I got a parking ticket but had paid

jaseyf100

Hi there,
hope this is the right place to post this...

A request for some advice

I got a parking ticket PCN last Saturday morning in Edinburgh fro the Council. Basically, I had paid for the ticket on the 'new' RINGO service, which is usually great for the runs to the station for the train as you don't need a ticket to display!

My question isn't about revoking the ticket, as i know that they are in the wrong, but whether I can claim back (as it is a mistake in the first instance) my stamp postage & admin & distress for the mistake. this may seem a little extreme, but to a degree it upset our trip up to the Edinburgh Festival & so there are also principles at steak!!

when we make mistakes regarding parking, it rightly & generally lawfully means we pay a PCN & admin fees for late payment etc.

Can i charge them back for what's happened? why can'tI? I asked another parking attendant about the notice i received, he said we couldn't just ignore it as the charge would escalate. it just seems unfair. I'm not getting out of it on a technicality afterall

thanks in advance...

Coupon-mad

For a start, you don't know how the appeal will pan out. You may end up getting off it on a technicality!

The PCN must presumably have been issued for a reason - are you certain you did not accidentally put the wrong car reg into the Ringo system? Or that the payment failed? Not saying you did but do check, it happens all the time on the pepipoo forum and then people have to appeal further before it gets cancelled.

Pepipoo here:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30

Start a new pepipoo thread with a pic of both sides of the PCN.

And no, you can't claim costs. Very, very rarely an adjudicator will award costs against a Council but only if they have acted 'vexatiously and unreasonably' throughout. Almost never gets allowed.

jaseyf100

Hi there,

my question/upset is why i have to write to them & therefore why it should be at my cost. I am not appealing i am making them aware of a mistake they have made (i have proof from another parking attendant) I know i won't have to pay the fine it's just ludicrous, as i said previously, that this is at my own cost

Orford

Guess what, the council don't have a crystal ball. They won't even be aware of their 'mistake' until you tell them about it....it's called an appeal.

If you sit back and do nothing, insisting that the council should issue a grovelling apology for something they don't even know about, it's going to cost you a lot more than a stamp.

taffy056

You can always try appealing via email if they allow that ? On penalty charge notices you are presumed guilty until you can prove your innocence or get off on a technicality, a little bit unfair IMO but you got to jump through their hoops. You are lucky in a way because if you were in a hire car they would have paid without appeal even if you could prove you paid later.

Coupon-mad

jaseyf100 wrote: »

Hi there,

my question/upset is why i have to write to them & therefore why it should be at my cost. I am not appealing i am making them aware of a mistake they have made (i have proof from another parking attendant) I know i won't have to pay the fine it's just ludicrous, as i said previously, that this is at my own cost

No cost when appealing by email or online. And you ARE appealing; you MUST play their game properly even when they've made a mistake.

Read the back of the PCN where it explains about appeals, and get on pepipoo for help. That's free as well!

Stephen_Leak

Look on it as an investment.