Excel Parking Fine Middlsbrough

Sugarbee1984

I was wondering if someone could help me as I have received a parking ticket today.

The storey is this was going into Middlesbrough and decided to park in the Middlesbrough Leisure car park I read all the signs visable to find out if i was ok to park in the blue spaces all i could see and understand from the signs as long i was a using the facilities I would be ok had to nip in to Middlesbrough to get some money and have a look about as wanted to go to pizza hut which hadn't opened at 10am. All there signs say no return within 2 hours max stay 4 hours. I was back with in the time period but still had a ticket as had walked off site I could see no where in the car park that if i left there would be a charged or anything stating the boundries if that was the case I wouldn't have parked there!

I have sent a letter to appeal have attached a copy of my receipt from Pizza Hut as well as photo's of the signs which clearly do not say anything about leaving the park.

Can someone confirm that I am in the right here as am a bit concered by it all.

Sorry for the spelling mistakes and thanks in advance

Emma

Coupon-mad

Hi Emma,

Well the bad news is your appeal will be declined. It's a private company and this is how they make money! They only pretend to have an appeals process, but really it's a scam.

But the good news is it doesn't matter because an Excel fake PCN is not a real parking fine.

There's tons on the internet about this issue, Google 'private parking scam' and look for forum posts on here, pepipoo.com, consumer action group, all of which will tell you that such tickets are unenforceable trash, whether or not you've appealed already.

Watchdog covered this last month, and their legal bod helpfully confirmed just what we tell everyone to do with fake parking tickets (whether you have 'contravened their pathetic rules' or not):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIcdi9niHA

:T:rotfl:

The registered keeper will receive a few debt collector letters telling you to pay, but so what once you know they are just bog roll! Do not panic, do not believe the lies on the letters about Court/CCJs/dire consequences! They cannot just 'apply for' a CCJ, that's not how things work at all.

See examples here of what letters to ignore and be prepared for. Don't bother to actually read their threats when you get the matching threats, instead look at them now so you are ready to laugh when you get the whole predicable set:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=2214803

To be proactive, if the scam letters get tiresome you may like to also report the company and their debt collectors for harassment:

http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/en...=03_harassment

But don't forget this is NOT a debt, NOT a fine, just a mickey mouse ticket.

Nothing happens, your credit record is NOT affected, so don't fall for this con.

Be angry about their illegal scary letters, tell your friends never to pay a private parking ticket, even if they have broken the car park's spurious 'rules'. Spread the word.

TOTAL666YFEDUP

Hi got a parking fine in middlesbrough today reading threads on this subject.Is the law still the same do i have to pay exel fine or not. Hopfully the latter as i was doing JURY SERVISE payed my parking fee but parked unknowingly in the excel car park next to cpn car park.

esmerobbo

TOTAL666YFEDUP wrote: »

Hi got a parking fine in middlesbrough today reading threads on this subject.Is the law still the same do i have to pay exel fine or not. Hopfully the latter as i was doing JURY SERVISE payed my parking fee but parked unknowingly in the excel car park next to cpn car park.

Nothing has changed the advice is still simply ignore.

Technically you owe Excel the price of parking for the day, unfortunately they wont let you pay what you owe, and have chosen instead to try and rip you off!