Another Parking Eye "charge"...

Ibratimovic

I know there are a number of posts about this already but I feel the need to ask anyway...

I recieved a letter from Parking Eye after visiting a wedding fair at the Park Inn Hotel in Nottingham, where I have booked my wedding reception. Turns out in the last few weeks they have started using Parking Eye, as in the past I have parked there with no problems. The staff neglected to inform me on this occasion that you have to log your registration number at the reception desk, and as I didn't do this I was presumed to not be a customer, and recieved a charge. After speaking to the hotel they have accepted I was at the hotel as a customer and told me to appeal the charge with Parking Eye, who will then ask the hotel, who in turn will tell them to cancel it. 5 days later I've still heard nothing back from them, and recieved a letter today (7/11) stating I had until 6/11 to pay or the charge went up to £100. I made an appeal to Parking Eye, and this is why I have posted today... My car is a hire purchase through Renault, and as I was a student at the time of getting the car the agreement is in my mother's name. As a result the letter went to my mother, and in my appeal I admitted to being the driver. Most posts I have read explicitly state not to admit to being the driver. Have I made a big mistake in doing so? I understand that these charges are largely unenforcable, but I'm in the process of buying my first house and the last thing I want is any possibility of damage to my credit. Thanks.

pawlala

1. Next time they write to you send them some Monopoly money to pay for it. 2. Send them extra!

Joking aside, you'd be better ignoring and concentrating on your new home. Enjoy!

ManxRed

Did this happen after 1st October?

There's no harm in telling them you were the driver. If this happened after the 1st October then they MUST pursue you, and cannot go back to Renault or your mum.

The good news is that you owe them nothing. The legal position is that you owe the landowner the actual financial losses they incurred as a result of you parking there. Which is zero.

Parking Eye, as agents, and having no occupational rights in the land (e.g. freehold or leasehold) cannot legally pursue anyone for anything. Even the £0.00 you owe the landowner.

They cannot damage anyone's credit rating without a CCJ. They can't get a CCJ without taking you to court, winning, and you still refusing to pay up. This clearly won't happen, because they know as well as we do, that legally they cannot pursue anyone for anything.

They'll just continue to send threatening letters to you threatening court action, CCJs, bailiffs, credit rating damage, allsorts. Its all crap.

Eventually they'll give up and go away.

Ibratimovic

Thanks for the advice, really the issue I was concerned about is a) it's a hire purchase car, which some post say can make a difference (though they don't mention how) and b) I appealed and identified myself as the driver, something that other posts specifically say not to do. Just worried I've done their work for them somehow!

And yes, it happened after 1st October, on the 14th in fact.

RENEGADE_2

Completely unenforceable which means ParkingEye cannot sue you successfully because the only legal amount that can be sought is losses to landowner resulting from action and not de facto penalties such as what you have been issued. Those are unlawful when presented by one citizen to another.

Out of curiousity, your name is interesting.
Da li razumiješ ovaj jezik? Sa vašim imenom, da li si iz Bosne i Hercegovine?

taffy056

Ibratimovic wrote: »

Thanks for the advice, really the issue I was concerned about is a) it's a hire purchase car, which some post say can make a difference (though they don't mention how) and b) I appealed and identified myself as the driver, something that other posts specifically say not to do. Just worried I've done their work for them somehow!

And yes, it happened after 1st October, on the 14th in fact.

It only makes a difference if the car is hired or leased from a company like avis , hertz or northgate, not if its on hire purchase like a loan, please don't get confused

RENEGADE_2

If you've appealed, expect rejection. Don't use the word again because it shows you accede to their authority which in turn is unlawful.

You'll get a chance to appeal to POPLA, write to them rejecting the demand when ParkingEye give you a reference number for them. This will cost ParkingEye £32, and the outcome is not binding for you.