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UPKC - staff member parked in non staff parking area
gene.parmesan
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I have recently received a parking ticket from UKPC operating out of the Metro Centre shopping mall in Gateshead. The reason for the ticket has been marked down as "Staff member parked in non staff parking area". I do actually work for a retailer inside of the mall and I am aware that there are designated areas where the management of the mall would like staff to park. However for years now I have chosen to park in a particular spot with easy access to my place of work that also has much lower rates of break ins than the designated staff area.
Anyway, after several years of parking in the normal customer spots with no problem, I along with several of my colleagues received my first ticket for the above mentioned reason.
Where do i stand in terms of liability to pay?
As the mall has no fees and no time restrictions for customers to park there I always assumed that i could appeal like with any other PPC ticket along the grounds of it not being a genuine pre-estimate of loss to the company...
Also baring in mind that each day at work I am a customer to the mall spending what seems like hundreds of pounds each month of coffee and food from various other retailers in the mall.
Is this the case or is there any specifics i need to be aware of as to staff parking, as i am sure the UKPC signs dotted around the mall do mention no staff parking in certain areas.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Anyway, after several years of parking in the normal customer spots with no problem, I along with several of my colleagues received my first ticket for the above mentioned reason.
Where do i stand in terms of liability to pay?
As the mall has no fees and no time restrictions for customers to park there I always assumed that i could appeal like with any other PPC ticket along the grounds of it not being a genuine pre-estimate of loss to the company...
Also baring in mind that each day at work I am a customer to the mall spending what seems like hundreds of pounds each month of coffee and food from various other retailers in the mall.
Is this the case or is there any specifics i need to be aware of as to staff parking, as i am sure the UKPC signs dotted around the mall do mention no staff parking in certain areas.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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mitigation rarely succeeds so "what happened" is rarely valid either
read this https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822 as it explains everything and bear in mind that generally you will win on legal points not mitigation
this explains why https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/48359430
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