offering advice

devonlad

Is it wrong for me to offer advice to a stranger that got a ticket and is it illegal for me to put a sign up next to a plc sign. My sign said got ticket? Got internet get mse and pepiplo

halibut2209

No. And Yes (Bill Stickers will be prosecuted etc)

trisontana

What you should do is copy certain PPCs add the words "warning, it is an offence for anyone but the driver to remove this notice".

Coupon-mad

devonlad wrote: »

Is it wrong for me to offer advice to a stranger that got a ticket and is it illegal for me to put a sign up next to a plc sign. My sign said got ticket? Got internet get mse and pepiplo

I do that all the time. Would always advise a stranger or friend about this scam.

I have never put a sign next to theirs as you'd need permission from the landowner/occupier. Have been tempted to spray paint a sign or two but haven't as I am not into criminal damage of course.

Quite tempted to run off some signs to slap on top of any illegal clamping signs still up, come 1st October! I bet there will be loads of clamping signs still up, basically threatening a criminal offence. Can't be right!

But I do carry some small square notes which I slip behind any fake PCN I see on anyone's car in any Supermarket car park. It tells them the fake PCN is a scam, to ignore it as it's not a real parking ticket, not to pay or appeal but to come here or to pepipoo forums.

pogofish

I wonder if it might be possible to get permission from a retailer or site owner to put-up a sign ourselves and see what happens?

After all, how often do we hear them try and wiggle out by saying "we can't do anything about them!"

trisontana

Many supermarkets have a "community noticeboard", you could always pin a notice there.

Coupon-mad

trisontana wrote: »

Many supermarkets have a "community noticeboard", you could always pin a notice there.

Well that's a good idea. I might do just that in the local Co-op! :T

McKneff

But it will be the Coop who are paying these 'numpties' to put these pcn's on the cars in the first place

Stephen_Leak

McKneff wrote: »

But it will be the Coop who are paying these 'numpties' to put these pcn's on the cars in the first place

The usual "deal with the devil" is that the private ticketing firms offer to sort out any car park misuse for free.

devonlad

Lol wont do it again.

Coupon-mad

McKneff wrote: »

But it will be the Coop who are paying these 'numpties' to put these pcn's on the cars in the first place

Nope, we've never known that to be the case. It's not how PPCs work, their modus operandi is exactly like a self-funding protection racket.

They make an unsolicited approach to landowners and retailers out of the blue, convince them they have a parking problem and worry them about disabled bay 'abuse' then present a free solution. Great thinks the retailer/landowner, they will 'police' our car park for free!

And the people who fund it are, of course, their hapless scammed customers, residents, visitors, delivery staff etc. People who actually have permission and good reason to park there! But the main retailers haven't realised that yet and most landlords are just happy to believe that they have one less thing to think about with their property.

Not enough complaints reaching the CEOs and landowners, IMHO.