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Argh! UKPC Ticket in Merry hill!
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matt1987
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Hello all!
Just returned from an expensive shopping trip at merry hill, only to return to a PCN slapped on the front windscreen!
This was for parking in a disabled bay, which is not very clearly marked. I didnt realise it was a disabled bay as it didnt have the big yellow zig zags either side, and the next bay to the left of me wasnt disabled - so I thought my bay wasnt disabled due to the bays width, and having no yellow zig zag lines on the left hand side like the rest do!
The ticket says " Parking attendant had reasonable cause to believe that the following contravention of the parking regulations had occured: Parked in a disabled persons space without clearly displaying a valid disabled persons badge". Therefore a parking charge of £70.00 is payable within 28 days. A reduced charge of £35.00 is payable if payment is recieved within 14 days beginning with the date of this notice.
I did take a picture of my car parked in the said space, and the markings are pretty poor! I have been reading that these kind of tickets are not enforcable.
What do you think I should do, as I am in two minds whether to just pay the reduced amount!
I have had some sound advice from another forum, but thought I would see what you guys think?
Thanks!
Matt
Just returned from an expensive shopping trip at merry hill, only to return to a PCN slapped on the front windscreen!
This was for parking in a disabled bay, which is not very clearly marked. I didnt realise it was a disabled bay as it didnt have the big yellow zig zags either side, and the next bay to the left of me wasnt disabled - so I thought my bay wasnt disabled due to the bays width, and having no yellow zig zag lines on the left hand side like the rest do!
The ticket says " Parking attendant had reasonable cause to believe that the following contravention of the parking regulations had occured: Parked in a disabled persons space without clearly displaying a valid disabled persons badge". Therefore a parking charge of £70.00 is payable within 28 days. A reduced charge of £35.00 is payable if payment is recieved within 14 days beginning with the date of this notice.
I did take a picture of my car parked in the said space, and the markings are pretty poor! I have been reading that these kind of tickets are not enforcable.
What do you think I should do, as I am in two minds whether to just pay the reduced amount!
I have had some sound advice from another forum, but thought I would see what you guys think?
Thanks!
Matt
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Plain and simple. IGNORE IT...If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands
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No need to be in two minds about anything.
Just file the PCN away in a drawer and add all the other letters that will arrive to the pile and ignore.
What was the sound advice from the other forum?
I trust it was that you need not pay and can safely ignore
All of the above relates to a private car park - was it thus?0 -
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It was issued by UKPC, and says on the top " Parking Charge Notice ".
The sound advice from the other forum was basically ignore the letters and keep the £35 in my own back pocket!0 -
Well it looks like you were given the right advice, so there ya go. Go treat yourself to something YOU want for £35 and feel smug about it...If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands
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Email them with a receipt for £35, saying oops I spent the money on a treat for myself
Excel Parking, MET Parking, Combined Parking Solutions, VP Parking Solutions, ANPR PC Ltd, & Roxburghe Debt Collectors. What do they all have in common?
They are all or have been suspended from accessing the DVLA database for gross misconduct!
Do you really need to ask what kind of people run parking companies?0 -
Might be best to avoid this unless you have a throwaway account. They'll be sure to spam you.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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peter_the_piper wrote: »Might be best to avoid this unless you have a throwaway account. They'll be sure to spam you.
Yep, I shall just ignore the fine.
Now all that leaves is to decide what to spend my £35 on?? :beer:0 -
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They have mimicked the wording of Council PCNs.
One may read this as 'passing off' and report it to Trading Standards, they are fairly clued up in the midlands.
I would wait for the inevitable flurry of letters and build up a case file of evidence.
In the meantime some reading may be useful http://www.statutelaw.gov.uk/legResults.aspx?LegType=All+Legislation&title=The+Consumer+Protection+from+Unfair+Trading+Regulations&Year=2008&searchEnacted=0&extentMatchOnly=0&confersPower=0&blanketAmendment=0&TYPE=QS&NavFrom=0&activeTextDocId=3480871&PageNumber=1&SortAlpha=00
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