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Class action against parking companies?

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  • bazster
    bazster Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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    Half_way wrote: »
    Although adding Unlawful, or Illegitimate before the F word is far more acurate and far more emotive .

    I prefer the prefix "fake". Short, emotive and alliterative!
    Je suis Charlie.
  • daveyjp
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    The interview is now available via ITV player. Just go to Good Morning Britain and scroll down. They handily do each story as a separate video, rather than stream the whole programme.
  • Half_way
    Half_way Posts: 7,712 Forumite
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    ITV player link http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/money/have-you-ever-been-hit-with-parking-charges#comments
    From the Plain Language Commission:

    "The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
  • bod1467
    bod1467 Posts: 15,214 Forumite
    Nice one, though would have helped to get "fake" or "illegitimate" into the conversation.
  • Umkomaas
    Umkomaas Posts: 44,390 Forumite
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    Michael Green is back in the media spotlight! In discussion with no less than Pants on Fire himself, Wednesday coming!
    ChallengeTheFine has managed to upset the entire UK private parking Industry. We're getting good momentum.

    They're very upset – and so next Wednesday morning on the Today Programme (BBC Radio 4), the Chief Executive of the British Parking Association (Ltd) will be having a debate with ChallengeTheFine, live, to the 7 million listeners on their way to work.

    Could be interesting! :)
    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.

    #Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street
  • Half_way
    Half_way Posts: 7,712 Forumite
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    ChallengeTheFine has managed to upset the entire UK private parking Industry.
    Aww bless.

    Maybe Challenge the fine shold be pointing their guns at those that allow the private parking industry ( to operate their buisness model of parking charge notices ) on their land - that is the likes of ALDI, TESCO, Morisons, Sainsburys, ASDA, Lidl and any one else ( im sure the list would fill a few pages on here )
    From the Plain Language Commission:

    "The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
  • fil_cad
    fil_cad Posts: 837 Forumite
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    I will be listening, i hope challenge the fine give the BPA goon a good verble spanking.
    PPCs say its carpark management, BPA say its raising standards..... we all know its just about raking in the revenue. :eek:
  • Bantex_2
    Bantex_2 Posts: 3,317 Forumite
    Half_way wrote: »
    Aww bless.

    Maybe Challenge the fine shold be pointing their guns at those that allow the private parking industry ( to operate their buisness model of parking charge notices ) on their land - that is the likes of ALDI, TESCO, Morisons, Sainsburys, ASDA, Lidl and any one else ( im sure the list would fill a few pages on here )
    Maybe it just works for these companies?
    Most have been using PPCs for years.
  • bazster
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    It worked for !!!!!! Turpin too - for a while.
    Je suis Charlie.
  • Hot_Bring
    Hot_Bring Posts: 1,596 Forumite
    Bantex wrote: »
    Does seem the parking companies "charge" similar amounts to local authorities for similar "offences". Where does "punitive" start?

    I wasn't going to bother trying to debate your strange comments but this needs picking up.

    B&HCC ticket = £35 for swift payment
    G24 ticket = £60 for swift payment
    B&HCC ticket = £70 for non-swift payment
    G24 ticket = £100 for non-swift payment

    How in God's name are they similar ?????
    "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri
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