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Do we have a leg to stand on?
squarefrog
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My partner received a parking ticket last friday for parking in a car park without a pay-and-display stub.
Recently, our train network has been disrupted due to a land slide, and so my partner went to the train station to see if she could find out if her upcoming travel would be disrupted. She parked her car and nipped into the train station to ask for advice.
The car park at the train station costs a minimum of £2 for 2 hours so she, unfortunately, thought she'd be ok.
The PEN states the car was first seen at 12:54, and the notice issued at 13:06. She has a print out of train times from the train station, and printed on the receipt is the time 13:11.
My gut feeling is that we have to just pay the £25 and move on, but is there anything we can do to avoid this? She was told she's being made redundant a couple of weeks ago, so we could really do without the expense!
Recently, our train network has been disrupted due to a land slide, and so my partner went to the train station to see if she could find out if her upcoming travel would be disrupted. She parked her car and nipped into the train station to ask for advice.
The car park at the train station costs a minimum of £2 for 2 hours so she, unfortunately, thought she'd be ok.
The PEN states the car was first seen at 12:54, and the notice issued at 13:06. She has a print out of train times from the train station, and printed on the receipt is the time 13:11.
My gut feeling is that we have to just pay the £25 and move on, but is there anything we can do to avoid this? She was told she's being made redundant a couple of weeks ago, so we could really do without the expense!
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Need more info such as ( but not limited to)
what car parking company , or who issued the ticket?
any mention of bylaw 14?From the Plain Language Commission:
"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"0 -
If the PEN stands for 'Parking Enforcement Notice' then you haven't been reading enough about these fake tickets yet - for the love of God don't actually fall for it and pay!
:eek:PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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Hi and thanks for the replies. It was issued by APCOA Parking (UK) Ltd. It states in bold letters Parking Enforcement Notice. Have I missed something?
Sorry Coupon-mad.. I missed your thick bold signature lol. Well it's late. Thats my excuse!
I should have also said that my partner described the robber as "having a high-vis jacket on" rather than the navy blue uniforms the usual traffic wardens have.0 -
squarefrog wrote: »Hi and thanks for the replies. It was issued by APCOA Parking (UK) Ltd. It states in bold letters Parking Enforcement Notice. Have I missed something?
Sorry Coupon-mad.. I missed your thick bold signature lol. Well it's late. Thats my excuse!
I should have also said that my partner described the robber as "having a high-vis jacket on" rather than the navy blue uniforms the usual traffic wardens have.
You missed the fact it's all a scam, a fake PCN outed by Watchdog several times and on here ad infinitum every day.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4447173
That thread has all the info you need! Pass on the good news to your partner!PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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That was so good i had to read it twice.
Thank you so much for alerting me to this. I can honestly say you've made our year. 2013 has been awful so far - she's lost her job, I didn't get my dream job, and our boiler broke yesterday. So I will happily take this win.
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Just make sure there is no mention of railway by laws on the ticket."You should know not to believe everything in media & polls by now !"
John539 2-12-14 Post 150300 -
It just states:
FTPE02 - Parked in a pay and display car park without clearly displaying a valid pay and display ticket0 -
Don't worry about byelaws when it's a private company issuing the ticket and it's not headed up 'Penalty'. Yours is a scam one and all you need to do is either appeal to the PPC and then to POPLA, or just ignore the whole scam letter chain. PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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