UKPC is it a money making scam?????

ANgryJ

Unfortunately my car was parked in the car park within my place of work. The fee paid to allow parking was a staff reduced rate instead of the higher visitors rate. On returning UKPC had placed a parking charge notice on the windscreen. When the traffic warden was questioned about the notice, he informed that staff are unable to use the care park until after 16.30 hours monday to friday. Unfortunately on checking there was a sign amongst 4 other signs stating this. Does this charge need to be paid or can the difference of the staff car park cost and a full day parking charge be offered to ensure there is no loss of fees to the car park to save any hassle?

Stephen_Leak

In answer to the question in the title, Yes.

Do you need to pay the "parking charge notice"? No.

The only hassle will be a series of ever more threatening letters from the private parking company (PPC) involved, which you can ignore. PPCs can no more "fine" people or charge "penalties" than you or I can. Only councils, police or judges can do so.

You can either tear them up, or file them for your counterclaim of harrassment. And you can sue both the car park owner and their agent, the PPC.

Furher, more expert advice will be along soon. They're a bit busy with PPC troll.

In the meantime, have a read of the other posts on this thread. You are not alone.

PS. In your circumstance, if they just asked for the difference, which is all that the owner has lost, then that would be reasonable. If I lent you £10 and you agreed to pay it back by a date, and didn't, and I had to ring you to remind you, I could add the cost of the phone call. No more. What I couldn't do is "fine" you. The PPC is after more than this.

give_them_FA

The signing is pretty inadequate by the sound of it too.

Never pay these charges. They are just scam. To cover yourself offer the underpaid parking fee with a letter explaining that their signs were unclear. If they refuse that they won't have a leg to stand on in the microscopic chance they were to take it further.

Stephen_Leak

The usual advice is not to reply to the PPC. Is there any info' the OP should avoid inadvertently giving the PPC?

HO87

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

The usual advice is not to reply to the PPC. Is there any info' the OP should avoid inadvertently giving the PPC?

Yes. If the OP does write to UKPC then he should not provide any information about who was driving the car at the time it was parked.