Euro Car Parks Charge...

mark_steps

Last month i parked in meadowbank retail park in Edinburgh. Just today got a letter from EuroCar Parks saying i was parked longer than the maximum period allowed. In all honesty, i have never seen such signs, so i looked today and right enough there are. The letter states i have not responded to the first letter, this is the first letter i received!
Now the balance due is £70 and if not paid in 28 days it is going to a debt agency. I tried ringing today, but no reply.

The question is,do i pay? Is it enforcable?So annoyed at myself and dont have £70 to pay anyone

Nodding_Donkey

Do NOT ring them. Read the newbies thread in the parking forum and follow the advice there

mark_steps

Jeezo, im getting confused!
i did search and see if they are approved operators and they are with BPA..

Also when trying to find out the landowner of the site i found this :
http://www.sgmproperty.co.uk/properties/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Edinburgh-Meadowbank-Retail-Park.pdf

Not sure what im looking for tho

Quentin

You need to take all this to the parking fines forum.

bod1467

This was Scotland. Unless this is a company car (which I am doubting, as you have received an NtK) then simply ignore them completely - in Scotland they can ONLY pursue the driver; if you don't tell them who was the driver* then they can't pursue the keeper.

* The simplest way to do this is to ignore them completely. If you don't communicate with them you can't accidentally tell them.

Crabman

I've moved this to the Parking Tickets sub-board

Coupon-mad

mark_steps wrote: »

Jeezo, im getting confused!
i did search and see if they are approved operators and they are with BPA..

Also when trying to find out the landowner of the site i found this :
http://www.sgmproperty.co.uk/properties/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Edinburgh-Meadowbank-Retail-Park.pdf

Not sure what im looking for tho

You were on the wrong forum. Now your thread has been moved to this parking tickets sub-board, so just read the top thread here and/or search this forum board for 'Scotland'. This is easy, it's not difficult advice, the simplest answer is right there at the top of this forum about Scotland and NI cases, in the Newbies thread.

And search Google for 'Scotland private parking Dundee Courier' to read more.

mark_steps

Thanks. Had a look. Hubbie is concerned tho because the vehicle is actually a motability car and although we pay for it each month, we hand it back next year.

Where do we stand now? To we treat the car as a hire car and if so euro car parks already have my information from the DVLA. The letter addressed even states miss xxxxx (as it's hubbies sister that disabled) c/o motability finance ltd.

Do I contact them and tell them not to get involved? Yes I am asking a stupid question. I realise but I'm not grasping everything on the newbies page

bod1467

What did the letter actually say? Did it say you (he) had been identified by Motability? (If yes then Motability are out of the picture anyway; if no then the PPC already know to write to you/him).

Regardless, just ignore them.

mark_steps

It's addressed to the sister, as I guess she's disabled and for her use her money pays for it, but it doesn't mention me or my partner by name. It states "your vehicle was parked longer than the maximum period allowed. The driver has failed to pay the notice amount within the time specified. Therefore the amount due has now increased."

PS the letter is called notice to owner.

Stroma

Ignore them, this will not go further than letters with red highlighted , and then onto powerless debt collectors who threaten loads of things, but can't do anything