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Euro Car Parks - Waste your money HA HA!
HardWorker2010_2
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Fellow Parking Scam Exposers,
Another success story.:T:T:T
A friend of mine (not one of my drivers but works in a similar line) once fell for a scam Parking Charge Notice from CP Plus
. After I put him right he has successfully ignored a couple of other attempts from CP Plus to steal his money.
Today his wife rang me. She paid £1 to park in a local supermarket carpark - I think she said that was for up to 2 hours. When she came back to her car a Euro Car Parks parasite had attached a fake parking ticket to her car claiming she had overstayed by 15 minutes. The charge was for the usual astronomic amount. I advised her that she owed the land owner approx 12.5 pence (£1 divided by 2 hours multiplied by 1/4 of an hour). She owed ECP sweet FA.:D
Using remote access I attached to her PC and showed her this site and the sticky thread with the scans of the threatening letters that will start to arrive.
She now understands that this is an attempted scam. ECP will have to buy the keeper details of the car she was driving from the DVLA before they can try and contact her. She has seen all the crap from them and Debt Recovery Plus that will arrive over the next couple of months. Right up to the point where DR+ get so desperate they actually offer a discount (pathetic) before they either crawl back under their stone or magically become Zenith Collections, change sex and name but not signature, company details or VAT number and then waste even more money.
I've asked her to let me know as each piece of crap arrives, that way I can reinforce her resolve if she actually takes any of their bluster and BS seriously.:D
So, Euro Car Parks (I'm sure one of you parasites will read this at some point), I'm loving the fact that you are locked into a process where by you know you are wasting money buying keeper details and send letters BUT you don't know which ones.... I on the other hand am PMSL at you!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Another success story.:T:T:T
A friend of mine (not one of my drivers but works in a similar line) once fell for a scam Parking Charge Notice from CP Plus
. After I put him right he has successfully ignored a couple of other attempts from CP Plus to steal his money.Today his wife rang me. She paid £1 to park in a local supermarket carpark - I think she said that was for up to 2 hours. When she came back to her car a Euro Car Parks parasite had attached a fake parking ticket to her car claiming she had overstayed by 15 minutes. The charge was for the usual astronomic amount. I advised her that she owed the land owner approx 12.5 pence (£1 divided by 2 hours multiplied by 1/4 of an hour). She owed ECP sweet FA.:D
Using remote access I attached to her PC and showed her this site and the sticky thread with the scans of the threatening letters that will start to arrive.
She now understands that this is an attempted scam. ECP will have to buy the keeper details of the car she was driving from the DVLA before they can try and contact her. She has seen all the crap from them and Debt Recovery Plus that will arrive over the next couple of months. Right up to the point where DR+ get so desperate they actually offer a discount (pathetic) before they either crawl back under their stone or magically become Zenith Collections, change sex and name but not signature, company details or VAT number and then waste even more money.
I've asked her to let me know as each piece of crap arrives, that way I can reinforce her resolve if she actually takes any of their bluster and BS seriously.:D
So, Euro Car Parks (I'm sure one of you parasites will read this at some point), I'm loving the fact that you are locked into a process where by you know you are wasting money buying keeper details and send letters BUT you don't know which ones.... I on the other hand am PMSL at you!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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Just noticed I've managed to post this in the wrong area so have reposted there.
Anyone who hasn't visited the sub board discussing the current problem with scam fake parking tickets might want to have a look and learn how to fight off these parasites. The link below should take you there.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1630 -
Maybe it is me then, I've never managed to get one ticket, let alone two in the family.0
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You're just unlucky I guess.
Suggest you go to a large retail carpark, park at the far end so as to cause no inconvenience to anyone, have one wheel touching the white line marking your parking bay.
Go and have a coffee off site, refreshed return to the site and make a purchase in one of the shops there.
Return to you car and........... you might find out you are a criminal who needs to be taught a lesson :rotfl::rotfl:0 -
Well done :T and don't forget to tell friend and wife to spread the word about these robbing b******* to everyone they know.Hi Ho Silver Awayyyyyyyyyy0
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Lone_Ranger wrote: »Well done :T and don't forget to tell friend and wife to spread the word about these robbing b******* to everyone they know.
Already done.
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First Class, that man.**** I hereby relieve MSE of all legal responsibility for my post and assume personal responsible for all posts. If any Parking Pirates have a problem with my post then contact me for my solicitors address.*****0
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Good work:money:spread the word, lets make it viral
PPC scammers rot in hell PPCs say its carpark management, BPA say its raising standards..... we all know its just about raking in the revenue. :eek:0 -
HardWorker2010 wrote: »You're just unlucky I guess.
Suggest you go to a large retail carpark, park at the far end so as to cause no inconvenience to anyone, have one wheel touching the white line marking your parking bay.
Go and have a coffee off site, refreshed return to the site and make a purchase in one of the shops there.
Return to you car and........... you might find out you are a criminal who needs to be taught a lesson :rotfl::rotfl:
I guess we must have bigger spaces here than you. I normally manage to get the car inside the lines.0 -
Thanks for the infoProblem with having access to internet is that i get asked by many to solve their problems
Well at least i learn something on the way 0 -
HardWorker2010 wrote: »Just noticed I've managed to post this in the wrong area so have reposted there.
I've merged your threads together, in future it would be helpful if you sent a PM to the relevant Board Guide to ask for the original thread to be moved, instead of posting a second thread. It would make our jobs a little easier :A0
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