Motorway services

nomadjb

I was in a bad way last week after a very bad day I had to make my way up to Scotland from my home in Cornwall.It was a family crisis and I set off late in the day.I stopped at Welcome Break Michaelwood north bound services on the M5 , it was 23:43 when I entered the car park I needed to sleep. The place was empty but I did see the sign for a 2 hour limit or else pay for overnight parking. It was my intention to go within the time limit but after such a hard day I slept right through to 8 next morning.I got the letter from Parking Eye car park management demanding £60 by Wednesday 14 March or it will increase to £90+£20 admin charge.Should I pay the £60 or appeal?I'm on sickness benefits and can't afford it my medication makes me tired too.

The_Slithy_Tove

Not sure what happened to your post, but the end got chopped off between me reading it and attampting a response. Anyway ...

nomadjb wrote: »

Should I pay the £60 or appeal?

Neither. Simply ignore the letters that they send you. You owe then nothing from parking in a free car park. An appeal will be rejected (it always is), and handing over money that you don't owe is simply daft.

Check out the stickies in this forum, it'll prepare you for what further letters to expect. Worry not about whether you can pay, as you don't owe them anything. And don't worry about the increasingly hysterical and threatening letters you'll receive. They are all bluster.

nomadjb

Many thanks for your advice.....I'll spend the rest of the evening reading the stickies and posts here...
Not sure what happened to my post either?.

give_them_FA

Parking Eye = completely useless. They will do nothing other than supply you with toilet paper.

Just wait for them to go away. They will. They always do once they realise they can't scam you into paying.

nomadjb

give_them_FA wrote: »

Parking Eye = completely useless. They will do nothing other than supply you with toilet paper.

Just wait for them to go away. They will. They always do once they realise they can't scam you into paying.

Their "toilet paper" is reminiscent of Izal much favoured by my old gran:rotfl: thank goodeness for Andrex...

give_them_FA

Yes, also reminds me of the "Bronco" we had when I was a boy....

We need to ask the Office of Fair Trading to require debt collectors to use soft absorbent paper for their letters, much kinder to our bottoms..

McKneff

I don't remember Bronco but I do remember Izal, gawd, it was like lard paper.....................

nomadjb

give_them_FA wrote: »

Yes, also reminds me of the "Bronco" we had when I was a boy....

We need to ask the Office of Fair Trading to require debt collectors to use soft absorbent paper for their letters, much kinder to our bottoms..

Perhaps Health&Safety may be a better institution to contact....

fil_cad

When i was younger Izal made dam good traceing paper (-;

nomadjb

Some fascinating threads on this forum,they have made me think back to a few years ago when I got a letter from APOCA ...at the time I had a blue badge as I was on chemo....I wrote to them with copies of my badge and tax disc (disabled) and I got let off with it ...surely that must be a rarity?
I also wonder how much they actually make from people that pay up straight away......

give_them_FA

Yes, they got a severe warning from the British Parking Association and were nearly expelled... breach of Rule 37 (b) 3: "Under no circumstances must any Appeal ever be upheld."

And, unfortunately, there are still enough people out there falling for the scam to give them a healthy profit... though we are doing our best...