Parking Charge whilst in a disabled bay.......

bod1467

Coupon-mad wrote: »

And if the retailers won't budge you just follow the Newbies thread 'first appeal' but ONLY in a month's time when you get the first letter.

As long as you are (or you know) the registered keeper of the vehicle. If it's a lease/hire/company vehicle then the registered keeper (as noted on the V5C) may not be you.

Please confirm the vehicle is registered to you or someone you know.

The_Deep

"It was an honest mistake (which seems so harsh)."

Indeed, but not as harsh as this one

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2784754/Passenger-faints-handed-1-000-bill-boarding-wrong-Virgin-train-Birmingham-London.html

Look at it this way, if you honestly forgot to renew you car insurance, and injured someone, you might have to sell you house to compensate them.

bluepatchworkcat

bod1467 wrote: »

As long as you are (or you know) the registered keeper of the vehicle. If it's a lease/hire/company vehicle then the registered keeper (as noted on the V5C) may not be you.

Please confirm the vehicle is registered to you or someone you know.

My husband is the registered keeper.

Coupon-mad

Fine - so put the fake PCN in your handbag along with your receipt/Blue Badge and pop back when convenient next week or so, to complain to the Store manager. Or email the CEO or management as I suggested.

Nothing else needs doing at this stage. DO NOT reply as the driver. DO NOT even think about the bribe of the 'discount' (LOL!). The appeal will be done in due course, in your husband's name when he gets that first letter next month (unless you get the Stores to cancel the daft fake PCN first with your complaints). Be assertive - you had a legal right to park there by virtue of your ongoing and long-term disability need. Nothing to do with a date on a Council 'on street ONLY' permit.

bluepatchworkcat

Coupon-mad wrote: »

Fine - so put the fake PCN in your handbag along with your receipt/Blue Badge and pop back when convenient next week or so, to complain to the Store manager. Or email the CEO or management as I suggested.

Nothing else needs doing at this stage. DO NOT reply as the driver. DO NOT even think about the bribe of the 'discount' (LOL!). The appeal will be done in due course, in your husband's name when he gets that first letter next month (unless you get the Stores to cancel the daft fake PCN first with your complaints). Be assertive - you had a legal right to park there by virtue of your ongoing and long-term disability need. Nothing to do with a date on a Council 'on street ONLY' permit.

Thank you, I have spent today looking through the threads etc.
I am about to contact the store that I parked directly in front of (and spent at) and also the manager of the shopping centre in the hope of getting them to have this cancelled. I thought a phone call to start with - I have tracked down names and numbers already. Or is it better to phone just one of them to begin with ( and if so, which one I wonder?). Can I also ask - if I phone them I will be saying "I" for the duration , will it matter that if they do then contact the ppc I have given away the drivers details?

bod1467

Just say that the driver visited the store and has returned with the vehicle to give you the PCN.

Coupon-mad

You could also say you were 'an occupant' of the car and in any case, you do not allow them to pass on your details following this conversation unless it is merely to cancel the PCN.

Half_way

AS previous you will be able to beat this at popla/dealing with the PPC but why should you?
As soon as you have informed the shopping centre that you have a long term disability they should cancel the thing there and then.
and if they do make sure that you get it in writing, if you then get any demands form the PPC tell the shopping centre again that you now consider this to be an equalities act issue and you now consider the shopping centre to be in breach as a result of their agents actions.

bluepatchworkcat

I seem to have spent all day on this forum, and I thank all of you for helping. I have spoken to one of the store managers who said she has no power over the car park. However she offered to contact the centre manager on my behalf and get back to me. She has just done so and tells me she emailed the centre manager with details of what has happened and the centre manager is going to contact UKPC, and UKPC will phone me. The store manager didn't have knowledge of whether this was to recind the notice. I really hope this can be put to bed today.

Coupon-mad

That would be good and if not, UKPC always fold eventually, versus our appeal! The Centre Manager is the person to complain to, certainly, so get his name and email even if he refuses to help!