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paid at wrong machine

xbox_99
xbox_99 Posts: 28 Forumite
Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
in Parking tickets, fines & parking
While holidaying in lymington i parked in the marks and spencers car park(euro car parks) but paid at the council machine. The two parking areas only have a small access road to separate them. The M&S manager told me that other people have also be caught out by this and they are aware of the problem. New signage is on order but i still got a £50 ticket from Euro car parks.

Can i get out of paying this fine?

Help Nathan
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  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,649 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Did you shop at m&s as id write a letter explainng about the machine etc,
  • isplumm
    isplumm Posts: 2,219 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    rivnog wrote: »
    While holidaying in lymington i parked in the marks and spencers car park(euro car parks) but paid at the council machine. The two parking areas only have a small access road to separate them. The M&S manager told me that other people have also be caught out by this and they are aware of the problem. New signage is on order but i still got a £50 ticket from Euro car parks.

    Can i get out of paying this fine?

    Help Nathan

    This is NOT a fine ..... ignore ignore .... they will send you a few letters, but eventually go away - look at the sticky at the top of this page for more info!!

    Mark

    read https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2214803
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  • xbox_99
    xbox_99 Posts: 28 Forumite
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    yes i did shop there and i emailed them twice but they said i should contact Euro car parks
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Don't get too stressed over it, don't bother to contact them as its an unenforceable invoice. You will get a few threatening letters and then they go away.
    See the post https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2214803 for a view of the letters you'll get. To date they have never gone beyond threats.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • DCFC79
    DCFC79 Posts: 40,649 Forumite
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    rivnog wrote: »
    yes i did shop there and i emailed them twice but they said i should contact Euro car parks

    ignore it as pointed out by isplumm
  • xbox_99
    xbox_99 Posts: 28 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    i'll go with that.

    he who dares, rodney!:beer:
  • Sir_Roger_deLodger
    Sir_Roger_deLodger Posts: 992 Forumite
    rivnog wrote: »

    Can i get out of paying this fine?

    What fine? Private companies cannot issue fines, so you have nothing to "get out" of. As the others have said, ignore it.
  • bromsgrovebarry
    bromsgrovebarry Posts: 806 Forumite
    I just love this 'nuffin to do wiv me guvnor' attitude of retail managers. Happy to take your money but will not lift a finger to help. Anyway, as the wise have already pointed out, ignore this 'fine' as it has no legal validity.
    Still waiting for Parking Eye to send the court summons! Make my day!
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    So now you know to ignore every thing they send you. ignore, ignore, ignore.

    And now you have a run of good luck, if youve still got your ticket you could go back to the council
    and ask for a refund cos you werent using their car park anyway.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • taffy056
    taffy056 Posts: 4,895 Forumite
    Tell them to go and ask the council for the money, I am sure they will pay them without a thought ;) afterall you didn't park in that section of the car park
    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?
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