Parking Eye PCN - need urgent advice please!!

Parkern1

Hi, I received my first PCN in October last year and remembered seeing Martin Lewis just the week before saying to completely ignore these demands, however, since then I believe the advice has changed and now I have received a letter from a Debt Recovery company requesting £150 within 14 days otherwise they will commence Count Court proceedings. I have seen on Peppipoo (please forgive the spelling if I've got it wrong) that someone else was playing the same strategy and have now been summoned to court!
I know it is no defence but i did not see the notices saying parking was restricted to 2 hours and my shopping trip was a nightmare involving my 20 month old daughter, pushchairs and tantrums!
Any advice on what to do next will be gladly received and much appreciated.

HappyMJ

My advice is to ignore until you actually get a court summons then defend yourself. You will win.

Guys_Dad

HappyMJ wrote: »

My advice is to ignore until you actually get a court summons then defend yourself. You will win.

Very simplistic statement. You won't by going into court, should it arise, with "I know it is no defence but i did not see the notices saying parking was restricted to 2 hours and my shopping trip was a nightmare involving my 20 month old daughter, pushchairs and tantrums! " as your defence.

If no one on here is willing to give you a better defence - and to get a better defence you are going to have to do some work - then maybe visit pepipoo with some decent information.

Crucially, what was the date of the "offence" if it was before October 12th, then that's one thing. If after, then it's another.

So, first things first, date please and also, do you have all of the various letters that were sent ot you or have you followed some bad advice on here that advised binning them?

Coupon-mad

Parkern1 wrote: »

Hi, I received my first PCN in October last year and remembered seeing Martin Lewis just the week before saying to completely ignore these demands, however, since then I believe the advice has changed and now I have received a letter from a Debt Recovery company requesting £150 within 14 days otherwise they will commence Count Court proceedings. I have seen on Peppipoo (please forgive the spelling if I've got it wrong) that someone else was playing the same strategy and have now been summoned to court!
I know it is no defence but i did not see the notices saying parking was restricted to 2 hours and my shopping trip was a nightmare involving my 20 month old daughter, pushchairs and tantrums!
Any advice on what to do next will be gladly received and much appreciated.

Pretty much every other thread on here is about Parking Eye, ignore or appeal:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4539337

and on pepipoo as well:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=77301

Read those and you'll get the idea. You are too late for POPLA so it's a case of ignoring the usual letter chain shown here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2329119

That's all you need to know, just laugh at the letters.

Only come back if you get ACTUAL sealed Court papers (and it's NOT a 'summons', it's not a CRIME!). As for the threatograms, we all get them!

JChaps86

Hi,

So i've just received a PCN off Paring Eye and after scrolling thru these threads am still unsure whether to pay it or not.

I left my car on a booths from 10.30pm until 9.50 am whilst visiting a friend. (Never saw the signs, had no idea it meant over night when i saw them in the morn).

Would it be easier to pay it? If it goes to court what would be my defence?

A little worried about this,

John

nigelbb

Don't pay. It won't go to court.

Please start your own thread

HO87

Guys_Dad wrote: »

Crucially, what was the date of the "offence" if it was before October 12th, then that's one thing. If after, then it's another.

I presume you actually meant 1 October 2012

Guys_Dad

HO87 wrote: »

I presume you actually meant 1 October 2012

I am getting very old and forgetful. Don't know why I wrote 12th, obviously thinking about 2012.

I know I can rely on MSE members on this forum to keep me straight.

Thanks.

AltheHibby

OP and J chaps. don't panic. Even Mrs theHibby laughs at them now.

I'm an accountant, so I can't afford to do anything that could land me in a disciplinary. For example, not paying legitimate invoices can get me in trouble. On the other hand, PE invoices are safely ignored. Especially as I'm in Scotland. :-)

JChaps86

Ta for the reassurance! Nigelbb, I didn't see the point in starting a new thread about something already being covered.

Would you recommend leaving my car in private car parks all the time and simply ignoring the letters? Or would that be tempting fate?

JChaps86

Ta for the reassurance! Nigelbb, I didn't see the point in starting a new thread about something already being covered.

Would you recommend leaving my car in private car parks all the time and simply ignoring the letters? Or would that be tempting fate?