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BBC1 Wed 10 July Your Money, Their Tricks

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  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
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    Oh no, not citizens advice! They will probably tell you to pay it.
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • grayme-m
    grayme-m Posts: 1,484 Forumite
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    trisontana wrote: »
    Oh no, not citizens advice! They will probably tell you to pay it.

    They appeared to get a solicitor who said don't, but they ended with you may be taken to court...:(
    Toyota - 'Always a better way', avoid buying Toyota.
  • tospig
    tospig Posts: 152 Forumite
    They seemed to get most of the message about 'not paying' in there, but then started confusing it by saying you should appeal, and then checking the CAB.
  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    They got the message over that these were not fines, were invoices from a private company and you still didn't need to pay until you lose at court.

    The case where the ANPR too the first exit and 2nd entrance as being an in and out was an absolute disgrace on the PPC's part.
  • FatAndy
    FatAndy Posts: 7,541 Forumite
    They could have done with an hour long programme devoted to PPCs rather than just five or ten minutes but hopefully tens of thousands of unsuspecting victims suddenly became aware that they had been taken in by this scam and if nothing else will be more aware of what to do if they are targetted again.
    The fridge is empty, the walls are damp, there's no hot water
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  • bazster
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    Better than nothing but not very good really. Since they went to the trouble to speak to a solicitor they might've mentioned that in a free car park there can be no contract and no loss.
    Je suis Charlie.
  • peparami101
    peparami101 Posts: 7 Forumite
    I too was disappointed with this, they failed on so many levels to get the message across. They even failed to mention POPLA is invalid outside of England & Wales!!
  • Computersaysno
    Computersaysno Posts: 1,243 Forumite
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    here it is on iplayer....

    ppc stuff starts about 21 mins in...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b036xvt7/Your_Money_Their_Tricks_Cars/
  • Orrin
    Orrin Posts: 448 Forumite
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    bazster wrote: »
    Better than nothing but not very good really. Since they went to the trouble to speak to a solicitor they might've mentioned that in a free car park there can be no contract and no loss.
    The fact that so many PPCs try to recover their charges as damages when they would be on much stronger ground presenting them as a contractually agreed charge for parking just goes to show what a sham the whole industry is.
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    edited 11 July 2013 at 9:33AM
    Being extremely careful of how I phrase this post - in this direction there be dragons...

    One sincerely hopes that CAB have updated and expanded the advice that was previously available from them.

    EDIT: (Cross posting with Orrin) - And the number of companies who appear to want to ride both contract and contractual charge horses keeping trespass up their sleeves just in case things go pear-shaped. And how on earth can you describe this as an industry. ;) Where is the industry? And where is the product?
    My very sincere apologies for those hoping to request off-board assistance but I am now so inundated with requests that in order to do justice to those "already in the system" I am no longer accepting PM's and am unlikely to do so for the foreseeable future (August 2016). :(

    For those seeking more detailed advice and guidance regarding small claims cases arising from private parking issues I recommend that you visit the Private Parking forum on PePiPoo.com
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