And so it begins!

Smashbutt

Dear All

I received a ticket from UKPC on 4th January this year for parking at a retail park in Aylesbury.

Although it is free for the 1st 2 hours, you still have to display a ticket. Which sadly I did not do as I believe they only introduced this new rule from the 1st January and I missed the signs.

Following the advice on here I haven't paid the £45/£90 charge and today received a nice letter from : Parking Collection Services Ltd.
It was stated as a final reminder and had a picture of my car on it.

Does this sound standard procedure? As I plan on ignoring this too.

Thanks in advance for any replies......

Smashy

NeverAgain_2

...Does this sound standard procedure? As I plan on ignoring this too...

Yes, some companies send pics, some do not, but the threat of dire consequences if you do not pay is the same.

You need to be prepared for several letters of this type, but they will stop provided you ignore them.

Do not contact the company in any way, if you do, they will take that as a 'bite' and bother you all the more.

I have successfully ignored two of these private tickets.

trisontana

Of course the picture shows the car and not the driver. As the PPC has to pursue the driver (who they cannot identify from the picture) then they are stymied.

Ezmondino

Yes ignore it. I know the shopping centre, you've always had to display a ticket for under 2 hrs Mon-Sat. You have to display on Sundays as well now according to the big signs, but not the info on the machines.

Regularly see them adding tickets to cars. I've often been tempted to wait for the driver to come back to tell them to ignore but they never come back quick enough. They also say they will ticket you if you go off the site into town...in which case they need to ticket most of the cars!

Smashbutt

It's always been like that?
I thought it was recent, so i guess I've just got away with it in the past!!lol

Thanks for all your replies people it's much appreciated.

Smashy

Pearly11

May be worth considering to write to the managers of the shops in which you have purchased items and let them know you will not consider future purchases unless they can assure you to be safe from any PPC? Apparently the managers get a bit hacked off when customers complain about the way they're being treated by these PPC's they employ. Could be a step in assuring that the PPC's will lose another area in which their henchmen carry out their evil deeds.

N77poo

Always has been 2 hours free with a ticket but wasn't enforced until recently (last 9 months now)

Had a great conversation with one of the ukpc parking officers telling me my plasterer wasn't allowed to park on their facilities - "do you want me to get the deeds to my house that says he can"....he backed down after that saying he was gonna go and check with someone..... felt like saying "just give him one of you pretend tickets if it makes you feel important!"

:rotfl:

N77poo

Funny thing is that the retail park only got planning permission on the basis that they would be supplying parking that would benefit the rest of Aylesbury too so their clause of "not being allowed to leave the site" is against the spirit of the original proposal...something that has not gone unnoticed by the council...whether they will do anything about is another question.....

N77poo

Just to confirm the legality of the ticket charge- my understanding is the ticket comes under contract law, and thus they must sue you for the loss caused by your breach to the terms of the contract. You agreed to the terms by parking. Problem is their loss is zero - parking was free and for customers. If you were a customer they haven't lost. So if they were to sue you then what would they sue you for....also where the "fine" they impose is seen to be too high for the misdemeanor then it is also adjudged to be not legal under contract law.

king100

Do your deeds state that your plasterer can park there?

goodgirl80

There are always parking nazis snooping about in the car parks in Aylesbury. So boring