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PCN!!!! Should I pay up or not?
praises247
Posts: 3 Newbie
I was issued a PCN on 24/7/2010 in the notorious LB of Newham.:rotfl: It was issued (just six minutes) after my pay and display ticket expired, even though i had purchased another ticket just a minute after the PCN was issued. The CEO was still by my car when i got back and he told me to write to the address on the back of the ticket and the PCN will be canceled cos it was issued within ten minutes of the times on both pay and display tickets. Is this true? I have only a week left TO CONTEST THE PCN ISSUE so as to meet the 14 DAY appeal rule.
Interested to hear suggestions pleaseThank you.
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Take a close-up digital picture (or a scan) of the PCN front AND back, showing all dates & all small print, and post it on a new thread here on pepipoo.com:
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30
Read a few other similar Council PCN threads first on that link so you can see what to do from other cases. Also read the FAQs and stickies such as 'READ THIS FIRST!' and 'how to post pictures'.
Pepipoo get the majority of poster off their PCNs altogether. They are the experts!
For a start, you could just bung in an informal appeal to be received at the Council on or before the 14th day (including the day of issue so that's within 13 days by most people's standards).
Informal appeal is only the first stage, if rejected you'll get another chance later to formally appeal (when the Owner is sent a Notice to Owner, or 'NtO'). And if rejected you'll normally be re-offered the discounted fine as well in the rejection letter so you lose nothing by posting any old appeal asap.
99% of the time informal appeals are rejected - but that doesn't mean you haven't got a case! Councils play a game of bluff, hoping people will pay up. So WHEN you get your rejection letter and Notice to Owner don't give up, ask pepipoo for advice first.
Never rush to pay a Council PCN - always appeal (and never pay or appeal a private PCN!).PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD0 -
Duplicate post???Could get confusing.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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