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Guys_Dad

Half_way wrote: »

The reason why reputable companies fall for these private parking companies is all down to good old fashoined sales speak, and the veneer of respectability.
Its thew same reason why people fall for these companies and pay up whent hey get a letter/demand.

Actually, in the case of supermarkets, it's more dishonest than that.

We all know that they screw their suppliers down and down to help their profits. So it is in their mentality to construct contracts that actually don't give PPCs any income except from their swingeing charges. Then they act surprised and say "It's nothing to do wiv me, Guv" or sometimes get the PPC to waive charges if it involves disabled people and bad publicity.

The PPC see this as a cash cow and, as you say, rely on honest or gullible people to cough up.

But make no mistake - the landowners engage these modern day highwaymen in the full knowledge of their coalition arrangement. The Morrison - v - Private Eye was a perfect example. Get PE to splash out on the equipment but when PE started issuing court papers, Morrison tried to walk away from the contract, never mind that it must have been obvious to them that PE's income was based on penalising their customers, despite what the contract actually said.

No, landowners are being hypocritical with this one-step-removed scam.

sandraroffey

thank you all again. will come back when we know who owns the road and if isnt the council, is it adopted/unadopted.

Stroma

Council - adopted
Not council - unadopted

sandraroffey

ok folks. kent county council say that the road in question is a privately maintainable road, not maintained by kent county council, so it must be owned by berkley homes, the builders.

as a point to mention, some of the folk in the road have lost their parking permits, and the parking company want £50 for a replacement!!!!! its just a coloured piece of paper!!!!

Stroma

Well just ignore them then, they charge that amount for a permit because anyone with an ounce of sense will pay for a rip piece of carp, so these scammers are licking their lips over charging these people with fake tickets.

I would send to the builders that you are being illegally harassed for the actions of their agents, inform them that this letter is to inform them that you are minded to sue them and you will be making a claim for at least £500 for this harassment from them and their agents .

Guys_Dad

Does the parking permit have your car reg on it? Does it have a serial number?

sandraroffey

thanks stroma and guys dad. dont know about the number/reg numbers on the permit but will fiind out. and i love the sound of the letter to the builders.

ManxRed

Head the letter up 'Notice Before Action'. Tell them that the tickets being issued by their agent are legally unenforceable and you consider their repeated demands to constitute harassment. If they do not desist then you may consider taking action against Berkely Homes - who you hold jointly and severally liable for the actions of their agents - under the Protection From Harassment Act 1997.

Make a reference to Ferguson v British Gas.

Post a draft up here before you send it so it can be fine tuned.

sandraroffey

i will do that in the next couple of days - visiting family at the moment. my daughter in law said to me this morning that things got so bad last year with these parking agents, that folk were going around in the dark and cutting the signs down. not a good idea, but we also discussed the possibility of putting annon letters through all the letter boxes of the posh homes that are still for sale. then berkleys wouldnt sell a single one!!!!

cant thank everyone enough for all the help on here.

sandraroffey

OK. not got very far with a really good letter to Berkleys - this is what ive come up with - and any help (which i obviously need) is appreciated......


NOTICE BEFORE ACTION.

I am writing to you about the parking company you have employed on the K*********** estate, canterbury.

the company concerned have taken to coming out in the wee small hours and ticketing whole streets, then coming back later and doing it all again. this has been going on for some time, and it is not unusual for tickets to be issued at 1am then again before people go off to work.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE, that these tickets are unenforceable and i consider their repeated demands to constitute harrasment.

If they do not desist, then i may consider taking action against Berkely Homes, who i consider jointly and severally liable for the actions of their agents, under the Protection From Harrasment Act 1997. (see Ferguson v British Gas).

Your urgent comments are awaited.


Thats it, and who is the letter supposed to be addressed to?? managing director maybe????