Parking ticket fell off dashboard..

Coupon-mad

onejontwo wrote: »

Would this reasoning apply if the motorist forgot to purchase a ticket, or is it only in similar circumstances to the posts above. (Not that I'm planning to "forget to buy a ticket" I hasten to add!) But as in the case of parking then realising a few minutes later that you haven't bought a ticket, by which time it may already have received a "penalty notice"?

If you had a 'penalty notice' then it should be a real ticket from a Council - which is completely different (i.e. it's a real fine but you could appeal it).

This thread is about private parking companies, who mostly issue 'parking charge notices' now (most eventually realised that they can't issue penalty charges like Councils can...).

So you could completely forget to buy a ticket for five hours and you could still ignore the pathetic fake PCN and 'debt collector' letter attempts from the PPC. We don't condone that sort of selfish free parking on this forum but a PPC ticket is a PPC ticket, whatever the circumstances.

I would NEVER pay a PPC ticket - there is no question of motorists having committed any offence that they have right to issue a 'fine' for! Not even for parking in a disabled or mother & child bay (we don't condone that either but if you got a private PCN for it you should of course still ignore it).

Nothing warrants this scam.

Why the heck does a company which does not even have a retail outlet on a site have the right to demand more than a couple of quid for the owner/retailer, for parking charges?.

Having said that, I would pay & display a ticket - and do so pretty often, including in a local Asda car park where you pay then reclaim the money at the CS desk or till. I wouldn't just ignore P&D instructions as they are normally pretty reasonable.

I would ignore any Parking Charge Notice as that would of course be unreasonable.

onejontwo

But if push came to shove and you genuinely forgot to pay the ticket, would the "fine" be enforceable or would this be classed as a similar case to above? I.e ignore the threatening letters.

Aha I've just seen the new post above which answers my query.

Coupon-mad

onejontwo wrote: »

But if push came to shove and you genuinely forgot to pay the ticket, would the "fine" be enforceable or would this be classed as a similar case to above? I.e ignore the threatening letters.

Aha I've just seen the new post above which answers my query.

:T

When push comes to shove, once a scam always a scam!

onejontwo

Thanks for that.:rotfl:

boliston

Coupon-mad wrote: »

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Having said that, I would pay & display a ticket - and do so pretty often, including in a local Asda car park where you pay then reclaim the money at the CS desk or till. ....

Our local sainsbury's has this and I don't usually bother with the "pay and reclaim" as it seems a bit pointless and I often don't have the correct change. I have not yet been "fined" but that's probably because I'm pretty quick at doing the weekly shop and they don't seem to have many ticket inspectors.

Coupon-mad

boliston wrote: »

Our local sainsbury's has this and I don't usually bother with the "pay and reclaim" as it seems a bit pointless and I often don't have the correct change. I have not yet been "fined" but that's probably because I'm pretty quick at doing the weekly shop and they don't seem to have many ticket inspectors.

I am slow (typical woman, window shopping!) and I like to linger in the shops there around that site.

But I don't spend anything at Asda, it's not my Supermarket of choice normally. I don't really want to set out to collect PCNs, so I just get the P&D ticket and go straight to CS with it, then out again. I am not the only motorist who just holds out their ticket without a word being exchanged and they just get £1 out of the till on autopilot! If asked I would say I had just put my shopping in the boot and realised I forgot to get my £1 back. But they have never asked.

anewman

Here's the criminal responsible for the scam! Excel boss Simon Renshaw-Smith

boliston

Coupon-mad wrote: »

I am slow (typical woman, window shopping!) and I like to linger in the shops there around that site.

But I don't spend anything at Asda, it's not my Supermarket of choice normally. I don't really want to set out to collect PCNs, so I just get the P&D ticket and go straight to CS with it, then out again. I am not the only motorist who just holds out their ticket without a word being exchanged and they just get £1 out of the till on autopilot! If asked I would say I had just put my shopping in the boot and realised I forgot to get my £1 back. But they have never asked.

Makes you wonder if anyone has tried a "reverse-scam" by scanning a ticket and printing out multiple copies and claim back £1s that they have not even spent.

anewman

boliston wrote: »

Makes you wonder if anyone has tried a "reverse-scam" by scanning a ticket and printing out multiple copies and claim back £1s that they have not even spent.

Interesting idea. Those printers aren't exactly high-tech and don't give unique barcodes etc.

Kilty_2

anewman wrote: »

Here's the criminal responsible for the scam! Excel boss Simon Renshaw-Smith

This was even funnier with your signature below it :rotfl::rotfl: