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Clamped for civil recovery.
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ESM I think you are right, I don't think the others have caught up with Visa.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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Without giving too much away were these charges from a judgement, or solely as a recovery for parking charges not paid?0
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peter_the_piper wrote: »What fines and costs, can you be more explicit?Without giving too much away were these charges from a judgement, or solely as a recovery for parking charges not paid?
Just the usual parking charges plus their made-up costs. No judgement made.0 -
sarahg1969 wrote: »Yes, that's what I meant. The clampers have committed an offence.
Sorry Sarah, misunderstood. But I will still admit that I was stupid.0 -
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Had they had a judgement then it could have been more difficult but clamping this way is illegal. It could be awkward at a small claim court even though you have right on your side the act of taking the P+ss would likely weigh against you. Suggest also post on pepipoo.com for other advice. Explain about the invoices and various letters.
Missed the bit about the Visa, suggest you try to get an incident number from police to assist the chargeback. You will have to be very persistent with them as they hate doing chargebacks even though they have to. You will probably have to escalate up the pecking order to get help.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0 -
If the Visa chargeback doesn't work, then send a letter before action to both the clampers & the landowner asking for your money back, and then take them to court. Making sure you sue both the clampers & the landowners, clampers will ignore CCJs, whereas landowners have assets.0
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peter_the_piper wrote: »Had they had a judgement then it could have been more difficult but clamping this way is illegal. It could be awkward at a small claim court even though you have right on your side the act of taking the P+ss would likely weigh against you. Suggest also post on pepipoo.com for other advice. Explain about the invoices and various letters.
Missed the bit about the Visa, suggest you try to get an incident number from police to assist the chargeback. You will have to be very persistent with them as they hate doing chargebacks even though they have to. You will probably have to escalate up the pecking order to get help.
Police weren't interested and refused to attend as it was "private land" and a civil matter. I did point out that most murders happen on private land, but that held little sway with them. I'm sure they had far better things to do. (Where's the irony button?)0 -
If i was clamped on private property could i grind the clamp off or do you think i would get into trouble??0
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