MacDonalds and MET

haribo2000

I have read a number of articles regarding parking tickets and have received a Parking Charge Notice from MET for parking too long at the MacDonalds in Colchester. I have contacted the MacDonalds who do not want to know and only advice was to appeal direct to the MET. I note that the common suggestion is to ignore ignore ignore....but I am concerned... Should I simply ignore or try to appeal....weak as it may be - my only defence is time taken to eat at the MacDonalds, so I dont expect a resounding success with that but am unsure of the best action - could someone please assist me preferably before my wife kills me for getting a ticket lol.:mad: Haribo2000

trisontana

Just ignore these clowns. They are not the police or the council so it's not a proper "ticket". It's an unenforcible invoice which you don't have to pay

pogofish

haribo2000 wrote: »

I note that the common suggestion is to ignore ignore ignore....but I am concerned... Should I simply ignore or try to appeal....weak as it may be - my only defence is time taken to eat at the MacDonalds, so I dont expect a resounding success with that but am unsure of the best action - could someone please assist me preferably before my wife kills me for getting a ticket lol.:mad: Haribo2000

Why on earth would you even want to communicate with scammers - especially after seeing what works best for everyone else?

All contacting does is make it seem that you are taking the clowns seriously and it will prolong the attempts to scare you into payment.

Ignore nd they go away quicker.

taffy056

Write to the head office of McDonalds with a complaint, don't know who the chief is in the UK but address it to him/her , do a search on google for it, enclose a receipt from burger king in your area and tell them you will use them for you calorie busting snacks from now on because they have scammers harrassing customers outside their stores.

SodG24

I assume that you contacted McDonalds Customer "Services" ? Useless. Go straight to the top.

Ignore the PPC and complain to the McDonalds CEO :

[EMAIL="jill.mcdonald@uk.mcd.com"]jill.mcdonald@uk.mcd.com[/EMAIL]

w211

I ignored a ticket from CP Plus. They stopped after just 3 letters.

taffy056

SodG24 wrote: »

I assume that you contacted McDonalds Customer "Services" ? Useless. Go straight to the top.

Ignore the PPC and complain to the McDonalds CEO :

[EMAIL="jill.mcdonald@uk.mcd.com"]jill.mcdonald@uk.mcd.com[/EMAIL]

pmsl is that really the CEO of McDonald's in the UK ?

esmerobbo

taffy056 wrote: »

pmsl is that really the CEO of McDonald's in the UK ?

Here she is! http://www.mcdpressoffice.eu/downloads/bio/JillMcdonald_bio.pdf

SodG24

taffy056 wrote: »

pmsl is that really the CEO of McDonald's in the UK ?

I know ! It's quite unbelievable but true

Coupon-mad

haribo2000 wrote: »

I have read a number of articles regarding parking tickets and have received a Parking Charge Notice from MET for parking too long at the MacDonalds in Colchester. I have contacted the MacDonalds who do not want to know and only advice was to appeal direct to the MET. I note that the common suggestion is to ignore ignore ignore....but I am concerned... Should I simply ignore or try to appeal....weak as it may be - my only defence is time taken to eat at the MacDonalds, so I dont expect a resounding success with that but am unsure of the best action - could someone please assist me preferably before my wife kills me for getting a ticket lol.:mad: Haribo2000

Your wife won't think you've got a ticket (as you have not, it's a fake PCN!) if you both read/watch this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/watchdog/2010/04/mcdonalds_parking.html

and then definitely watch this:

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

When we say ignore it we mean exactly that, debt collector letters and all! Just play snap with each letter that matches the pics others have already posted in our top thread 'PPC letters & threats'. That is the best action for such a scam.

haribo2000

This is the first time I have used any forum and it has been excellent! Thank you for all your time and advice, will be using this more often from now on. Cheers!!