Armtrac Security Services

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westman wrote: »

I have today had the pleasure of a contact with this organisation after parking and finding I did not have change I limped to the bank not 30 metres away to get some. Due to a queue and after opproximately five minutes I returned to my car to find I had been issued a Parking Ticket, it seemed pointless at the time to purchase a ticket as I had already been penalised but I consider the £60 charge extortionate. But as I have not made any payment should I at least make some payment or refuse any payment what so ever and bluff it out.

Don't do any of those things.

Do not contact them. Do nothing, just as you would if you got a phishing email and deleted it - you wouldn't give it the time of day would you?

Same sort of generic scam.

Read the stickies at the top of the forum by clicking on the link to view the whole board that I mention in my signature. Look at the top of this page for the link in question then click & settle down to see Watchdog's advice on PPC tickets and to see copies of the all the letter-chains from these cowboy firms. Then read a few threads that people have posted on the board this week. You'll soon know the score.

Tell your friends never to pay a PPC ticket, never to contact them. Just IGNORE!

taffy056

Please don't pay them anything at all, the invoice is not enforceable and they will not take you to court as they have no idea who was driving unless you tell them, you have no legal obligation to do so, and all they will do is send the registered keeper spam mail begging for money!

westman_2

Thanks for the advice, I shall await the interesting correspondence.

uncle_tone

Hi All
Can anyone help? I was parked in Falmouth Maritime carpark and my ticket expired by 6 mins and they slapped a £60 fine for overstay.
Should i ignore the letter ,which now stands at £80 ,or should i pay?

peter_the_piper

Who is they, Armtrac?

cajef

uncle_tone wrote: »

Hi All
Can anyone help? I was parked in Falmouth Maritime carpark and my ticket expired by 6 mins and they slapped a £60 fine for overstay.
Should i ignore the letter ,which now stands at £80 ,or should i pay?

Which car park, there are two next to each other one is council the other private, is the ticket issued by the council or Armtrac.

bondy_lad

does the ticket say,,,penalty charge notice or,,,parking charge notice???

shak88

Hi

i currently park every now and then on a private car park run by armtrac. it's not often i do but only if i'm late getting to work. i've come back a couple of times and found a ticket on my car which as i've read above is not enforceable and have ignored and never heard anything from them about this. my question is in regards to clamping because i got clamped last year on this car park and had to pay nearly £100 to get it off (ironically i had a ticket on it that day and i was 10 minutes over which i thought was a bit harsh for the sake of 10 minutes) but since then all i have received are tickets and often get told by the guys emptying the p&d machines that i will get clamped. so is it just that i've gotten lucky not to have been clamped again or are they not actually allowed to clamp anymore. if it is that i can get clamped again would i have to pay again like last time or is it something they are not allowed to do and therefore i shouldnt have to pay anything?

halibut2209

So you deliberately park where you know you are not allowed to? That's not something we condone.

However re: clamping. No it's not outlawed yet so assuming there is adequate signage, they would be quite entitled to clamp you.

It is possible to get money back, but involves jointly suing the clampers and the landowners. However seeing as you at least appear to be deliberately trespassing you might not succeed.

shak88

well its a pay and display car park privately owned and from knowing that the tickets aren't enforceable and admittedly riding my luck not being clamped thats why i park there. it isn't often like i said it's probably once a month if i'm late for work which i accept isn't a good enough reason to do that hence why i do find somewhere else to park normally.