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TCP not that Smart? suspended from DVLA access??

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Half_way
Half_way Posts: 7,472 Forumite
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in Parking tickets, fines & parking
Just spotted over on pepipoo, apparently TCP parking/smart parking have been suspeneded from accessing DVLA data:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=75552&st=120&start=120
From the Plain Language Commission:

"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
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  • atilla
    atilla Posts: 862 Forumite
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    Half_way wrote: »
    Just spotted over on pepipoo, apparently TCP parking/smart parking have been suspeneded from accessing DVLA data:

    http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=75552&st=120&start=120

    Yep, confirmed
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Nice to see some more good news. As things come in threes who's next?
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • Half_way
    Half_way Posts: 7,472 Forumite
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    Maybe someone could draw up some posters to put up in the various ASDA stores with a TCP prescence to alert customers to the fact that their parking contractor has been banned for ?? any one who has mistankly paid this company should be able to pop into ASDA for a refund
    From the Plain Language Commission:

    "The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
  • AltheHibby
    AltheHibby Posts: 733 Forumite
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    I will enjoy a laugh as I drive past their offices tomorrow.
  • Dave_TH
    Dave_TH Posts: 183 Forumite
    I shall be happy to escort my wife to shop in Retford on Saturday, park at Asda, enjoy walking round, maybe a spot of lunch with a desert (hopefully) of a TCP ticket!!!
  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    Dave_TH wrote: »
    I shall be happy to escort my wife to shop in Retford on Saturday, park at Asda, enjoy walking round, maybe a spot of lunch with a desert (hopefully) of a TCP ticket!!!

    If I took mine, the parking charge would seem cheap next to her shopping bill!
  • atilla
    atilla Posts: 862 Forumite
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    Guys_Dad wrote: »
    If I took mine, the parking charge would seem cheap next to her shopping bill!
    Err, what parking charge???
    :rotfl:
  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
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    This from PePiPoo:-

    Dear Mr xxxxx

    Thank you for drawing this to our attention.

    You are correct in saying that once Town and City Parking Limited was registered in December that name should not be used on the signage in car parks operated by Smart Parking Limited. They can however still use Town and City Parking as a trading name.

    On 25 January 2012 we suspended access by Smart Parking Ltd to DVLA data until they have made the necessary changes. There is not a fixed or minimum term for this suspension.

    Following our discussions with relevant parties we are content that this was not a deliberate attempt by the company to mislead or defraud.


    So a very big task for them to modify or change every sign in every car-park (think of all the ASDA car parks they "manage") , plus printing new paperwork .

    What a shame!
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • AltheHibby
    AltheHibby Posts: 733 Forumite
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    According to the Dundee Evening Telegraph TCP* are having to cancel "fines" sent to people who simply drove through a retail park in Perth (their home town!). The article suggests that you have to call their 0845 number to get them cancelled.

    Worse still, it's illustrated with a photo of a speed camera!

    The Telegraph obviously operates at the same (lack) of intellectual level as the scammers.

    * Does that stand for Twits Cretins Plonkers? Or have I got that wrong?
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,362 Forumite
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    AltheHibby wrote: »

    * Does that stand for Twits Cretins Plonkers? Or have I got that wrong?

    Think might have just got a wrong vowel in there :)
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

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