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Capita buy Parking Eye - then Pindar quits

Guys_Dad
Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1473f926-502d-11e3-befe-00144feabdc0.html

Surely it must be a coincidence and nothing to do with the recent acquisition?

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  • Hovite_2
    Hovite_2 Posts: 749 Forumite
    Another account of it here as well :

    http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/11/18/capita_pinder/

    I wonder if that's why the Mods have deleted my signature ?
  • spacey2012
    spacey2012 Posts: 5,836 Forumite
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    As capita have their fingers right up the backside of the Government I think we are about to find out why they wanted a new law to make parking scamming legal.
    Be happy...;)
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,630 Forumite
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    Guys_Dad wrote: »
    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1473f926-502d-11e3-befe-00144feabdc0.html

    Surely it must be a coincidence and nothing to do with the recent acquisition?

    Shares fell by 2% on the news. Wait till the markets realise the pig in a poke he's left the company saddled with in PE.

    Nice parting shot! :cool:
    Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .

    I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.

    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.

    Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Guys_Dad
    Guys_Dad Posts: 11,025 Forumite
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    Hovite wrote: »
    Another account of it here as well :

    http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2013/11/18/capita_pinder/

    I wonder if that's why the Mods have deleted my signature ?

    I am sure you would have changed it yourself as you would want it to be contemporary. Probably the Capita board wanted to pindar bad decision on him? :o
  • Hovite_2
    Hovite_2 Posts: 749 Forumite
    I've just noticed who will be taking over from Paul Pindar - a certain Andy Parker. Parker is a completely different beast from Pindar. Pindar generally was a laid back pleasant person - certainly the times I met him.

    Andy Parker is feared within Capita staff ranks - he is a ruthless operator and a numbers man. I wonder if this will increase Parking Eye's willingness to take people to court ?
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    You are joking about his name, surely. If he's such an 'Andy Parker I wonder if he's going to run PE. BTW my sig was removed also because I had the name of a parking company in it whilst posting the long lists of PPC name. Mad.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • Hovite_2
    Hovite_2 Posts: 749 Forumite
    peter_the_piper wrote: »
    You are joking about his name, surely. If he's such an 'Andy Parker I wonder if he's going to run PE. BTW my sig was removed also because I had the name of a parking company in it whilst posting the long lists of PPC name. Mad.

    Yep - that's his name !

    Seriously, my sig was removed because I mentioned Parking Eye ?????
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    Yep, I just grabbed one name at random for mine and it was removed. They seem to be very concerned that the ppc's read here and will want to sue them. Sod *** had the same problem. I get the feeling that there were too many link notifications going to the ppc's and costing them time and money.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • HO87
    HO87 Posts: 4,296 Forumite
    Strange? Nothing's happened to mine yet. Maybe because I'm not being impolite.
    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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