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Parking Eye Ticket as my car had broken down

Please help.
Yesterday I received a letter from Parking eye as I had over-stayed their 2 hour limit by 14 minutes because my car would not start. I was sat in my car for 1 1/2 hrs with the bonnet up (after spending money in the store).
Should I appeal to their kind side and explain what happened? Is there any point?
I have a store receipt and also a receipt for the car part I purchased 2 days later to fix the car problem I had in the car park.
I think that £100 (£60 if I pay immediately) is steep for 14 minutes considering my circumstances at the time.

Comments

  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,731 Forumite
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    Aldi or not Aldi?! Serious question!
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • hoohoo
    hoohoo Posts: 1,717 Forumite
    Go to the store and explain. Pretty sure they will cancel it...especially if it is aldi!

    Take your receipts for sore and car part.
    Dedicated to driving up standards in parking
  • Coupon-mad wrote: »
    Aldi or not Aldi?! Serious question!
    Not Aldi - The Range
  • hoohoo wrote: »
    Go to the store and explain. Pretty sure they will cancel it...especially if it is aldi!

    Take your receipts for sore and car part.

    Do the store have any control over the parking company? I assumed that their response would be that they work separately from Parking Eye
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,731 Forumite
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    Please stop replying on this thread now, let it become archived as it's a duplicate of your other one and I have just replied in full there.

    :)
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
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