Parking Ticket from University car park

liwat01

Hi
I have received a private car parking notice at my university car park and fined 40 quid for " parked in a parking place for a purpose other than the designated purpose of the parking place" - what the hell is this supposed to mean? I took photos of my car and the wheels were slightly out of the parking bay - does it mean this?? what I would say is when I parked, I parked between two cars that were already there therefore how I parked was a result of the space that was left - also the lines to separate individual bays are faded and not clear. When I returned to my car, the car park was half empty, and my car was "on its own" with no cars either side by around three spaces. I "appealed" straight away, which in hindsight and reading more in to it, I probably would'nt have but I felt so indignant about it!! There is a display marked with rules however, this is on the road before entering the car parks and you can either turn left or right into two main car parks. Any thoughts???

realaledrinker

Car Parking Partnership per chance?

Read through any of the other posts on the board and you will see that these are nought but unenforceable, speculative invoices.

Just ignore, and ignore the increasingly threatening debt chasing letters which are all bullcrap. After half a dozen or so they will give up and harass someone else.

Coupon-mad

liwat01 wrote: »

Hi
I have received a private car parking notice ...any thoughts???

The above is all you needed to ask! They can't fine anyone legally.

The registered keeper can just ignore the 'ticket' and ignore the other letters that will arrive. The letters are easy to ignore and laugh at, when they arrive at the address of someone who knows it's all hogwash and not a real parking ticket at all.

The whole scam of fake PCNs relies firstly on people's ignorance of the fact that a random private company can't fine anyone, and secondly on their natural fear of parking tickets and the escalating costs/bailiff scenario. So PPCs copy the look of a real parking ticket and - hey presto! - the cash rolls in from victims who know no better.

There is no fine, no CCJ, no bailiff, no debt, no effect on credit rating, no Court, no repercussions at all from a pathetic, unenforceable fake PCN (= invoice) issued by a random third party if this was CPP?

No effect on your degree either as this is not a fine or money owing to the Uni if it was a CPP invoice. Shame you appealed because you've now identified yourself as someone they can spam threatograms at, who actually half-thought it was a real parking ticket that needed appealing. They will hope you will waver and you will get a load of junk mail letters.

There was no contract between you and the PPC as they don't own the land, have made no loss, and the Uni have offered the consideration of parking (so any alleged implied contract could only be with them, not a third party PPC). These companies just issue speculative invoices desssed up to look like parking tickets, which they are NOT.

If it's a private company like CPP then tick off the threatening letters here.

Watchdog clip with expert Solicitor's opinion here.

This week's 'Watchdog Daily' here (2 or 3 updates & info during the programme!).

Barrister's opinion - read the answer at the bottom, it's very clear! - here.

So I recommend from now on that you just play snap with the threatograms from debt collectors - choose to ignore and laugh at the scammer and their attempt to extort money. It's like deleting obvious phishing emails from your 'Bank'; it's a very similar con based on impersonation of authority.

DID I SAY DO NOT PAY?!!!!!!!!!!