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Overpaid parking ?
Ebe_Scrooge
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My wife got a ticket on Saturday for overstaying the allowed time. Just wanted to run this past the good folk of this forum to see if it's worth appealing.
1. It's a proper Council carpark, so no argument with the ticket itself.
2. She did overstay, so can't argue on that point.
3. Here's the thing. It's 70p for one hour's parking. She only had a pound coin, so paid that - no change given. The ticket clearly shows "Fee Paid £1". She overstayed by 9 minutes. Given that she actually paid for more than an hour, though hadn't actually purchased 2 hours' parking, she had in effect more than compensated the council for the extra 9 minutes parking.
Is it worth appealing, or should we just accept it and pay up ? I'm sure this must be a fairly common scenario ?
Many thanks in advance.
1. It's a proper Council carpark, so no argument with the ticket itself.
2. She did overstay, so can't argue on that point.
3. Here's the thing. It's 70p for one hour's parking. She only had a pound coin, so paid that - no change given. The ticket clearly shows "Fee Paid £1". She overstayed by 9 minutes. Given that she actually paid for more than an hour, though hadn't actually purchased 2 hours' parking, she had in effect more than compensated the council for the extra 9 minutes parking.
Is it worth appealing, or should we just accept it and pay up ? I'm sure this must be a fairly common scenario ?
Many thanks in advance.
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I would say she paid for an hour, not an hour and a bit. They make extra money from people who don't have change, but don't give anything back.
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It is normally covered in the terms and conditions by a phrase like "70p One hour or part thereof" Then whatever or part thereof, could be worth running the PCN past the folks on Pepipoo.
I don't think over paying the 30p is an appeal-able point! Although I see your point, nice little earner for the council!0 -
Thanks for the replies - I guess we'll just pay up then, which is pretty much what I expected. I wonder how much extra they make from this sort of thing ? A couple of hundred cars a day x 365 days a year .......0
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Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »Thanks for the replies - I guess we'll just pay up then, which is pretty much what I expected. I wonder how much extra they make from this sort of thing ? A couple of hundred cars a day x 365 days a year .......
Time for an FoI request?0 -
Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »Thanks for the replies - I guess we'll just pay up then, which is pretty much what I expected. I wonder how much extra they make from this sort of thing ? A couple of hundred cars a day x 365 days a year .......
I would stick it on https://www.pepipoo.com in the council tickets forum and see what some posters on there say, you have 14 days to pay the reduced amount so no rush.
If you do an FOI request, do it via https://www.whatdotheyknow.com as it helps keep track of the request.0
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