PARKING EYE are lying to me! How to prove it?

worried_jim

Lavender13 wrote: »

Land line number for Parking Eye: 01772 450970

Make sure that you have your credit card to hand when you call.

Driver8

PRIVATE PARKING TICKETS - DON'T PAY!
IT IS NOT A FINE! YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL!

This is an information page for the thousands of people who receive "tickets" from private companies in the UK ever day at supermarkets, retail parks, and in any other privately-owned carpark.

We are NOT encouraging anybody to openly flout parking restrictions on private land, or to refuse to pay reasonable charges for parking. Landowners have a right to make reasonable charges for the use of their land.

For advice specific to your case, you should visit the forums at http://forums.pepipoo.com or http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

1. What you should know about these companies

It is important to remember that private parking companies (or PPCs as they are often called) have NO OFFICIAL POWERS - that's right, none at all! They give out their "tickets" on the basis that you have seen the signs in their car park and that you have therefore agreed to a contract obliging you to pay a certain sum of money.


2. What happens to people who don't pay?

In 99.9% of cases, absolutely NOTHING! The company pays the DVLA £2.50 to get your address, and then sends lots of threatening letters. In the main, these letters can be safely IGNORED. The only way the company can actually force you to pay is by taking you to the small claims court, which costs them even more money. And they are by no means guaranteed to win! And they practically never do.

The two main reasons for this (among others) are the following:

- Only the person DRIVING the car could ever have agreed to any such parking contract. The company can only get the Registered Keeper's address from the DVLA: you don't have to tell them who was driving.

-Many of these charges are so extortionately high that they constitute a penalty, which is unenforceable in a consumer contract.


3. Can they affect my credit rating?

NO! The only way your credit rating could be affected by ignoring private parking companies is if you were taken to court, lost, and then still refused to pay. But they will not take you to court.


IN SHORT

The vast majority of the time, you can safely IGNORE tickets from private parking companies, they are not official fines.

The vast majority of the time, you can safely IGNORE the threatening letters, including those from debt collection agencies.

You DO NOT have to pay a penny of your hard-earned money to these companies. Remember that the chances of being taken to court are very slim indeed.

DO NOT IGNORE COURT PAPERS!
If you receive real court papers from a private parking company (very rare) then you should go to http://forums.pepipoo.com or http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences for help defending the claim. Do not be afraid to sign up and ask questions regarding any paperwork you are not sure about.



Don’t believe the above? Watch a solicitor on Watchdog advising you what to do with the scam invoices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIcdi9niHA

THEY ARE NOT FINES

Only the Police, Courts or Council’s can fine you. NOT a private company, please remember that.

mrputney08

I'm thinking some of you are taking the mick now... This is all a big learning curve for me as I've never got a parking invoice in this way before.
There's no way P.Eye would dare take me to court as they don't have a valid case on many grounds (obviously)!!
But there's no harm in writing to Aldi, it's no skin off my nose. If I get a negative reply which I probably will I'll fight fire with fire.

I head any letters WITHOUT PREJUDICE.

No where have I agreed with or accepted what Parking Eye have said; the invoice was paid for under duress stating if I find they have breached any terms of contract this payment would not have been sent. They have, with the DVLA, and the fact remains I've still paid it, but at least I'm now not sitting on my laurels.
...(Actually I am ..a little, now that I know I can rest easy, lol).

mrputney08

@Vax2002 "A true hero is someone who stands up and shouts the truth when everyone around them thinks they are wrong"

So right.. What a brilliant quote for justice.

nuttywoman

Lavender13 wrote: »

Land line number for Parking Eye: 01772 450970

Their address is in my town Chorley, but its a PO Box :mad: would love to know exactly who they are ?

The_Pedant

Their address is in my town Chorley, but its a PO Box would love to know exactly who they are ?

This the same peeps? (From Companies House)

Name & Registered Office:
PARKINGEYE LIMITED
40 EATON AVENUE
BUCKSHAW VILLAGE
CHORLEY
LANCASHIRE
UNITED KINGDOM
PR7 7NA
Company No. 05134454


Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 21/05/2004

Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7032 - Manage real estate, fee or contract

Jacko1

My daughter got a car parking fine for a ticket that turned over in the car (no sticky bit provided) We have kept the original ticket
We have read all the threads on here and are ignoring all letters as advised by the forum.
Just wondering how long the letters keep arriving before they stop as it has now been passed on to a debt recovery service and they keep threatening and I tried ringing them to say there is nothing to support them in a court of UK law to make us pay a fine for parking on private land especially when she has the ticket. I said we won't be paying it. Do they just give up after a while?

Any comments form others in this situation/
Thanks

peter_the_piper

Any where's from 6 weeks to 6 months, depending on how inefficient they are.

Kite2010

Jacko1 wrote: »

My daughter got a car parking fine for a ticket that turned over in the car (no sticky bit provided) We have kept the original ticket
We have read all the threads on here and are ignoring all letters as advised by the forum.
Just wondering how long the letters keep arriving before they stop as it has now been passed on to a debt recovery service and they keep threatening and I tried ringing them to say there is nothing to support them in a court of UK law to make us pay a fine for parking on private land especially when she has the ticket. I said we won't be paying it. Do they just give up after a while?

Any comments form others in this situation/
Thanks

Ignore then, you've got a ticket saying you've paid the landowner for use of his/her land, so the damages will be zero.

Parking Spy rarely do court so you don't have to worry

mrputney08

maninthestreet wrote: »

Can anyone save you from yourself?

I stuck to my guns with Aldi and pursued for all damages incurred.

They eventually agreed to cancel the invoice (which I reminded them was null and void anyhow as Parking Eye have been unable to substantiate their claim with appropriate citations of case and statute law blah de blah )... and they instructed Parking Spy to send me a full refund, which they did.

Aldi did not reply to my last letter which told them that PPC's like Parking Eye have been on Watchdog and have they considered a fairer system.

I used to be regular shopper at Aldi but have not shopped at Aldi since.

Word is also getting round that you can park at Aldi for your shopping for as long as you like as their system is unenforceable and unfair to even the genuine people who shop in their store.