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Parking Eye In The Guardian

trisontana
trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
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in Parking tickets, fines & parking
Pensioner fights 'bullying' ParkingEye as it takes 1,000 drivers a week to court

I see that Parking Eye are being "economical with the truth" yet again.


http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/apr/12/parkingeye-fine-penalty-dispute-fight?CMP=twt_gu
What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
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  • Stroma
    Stroma Posts: 7,971 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    edited 12 April 2014 at 9:56AM
    Prankster gets another mention on there :) hope this lady is getting help from someone with the claim
    When posting a parking issue on MSE do not reveal any information that may enable PPCs to identify you. They DO monitor the forum.
    We don't need the following to help you.
    Name, Address, PCN Number, Exact Date Of Incident, Date On Invoice, Reg Number, Vehicle Picture, The Time You Entered & Left Car Park, Or The Amount of Time You Overstayed.
    :beer: Anti Enforcement Hobbyist Member :beer:
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 43,495 Forumite
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    Interesting article with Mrs Rodgers looking like she's pretty much on the ball with this.

    As an aside, I find it quite disrespectful, and something from a bygone era to refer to someone purely by their surname in the report. And not just the once, but many times. Would take nothing to put a 'Mrs' in front of the Rodgers, or if characters are at a premium, simply call her Anne. It almost makes her sound to be the 'criminal' in all of this.

    Pet hate of mine - rant over!
    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.

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  • bazster
    bazster Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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    ParkingEye yet again implying that failing to respond to their unsolicited junk makes one culpable.
    Je suis Charlie.
  • Ivor_Pecheque
    Ivor_Pecheque Posts: 745 Forumite
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    They should lock her up and throw away the key.

    Bloomin riff raff getting misguided advice off the forums.

    Doesn't she know that Parking Eye win the majority of their cases. Okay, they don't state that the shift is swinging dramatically, but don't they realise how difficult it is generating all the legal stuff they have to send out for each case.

    And ever tried working out a "genuine pre-estimate of loss?" It's not easy you know.

    Bloody pensioners, clogging up the car parks. And don't get me started on Aldi.
    Illegitimi non carborundum:)
  • bazster
    bazster Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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    Ivor_Pecheque wrote: »
    Doesn't she know that Parking Eye win the majority of their cases.

    The undefended or very badly defended ones.
    Ivor_Pecheque wrote: »
    And ever tried working out a "genuine pre-estimate of loss?" It's not easy you know.

    Especially when there isn't one!
    Ivor_Pecheque wrote: »
    Bloody pensioners, clogging up the car parks. And don't get me started on Aldi.

    Customers, pah! Who needs 'em?
    Je suis Charlie.
  • 4consumerrights
    4consumerrights Posts: 2,002 Forumite
    Parking Prankster has passed on this lady's details to Kirkbyinfurnesslad who has agreed to lay rep at her hearing.
  • Ivor_Pecheque
    Ivor_Pecheque Posts: 745 Forumite
    500 Posts
    Fantastic. I was trying to get my head round the claim about them winning the "majority" of cases. I seem to remember that the claim was once "over 90% of cases."

    I'm hazarding a guess that the total number of winning cases is around, or just above, 51%

    Which suggests that they are now losing the majority of cases. (Because there has been a drop in the total number of wins from 90% to 51%).

    I suspect that it will soon be the case that the total of won cases will be in the minority, especially as folk such as Mrs Rodgers, are becoming more and more aware of what a sham this is.
    Illegitimi non carborundum:)
  • Oli.s
    Oli.s Posts: 548 Forumite
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    Someone from here with the proper knowledge should contact the guardian to see if they will run a follow up story correcting parking eyes 'figures' and show them and capita up as the bunch of lying cowboys they are.
  • Hot_Bring
    Hot_Bring Posts: 1,596 Forumite
    4consumerrights wrote: »
    Parking Prankster has passed on this lady's details to Kirkbyinfurnesslad who has agreed to lay rep at her hearing.

    I bet Parking Eye will be over the moon with that ! :rotfl:
    "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri
  • ColliesCarer
    ColliesCarer Posts: 1,593 Forumite
    Hot_Bring wrote: »
    I bet Parking Eye will be over the moon with that ! :rotfl:

    Yep - can see their concerns about unhealthy interest in their cases increasing dramatically in the near future :rotfl:
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