vote with your feet you know.

Have you read the stickies on here, seen the Watchdog video?