UKPC Parking "fine" at Merry Hill today

Kite2010

*looks into crystal ball at UKPC's response to your appeal, "after careful consideration we have decided to reject your appeal, the random figure we are trying to charge you has just doubled".

Ignore it as you have done nothing wrong, however as you have contacted them you might get a few extra begging letters. Total loss to the landowner is zero, total gain is whatever you spent.

esmerobbo

hungryhorace wrote: »

hi i had fine for parking at merryhill taking my mom christmas shoping ,we were parked by bhs on a bay marked with a disabled badge on the floor as mom has badge i parked there, ther ewas a small sign saying h20 customer parking but did not say only parking for h20 customers so i parked dissplaying the badge and got a fine, have appealed told them i'vetook photos of badge on floor but they said still got to pay, emailed merryhill but not heared anything they should be made toblock out badge on floor and state only for h20 customers,don't know if i should pay now i've appeled or just ignor it any help please .

Ignore them from now on. They are chances! Their appeals system is a total sham.
The landlords at Merryhill must be suckin fupid! This company must be doing them considerable damage.

Coupon-mad

hungryhorace wrote: »

hi i had fine for parking at merryhill taking my mom christmas shoping ,we were parked by bhs on a bay marked with a disabled badge on the floor as mom has badge i parked there, ther ewas a small sign saying h20 customer parking but did not say only parking for h20 customers so i parked dissplaying the badge and got a fine, have appealed told them i'vetook photos of badge on floor but they said still got to pay, emailed merryhill but not heared anything they should be made toblock out badge on floor and state only for h20 customers,don't know if i should pay now i've appeled or just ignor it any help please .

Dunno why you wrote and emailed. I struggle to understand why people believe a private firm can fine them just because they print something that looks official and put it in a yellow envelope.

Ignore it. Stop writing, stop replying, forget about it. It is easy when you know it's a scam.

The registered keeper must ignore all the usual debt collector letters which will follow, nothing happens beyond the letters, it is just a generic scam hoping that some mugs will pay. Don't be a mug!

The 'scary debt collector letters' are shown in pretty pics in our sticky thread 'PPC letters, what to expect'. Just click on the blue link at the top of the page now 'parking fines, tickets & parking' (under the orange BANKING SAVING tab) which will give you a view of the whole baord. You will see the sticky threads at the top and tons of other cases like yours, all ignoring this rubbish!

HO87

Do not contact them any further. You have done nothing more than required of you by their own so called "Terms and Conditions".

This is a typical sample of UKPC's signs at Merryhill:



It very clearly states : "Disabled Badge Holders Only In Disabled Bays" - which is all that you did.

UKPC have no case and have had some very bad experiences at court in recent months. It will take sometime for them to recover from the mauling they've had so far and there are some more for them to come they can't escape right now so the chance of a court case is negligible IMO.

hungryhorace

Just want to say thanks to all who have replied to my notice i will not be paying, so will just wait for next step will let you all know how it goes thnks.

hungryhorace

Hi all had second letter today quite nasty, said appeals manager has personally reviewed my case and carefully considered various points raised but find these particular circumstances neither unreasonable nor unjust and will not be waiving charge,but are prepared to extend reduced rate of £35 for another 14 days. Has i emaied merryhill to complain and they asked for ticket n.o. i think they have been intouch with them but don't seem to make any diffrence, merryhill havent emailed back ,i did ask them to let me know what they would be doing ,i also sent them photos of space with disabled badge on floor! well lets wait and see let you know what happens next .

Coupon-mad

hungryhorace wrote: »

Hi all had second letter today quite nasty, said appeals manager has personally reviewed my case and carefully considered various points raised but find these particular circumstances neither unreasonable nor unjust and will not be waiving charge,but are prepared to extend reduced rate of £35 for another 14 days. Has i emaied merryhill to complain and they asked for ticket n.o. i think they have been intouch with them but don't seem to make any diffrence, merryhill havent emailed back ,i did ask them to let me know what they would be doing ,i also sent them photos of space with disabled badge on floor! well lets wait and see let you know what happens next .

A strong complaint I hope? Not an appeal for help?

The point of contacting Merry Hill would be to tell them in no uncertain terms that allowing these parasites on their land is likely to lose them business, yours included. Now you have got that rubbish standard rejection form the PPC (which was obviously coming) tell Merry Hill how ANGRY you are. Tell them you will think twice before visiting them ever again and will NOT be paying this fake PCN nor entering into any further correspondence about it. Say you'll be telling all your friends about this. Do Merry Hill realise the unenforceability of these fake fines and the threats which are sent out to their customers? Be a thorn in their side and tell Merry Hill Managers what is happening in their name!

Strong complaints are the way to get these scumbags kicked out of retail sites where they are a threat to paying customers and a threat to long term business for the retailers.

peter_the_piper

hungryhorace wrote: »

Hi all had second letter today quite nasty, said appeals manager has personally reviewed my case and carefully considered various points raised but find these particular circumstances neither unreasonable nor unjust and will not be waiving charge,but are prepared to extend reduced rate of £35 for another 14 days. Has i emaied merryhill to complain and they asked for ticket n.o. i think they have been intouch with them but don't seem to make any diffrence, merryhill havent emailed back ,i did ask them to let me know what they would be doing ,i also sent them photos of space with disabled badge on floor! well lets wait and see let you know what happens next .

Hey Joe, one of our victims has sent in an appeal.
An appeal? That's a laugh, lets see what he says.
Within lines--Ha Ha -rejected.
Paid ticket---Ho Ho -rejected.
Blue badge in disabled bay but wrong way round--Who cares- rejected.
Send them the usual letter but be generous with the discount, they'll probably pay.

Kite2010

The monkey at the appeals desk has got given a promotion to Manager.

Congrats must be in order....

...Not

esmerobbo

Appeals manager had carefully considered the case. Reverts too = WE GOT AS FAR AS READING DEAR SIR OR MADAM THEN DECIDED APPEAL UNSUCCESSFUL!

Merryhill probably wont respond to an email, I would write a strong complaint and print off your email and send that too, saying you are disappointed in their response!

I had the same problem with Welcome break no answer to emails, they soon cuckin answered when I sent them the letter before action!