Excel Parking Services - "Parking Charge Notice" - Peel Centre - Stockport

kaz4369

i have today recieved 3 letters from solicitors Graham White Solicitors !!! they demanding £207.25 for each of the three parking charges !! i am scared though,,, help

Jesthar

kaz4369 wrote: »

i have today recieved 3 letters from solicitors Graham White Solicitors !!! they demanding £207.25 for each of the three parking charges !! i am scared though,,, help

Well, at least you won't be short of toilet paper for a few days

'Graham White Solicitors' is just a front name I believe, they aren't solicitors at all, just the next desk along in Scam Central. So still nothing to worry about, they're just trying to scare you into handing over cash, as a court case would see them severely mauled.

Just carry on ignoring them - or if you fancy a giggle, try this:

joyjoyjoy_2

hi there

i've read the above and thanks for all that info

i had a £40 fine last wk

i would ignore it but the guy who put the ticket (who I imagine doesnt care whether i pay or not )

said that excel do chase people and have just hired 5 more solicitors to pursue and that they'd just got £2000 out of some one for not paying etc...

if the company themselves told me that i would queestion if its just to scare me - but this guy i imagine has no axe to grind - he just gets paid to put the tickets on cars ??

what are your opinions

esmerobbo

One of their new solicitors was sent home with his tail between his legs last week!

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3490245

99.99% of these tickets don't go near a court. Those that do are normally people who have contacted them. The person issuing the tickets has probably been fed this rubbish by his manager!

Someone who had £2000 worth of parking charges may well find a court claim, it would be worth a punt by any PPC on a 50 50 chance of winning!!

trisontana

Did he also tell you that in the two cases where Excel have taken people to court they lost on both occasions? He was just scaring you. Just ignore them. And, by the way, it's not a FINE, it's an unenforceable invoice.

jkbrennan

Hi,

I was issued with a parking charge notice by Excel Parking Services on Monday this week (12/3/2012). As with many others I too did not realise that this was a pay and display car park, unusual for an out of town shopping area and the signs are totally inadequate. If I had know then I would have paid or gone elsewhere.

I was at the Peel Centre for about 15 mins before I returned to my car and found the official looking charge notice stuck to my car. When I returned to work (as this was in my lunch hour) I immediately sent an email appealing the charge explaining I was new to the area, I had never been to the Peel Centre before and not realised it was a pay and display car park. I thought the charge was especially high (£100 or £60 if paid within 7 days, if it was £30 then I probably would have just paid) so after I sent my appeal to them I then undertook a search of Excel Parking Services on the internet and this has led me to a number of threads similar to this. I am quite confident now that I have no obligation to pay this "fine" but I just need some confirmation that this is the case. I saw that in September last year someone won a court case against Excel for pretty much identical circumstances to my own.

I would obviously prefer not to let this matter go to court but I will not pay Excel if I don't have to. Most of the cases I have read about are about 18 months old or more, has anything changed in the law since? Do I really have to pay Excel? I can carry on reading around the subject on the internet but I think I need someone who knows exactly what I should, shouldn't and have to do in this situation? Any help or advice is appreciated.

Also, needless to say that as of yet I have received no response from my appeal.

trisontana

The law hasn't changed, and (as this is civil law) hasn't changed for hundreds of years. So just keep ignoring these clowns.

bondy_lad

i spend half my life walking around the peel centre car park in stockport, educating unsususpecting drivers like yourself about, the scum, otherwords known as excell parking,,,,you need not worry, please read the stickies,,also google,,michael cutts and see how he spanked this lot at the peel centre,,,,anyway, you have not i repeat not been fined, merely given an unenforceable invoice, which equates to loo paper,,,,now quick lesson,,,,,a PENALTY charge notice=legal/legit etc,, issued by police or traffic wardens, must be paid,otherwise big trouble,,,still with me,,,what you have recieved is this,,,a PARKING charge notice=fake/scam/not legit/nout to worry about/ignore,,nothing can will be done to you as a result of this,,so stop worrying yourself,,,make sure you read the stickies,,also be prepared for further loo paper in form of threat o grams from,,,roxburghe (we have no powers) debt collectors and the world famous (not) phoney solicitors ,, graham(i am also part of the scam) white,,,do not concern yourself about this,,do not contact/respond in any way shape or form,,,believe me when i say i have a drawer full of loo paper from al three of these,,they eventually give up and crawl back under the stone from where they came,and move on to someone else,,if you contact, they will hound you for alot longer,,they bank on frightining people into believing they have a genuine ticket,its not ,, its a scam,,so relax, chill feet up have a good w/e,come the wolves on sunday,glass of wine,,,,,incidentally the other scammers in town are only yards away on newbridge lane,,,,parking eye,,who patroll aldi car park, they are joint first with the scumbags excelll for scamming,,hope this now helps you to understand what has happened,, in a word,,,,NOTHING.

give_them_FA

Inimitable style, Bondy, but if I sum it up in one sentence for our poster- SCAM, DO NOT PAY, IGNORE THE CROOKS.

bondy_lad

give_them_FA wrote: »

Inimitable style, Bondy, but if I sum it up in one sentence for our poster- SCAM, DO NOT PAY, IGNORE THE CROOKS.

you are as usual quite right,,,but i feel sometimes new posters just need a little bit more info ,so they can be totally reassured, i remember being in their position, it made me really anxious/worried and scared of the unknown,,what will happen to me?? court,,oh no, cant do that,,,yes, now i perfectly understand the best thing to do is,,ignore,,initially needed more reassurance etc,,,anyway i learn everyday off your and other posters,,thank you all,,,as hate excell with a vengeance.hopefully the o.p. will realise now that it is a scam and can relax without fear of death by hanging ?