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  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,289 Forumite
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    One of the fastest 'can't read, won't read, didn't see it' - just slightly over 12 hours! No wonder they miss PPC signage. There's really no hope with some!
    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
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 151,289 Forumite
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    This is an ADVICE thread.

    Please read the first few posts of this thread for the correct advice regarding private parking charges.


    PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR QUESTION IN THIS THREAD!


    PLEASE START YOUR OWN NEW THREAD IF YOU STILL NEED ADVICE.

    THAT IS NOT DONE BY HITTING 'REPLY' HERE SO PLEASE DO NOT!

    MY SIGNATURE BELOW, TELLS YOU WHERE TO CLICK TO SEE PAGE ONE, WHERE A VERY CLEAR 'NEW THREAD' BUTTON IS THERE FOR THOSE FEW PEOPLE WHOSE QUESTIONS ARE NOT ANSWERED BY THIS THREAD.
    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
  • Jedders
    Jedders Posts: 4 Newbie
    Apologies I have started new thread.
  • Tritan28
    Tritan28 Posts: 5 Forumite
    Hi all,

    I have trawled through the endless amounts of info you guys have so kindly posted on here so far. Thank you for that.

    However, I am still unsure what is best to do in my case.

    I have a company car, so I am not the keeper- I read that means I need to appeal ASAP to prevent them from going to DVLA to get my details. (UKPC is the PPC in question by the way).

    I have read the examples and I'm not sure which one I should use.
    Here's what happened:
    The car park is a graveled area with no bays, but plenty of signage. (all be it small, but I have no photographs of signage as the writing on the actual machine was the issue here)
    There is a large sign on entry stating 'all day £4' and on the machine it shows prices of £4 all day (12hrs) and £6 for 24 hours.

    Now i paid £6.70. I entered after 9:30am on 16/06/17 and was back at my car before 9:10am on the 17/06/17. So I was technically was entitled to in excess of 24hrs according to the signs on the machine, yet when I came back to my car, there was a fine for £60 from UKPC.

    Yes, the expiry time on the ticket says 05:49am 17/06/17- but I ignored this due to what the signage on the machine says. Did not realise it did not show what time the ticket was printed.
    I should also say that the machine did not display the correct time- it was off by a few mins and seemed to be passing time faster than real life.

    There is cctv pointing on the screen, but I'm sure they will say this does not work as the footage would only prove I paid for the time I was there IN FULL.
    I also got change from the guys at the car park next door, as the machine still does not accept the new £1 coins, and my friend in the car with me also witnessed me parking my car at this time.

    I also have a video showing me inserting £6.00 into the machine and it giving no where near 24hrs parking. Surely this will help?

    I am utterly stressed out by this completely unnecessary and ridiculous fine. So much so, the next day when actually moving my friends stuff I refused to leave my car in case I was issued with another fine!! If i felt I had overstayed the time I paid for I would probably pay the fine, but now I don't want to pay another PCN ever again after reading how money grabbing and awful these PPCs are :beer:

    Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
  • Tritan28
    Tritan28 Posts: 5 Forumite
    I will do so now- apologies
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,289 Forumite
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    Tritan28 wrote: »
    I will do so now- apologies

    Please delete your post #77, or it will encourage others who do not read the instructions, or ignore, or refuse to follow them, who then post detailed queries about their parking charge on an 'information only' thread.

    Don't know how large the font needs to be in the message:
    PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR QUESTION IN THIS THREAD!


    PLEASE START YOUR OWN NEW THREAD IF YOU STILL NEED ADVICE.

    We haven't got any larger font sizes!
    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
  • Having red all comments bellow.


    I was wondering if I can still recover my money, as I have already paid for three tickets?


    Please advise.
  • Hi,

    I received a parking fine a couple of years ago from UKCPS and ignored a couple of letters in regards to this matter.
    Now out of the blue i have a letter from Civil Enforcement Agents titled
    URGENT: Notice of Intended Recovery Action
    Has anyone had one of these before? Any advice?
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,289 Forumite
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    Having red all comments bellow.


    I was wondering if I can still recover my money, as I have already paid for three tickets?


    Please advise.

    Did you not read the advice in the post in HUGE TEXT immediately before yours? Is there something not quite clear in it? We can amend it if necessary. :)
    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
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,289 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hi,

    I received a parking fine a couple of years ago from UKCPS and ignored a couple of letters in regards to this matter.
    Now out of the blue i have a letter from Civil Enforcement Agents titled
    URGENT: Notice of Intended Recovery Action
    Has anyone had one of these before? Any advice?

    Once one starts posting on this thread, the floodgates open. @Brannyrhino - please read post #79.
    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
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