Unlawful parking

tahinie

On the 17th March 2012 I went to B & Ms in Stockport town centre. The car park was full to I looked around and found a spot to park my car making sure I was not obstructing anything, parking on double yellow lines or in a delivery/parking bay. As I parked I observed an Asian man watching me. He then approached me to tel me I could not park where I had chosen, pointing to a sign at the entrance at a level of approximately 6-7 foot high. I pointed out to him there was no where to park, then informed him I was going to complain to the manager of the store. I went into the store, asked for the manager, then waiting some time for the manager to see me. She toldme "it is private land and the owners can do what they want". I went back to my car feeling angry got into my car and drove home. On 25th April I received througfh the post a letter with the heading Parking Charge Notice (PCN). Attached to this letter was a picture of my car (clearly showing I was not obstructing or blocking any one in etc) and also a parking ticket attached. This ticket requested the sum of £70.50 to be paid in 28 days or if paid in 14 days £50. I ignored this as I felt I had not done anythin g wrong. On 25th May I received another letter, again with the words Parking Charge Notice. Demanding £94. I ignored this letter. On 11th June I received yet again another letter this time demanding the money (£94) and threatening me they will instigate formal proceedings. Court, Court feesa Court Ju, legal costs and that they will instruct bailiffs to remove goods for the satisfaction of the debt. There are no parking metres on this site but there are white squares painted for cars to park except where my car was parked even though it was not obstructing. Please advise I am extremely worried about this. Thank you Susie

notts_phil

Well don't be worried.
It's an.invoice which you can ignore
Which company was it btw?.

Oh and the was nothing unlawful about your parking

taffy056

That was hard work reading that, please try paragraphs as I lost the will to live at the end

Anyway what you have received is an unenforceable invoice, so just ignore it all and it will go away for you.

LincolnshireYokel

Ignore it. If its private land then they have no more ability to charge you than i have. If you read the threads in this forum, you'll find the standard advice of 'ignore them' has worked for thousands of parking invoices . They have no legal ability to pursue you, because what they have sent you is an invoice inviting you to pay an illegal penalty charge they are not entitled to set and unable to enforce in court.

They cannot take you to court as it will get thrown out in two minutes. No bailiffs can call round because they cant rpove the debt in court.

Its all bluff and scare tactics. There people on here have ignored dozens of these invoices, nothing ever happens. You may get a series of very scary looking but completely toothless threatening letters, all promising dire consequences if you ignore them, and in fact its hollow threats, because thats all they have. They know they cant enforce the invoice in court , so they rely on scaring you into paying. Its all they have to go one.

So ignore them, have a laugh at the ridiculous letters they send, safe in the knowledge they have no more ability to take any money off you then I have.

Coupon-mad

taffy056 wrote: »

That was hard work reading that, please try paragraphs as I lost the will to live at the end

Anyway what you have received is an unenforceable invoice, so just ignore it all and it will go away for you.

I couldn't even read it from the beginning, never mind getting to the end!

To the OP, a 'Parking Charge Notice' is NOT a real PCN but a fake one.

Just ignore it.

The most that will happen is some more junk mail letters that you can ignore; you are just in the middle of a mail scam at the moment.
No private parking company (PPC) can actually issue a real fine or penalty. Please read on...

We have so much info on here to help you understand and be ready for the letters. One click & you see all current threads here, most of which are about the 'fake PCN' scam.

Third from the top, click on 'PPC letters & threats'.

1. Watch the Watchdog clip on there, and then

2. scroll down to the pics of your fave PPC's threatograms, then

3. Play a nice game of snap with each matching templated threatogram, then

4. Tell your friends & family, colleagues, strangers, everyone! about the fake PCN scam so they never pay one.

You will know what we mean about this being a SCAM, and you will get confidence when you've seen the letters & watched the Watchdog clip.

tahinie

Thank you all for your comments, this has really helped me. I send my apologies to taffy056 and please do not loose the will to live. I sat down and wrote this in a bit of a frantic state. I now understand that these people are just bullies wanting to make easy money from people who actually work hard for their dosh and as I am just reaching my OAP every penny counts. I will take all the advice you have all provided watch the watchdog clip. Thank you all once again. Susie

bondy_lad

tahinie wrote: »

Thank you all for your comments, this has really helped me. I send my apologies to taffy056 and please do not loose the will to live. I sat down and wrote this in a bit of a frantic state. I now understand that these people are just bullies wanting to make easy money from people who actually work hard for their dosh and as I am just reaching my OAP every penny counts. I will take all the advice you have all provided watch the watchdog clip. Thank you all once again. Susie

on my patrolls around the peel centre last week, warning shoppers about the fake tickets issued there by are chums (not) excell parking, a few shoppers mentioned to me about these rogues who now patroll b&ms across the way,, in a word or two from what they say,these clowns almost make make excell et al appear genuine,,they are literally stinging everyone who parks there,, just ignore and please spread the word like we all do on here.