Parking Eye Parking Charge Notice

BlueIsTheColour

Thanks again I was sure it wasn't possible but that stupid doubtful bit of my brain just wondered...

wafers

As above, thanks for the advice, thanks given. Bring on the letters!

Half_way

BlueIsTheColour wrote: »

I've just received one of these from ParkingEye for a Welcome Break service area. I did do what their photos show, I was there 5.5hrs and didn't pay the £8 charge, not willfully, the meeting just took longer than I realised it would, and I genuinely didn't think about any parking charges that would need paying...

So is ignoring their letters the way to go still? Happy to pay them the £8 charge which is proprotionate but definitely not the £60 or £90 or even £120 they say it will rise to, how is a £30 admin fee proportionate given most admin people will earn minimum wage, it won't take them 5 hours to send my letters.... This kind of thing really annoys me BUT I really can't afford to pay any increased charges, well any charges really... Knowing my luck I'll be the poor idiot they take to court...

Any help or advice much appreciated, given I don't really have a defence. Should I write the letter to them from Martin's guide using disproportionate charges as the reason or do naff all?

Surely something should be done about the DVLA giving my private information to these companies, can I complain to anyone about that?

Thanks in advance

If your going down the payment route you pay them not a penny more, and not a penny less than the standard parking rate, as a full and final settlement.
you then state that the matter is now closed any further comunication other than an acknowedgement letter together with an apology for the admin error in issuing a penalty charge/fine ( as private companies cant do this) will be taken to be harrasment.

tonyathome

Anyone who gets this 'parking charge' should NOT pay it and DO NOT contact them at all. I got one of these over 18 months ago, it looked really official and you do tend to think 'oh I better pay this' but please DON'T!!!
I ignored it, never made contact with them to acknowledge it whatsoever, they then sent me another letter with a photo of my car which looked lovely. My 'fine' increased because I ignored them, I ignored that as well. Then I got a letter from'Graham White' solicitors demanding payment 'or else' so guess what? yes i ignored that too. I then got a letter from Roxburgh solicitors saying that unless I payed I was going to court so have a guess what I did? yes I ignored that as well. I made no contact with these poor excuses for human beings and that was like I said 18 months ago and I have not heard a thing from them since!
The moral of the story is DO NOT PAY THIS 'PENALTY CHARGE', TOTALLY BLANK THEM AND AFTER A WHILE THEY SLITHER BACK UNDER THE ROCK THAT HEY CAME OUT FROM. They WILL NOT take you to court as if they did the court would immediately throw their case out.

give_them_FA

I wish I could thank you more than once. It is very reassuring for others when former victims put up posts like this confirming there is nothing to worry about.

Lozgreenfield

Hi All
Just had a 'invoice' for parking at St Peters Retail Park in Mansfield - I was there from 19:13 until 19:59 they have photographic evidence of this! However, I honestly did not see the Pay and Display signs or the Meters! I just parked and dashed into TK Max. Do I pay or not - I was obviously in the wrong for not getting any ticket from the machines at all. Genuinely didn't see the notices or the machines - havn't used this park before. The fine is for 80 (pounds) paid by the 27.06.2012 it is $50 (pounds, american keyboard)
Any advice would be great
Thanks

taffy056

Technically you owe the pay and display amount, so you could make a full and final payment for their losses, which is a pound or so, but as you probably get that off your shopping there is no loss.

Parking Cry are very easy to ignore though, their templated letters threatening holy damnation will not result in them taking you to the small claims, the last time they went there it cost them almost £5k , so it's not likely that they will take that step again.


They will get your details from the dvla, they will get debt collectors to write to you if you ignore them, if you do nothing they will give up and try and find another victim.

Coupon-mad

Lozgreenfield wrote: »

Hi All
Just had a 'invoice' for parking at St Peters Retail Park in Mansfield - I was there from 19:13 until 19:59 they have photographic evidence of this! However, I honestly did not see the Pay and Display signs or the Meters! I just parked and dashed into TK Max. Do I pay or not ?
Thanks

Nope, even though you were technically wrong.

Do not pay and do not be fooled into thinking there is an appeals procedure either - it's just a phishing procedure for their benefit to gain information to scare you even more. It's all just a scam.

Just start ignoring all this junk mail like we all do and look here:

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

That's a solicitor on Watchdog and his advice relates to ANY PPC fake PCN.

http://www.justanswer.com/uk-law/5isk3-hi-...clesall-rd.html

A barrister on thesecond link says ''This is a private land fine. They are unenforceable. This is not a parking fine however it may look. These companies are private firms that have no more right to punish you for the manner of your parking than your neighbour does. Only the police or the local Council can do that.''

If you look at the third from top thread 'PPC letters & threats' on this parking forum you will find preview pics of the letters that each PPC uses. See my signature for how to get back to the main thread list and see the top threads. Just play snap with the letters that will match our pics, honestly!

Don't even think about contacting them!

bondy_lad

parking spy are clowns and have zero powers to fine you, just ignore, it really is a simple as that, nothing can/will happen to you as a result of you recieving their loo paper.

Kite2010

Don't worry parking pie tried to charge an ambulance responding to a 999 call in a P&D car-park next to a shop for not paying the parking charge.

If you don't get the money refunded at the till, then the landowner has suffered a small loss of whatever the P&D amount was for the time you spent in the car-park, but it is the landowner who will have to sue you to get the money back not some 3rd party company.