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Advice please. Bought parking ticket from wrong machine!
LawrenceJE
Posts: 2 Newbie
in Motoring
Advice required
A few months back my friend travelled to Leeds and could not get into the car park he normally used but found an empty bay in the road alongside. He observed that the nearby sign read "Pay at machine" with a small arrow pointing up the road.
The machine in the car park was close by so, believing that this was the machine in question, my friend bought a ticket there and displayed this in the car.
Upon returning to the vehicle he was surprised to see a pcn on the screen and asked a nearby warden why this was issued. The warden in question said he had not issued the ticketing and said he would not have issued it under the circumstances. He explained that my friend should have bought the ticket from the machine further down the road but that because the arrangements in place are confusing he would not have issued the Pcn.
I wrote to Leeds on behalf of my friend explaining all this but they rejected this appeal.
My friend has since been away on business for a month or so and now discovers a letter from collection agents asking for the fine plus costs!
What should he do? Is it to late to appeal further!
A few months back my friend travelled to Leeds and could not get into the car park he normally used but found an empty bay in the road alongside. He observed that the nearby sign read "Pay at machine" with a small arrow pointing up the road.
The machine in the car park was close by so, believing that this was the machine in question, my friend bought a ticket there and displayed this in the car.
Upon returning to the vehicle he was surprised to see a pcn on the screen and asked a nearby warden why this was issued. The warden in question said he had not issued the ticketing and said he would not have issued it under the circumstances. He explained that my friend should have bought the ticket from the machine further down the road but that because the arrangements in place are confusing he would not have issued the Pcn.
I wrote to Leeds on behalf of my friend explaining all this but they rejected this appeal.
My friend has since been away on business for a month or so and now discovers a letter from collection agents asking for the fine plus costs!
What should he do? Is it to late to appeal further!
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LawrenceJE wrote: »Is it to late to appeal further!
A bit difficult to answer when you haven't included any timescales in your post other than "a few months back"!
Why not have a look at the rejection paperwork you got from the council, that might be a good start?0 -
Post this on pepipoo.com for extra help. Include all dates, copies of both sides of the pcn and the rejection letter. It would also help, if possible, to get pictures of the reason why they thought to go to the machine they did.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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There an error in Leeds PCN if you go a pepipoo and they've got the full details of how to appeal on there. I can't remember what is it off the top of head unfortunately.0
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