RCP Parking ticket

toria77

Hi
I have just read the sticky note and discussion but am still unsure if I should pay a ticket that i got today.

I was in an RCP multi story car park,it was 40p per hour, I put in £1.20 for 3 hours but it didnt like my 20p and i had no other change, so I parked there for my meeting, when I got back as almost expected i had a ticket as I was over by 35 mins. I paid £1 but the extra 20p doesnt count as half an hour I guess, and even then i was 5 mins over.

There is no machine once you are in the car park in which to get another ticket to add time, the only machine is on the entrance ramp with big "no pedestrians" signs on it.

The ticket says "civil penalty charge notice", they want £50 within 14 days and then it goes up to £80 and they start legal proceedings for the £80 plus all associated costs. They took a photo (not sure if relevant). So for 20p I couldnt pay, I am now facing £50 minimum.

It says if i want to appeal then i have to send payment and if I want a reply i must provide SAE.

Do I ignore, pay up or pay and appeal? Having to find £50 this month is gonna be tight.

Am soo annoyed but i know I will get scared if I get letters in the post threatening court action etc. You think they will accept the 20p that didnt go in machine!! lol

Thanks in advance for helping

bromsgrovebarry

RCP are a private company and cannot issue Penalty Charge Notices. Unless the notice was issued on behalf of a council. Ignore this and all subsequent letters from the company, debt collecting agencies and bogus solicitors. Do not call the company to make an 'appeal', it is totally futile and you will get a standard letter saying your appeal has been rejected. No doubt some of the very knowledgeable posters on this forum will be along soon to give you some very sound and trustworthy advice.

peter_the_piper

No, ignore this and all subsequent begging letters. Nice of them to provide you with a free photo of the car, pity (for them) that a pic of the car does not show who is driving. Even if it did the advice would be the same.
Ignore, ignore and then ignore some more.

bromsgrovebarry

If I am correct, the scammers are guilty of criminal misrepresentation by calling their begging letter a Penalty Charge notice. Correct me if I am wrong please.

toria77

thanks guys, I am still trawling through the post on this forum and can see that the advice is always ignore, expect letters and ignore some more.... I am just a worrier so wanted to check RCP was private and they didnt have a leg to stand on even though I was late.
the ticket was in a lovely sticky envelope and looks very official, I am sooo thankful for this forum.

Bracing myself for letters then!
thanks for the reassurance:p

Coupon-mad

Ignore it if it's private. I know who NCP are but who are RCP?

bromsgrovebarry

A scamming company originally based in East Anglia. A lovely quote from their website is:
We bring real meaning to, “have a nice day” philosophy.
Pass the sick bucket please.

toria77

I am in east anglia, they seem to control most of the carparks where the councils arent... (

Coupon-mad

toria77 wrote: »

I am in east anglia, they seem to control most of the carparks where the councils arent... (

Lucky you - free parking locally then! :T:D

TBH the more word is spread about the unenforceability of PPC invoices, the more I think how flippin stoooopid they are. People who have read and understood these threads now know they can travel the Country going to footie matches etc., always with free parking just by finding a non-clamping-signed private car park.

I never would have done that before but will now of course.

IMHO the PPCs deserve it, and the more we all deliberately take advantage of their free parking the more difficult it will be for the scammers to convince the retailers that they are 'solving their parking problems'. Nope, PPCs you are the cause of the parking problems in Supermarkets these days.

Lurking_Enforcer

However many people advocate ignoring your financial responsibilities, think about the rights and wrongs of the situation. You didn't pay enough, so you quite rightly received a parking notice.

What would a decent person do?

Sir_Roger_deLodger

Lurking_Enforcer wrote: »

However many people advocate ignoring your financial responsibilities, think about the rights and wrongs of the situation. You didn't pay enough, so you quite rightly received a parking notice.

What would a decent person do?

A decent person would not give money to scum like you. Now go away and eat some pies.