UKPC Parking Charge

tjm247

Thanks pogofish!

upstream

Hi all,

I parked in Curzon St car park (Birmingham) recently. I paid and parked however when I returned to my car there was a ticket on it saying that I had parked in a reserved space. I contacted them the same day and appealled on the grounds that the car park was only around half full and that if their signage had been appropriate that I would never have parked in one of the reserved spaces. I also took some photos as evidence.

I received an email stating that they'd respond within 35 days but didn't hear anything. This morning I received a letter from DRP (their collections department) saying that I owe £160! As you can imagine I was shocked at this and called them. Their response was basically pay up or we'll take you to court. In the end I said ok, go ahead.

Can anyone who has been there and done it offer some words of wisdom please?

Thanks.

bengalknights

upstream wrote: »

Hi all,

I parked in Curzon St car park (Birmingham) recently. I paid and parked however when I returned to my car there was a ticket on it saying that I had parked in a reserved space. I contacted them the same day and appealled on the grounds that the car park was only around half full and that if their signage had been appropriate that I would never have parked in one of the reserved spaces. I also took some photos as evidence.

I received an email stating that they'd respond within 35 days but didn't hear anything. This morning I received a letter from DRP (their collections department) saying that I owe £160! As you can imagine I was shocked at this and called them. Their response was basically pay up or we'll take you to court. In the end I said ok, go ahead.

Can anyone who has been there and done it offer some words of wisdom please?

Thanks.

They will pester you for a few weeks then give up is usually the case

Umkomaas

Can anyone who has been there and done it offer some words of wisdom please?

Yes - please read the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread near the top of the forum thread list, one page back from here, in particular post #4 which gives you as much information as we have on debt collectors. There is no more 'expertise' to add to that. The PPC has its claws in you, there are no escape routes via appeal to rid you of this. The PPC has 6 years to pursue you, whether they will or not is something no one (expert or pub friend) other than the PPC can guarantee.

The_Deep

The PPC has its claws in you, there are no escape routes via appeal to rid you of this. The PPC has 6 years to pursue you, whether they will or not is something no one (expert or pub friend) other than the PPC can guarantee.


The PPC are also well known ex clamping scammers. In my opinion they would be foolish to take this to court.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11858473/Parking-firm-UKPC-admits-faking-tickets-to-fine-drivers.html


This is not a company I would take too seriously

Umkomaas

The_Deep wrote: »

The PPC has its claws in you, there are no escape routes via appeal to rid you of this. The PPC has 6 years to pursue you, whether they will or not is something no one (expert or pub friend) other than the PPC can guarantee.


The PPC are also well known ex clamping scammers. In my opinion they would be foolish to take this to court.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/11858473/Parking-firm-UKPC-admits-faking-tickets-to-fine-drivers.html


This is not a company I would take too seriously

@TD - you seem to be overlooking the fact that a brand new series of UKPC SCC claims are starting to surface on the forums since the lifting of the DVLA ban. Add that to the 105 made in the first 9 months of 2015 would suggest to the poster they shouldn't be too complacent about the potential here.

And 'taking it to court' or 'taking it as far as court' has pretty much the same hassle factor for the poster, and where ignoring could be costly.

But as this is a hijacked thread and the new poster hasn't confirmed to which PPC he/she is referring, we might both be barking up the wrong tree in any assumption that it is UKPC.

upstream

Sorry - I didn't mean to annoy anyone, I was just desperately looking for some advice. The carpark is operated by UKPC and their collections company are called DRP (Debt Recovery Plus Ltd).

Again - my apologies if I have broken any forum rules, it wasn't my intention to offend anyone.

ManxRed

upstream, no one's offended. It just gets very confusing if more than one case is being discussed in the one thread. That's all.

Start a new thread and we'll all give you advice relevant to your circumstances.

The_Deep

@TD - you seem to be overlooking the fact that a brand new series of UKPC SCC claims are starting to surface on the forums since the lifting of the DVLA ban. Add that to the 105 made in the first 9 months of 2015

Did any of these ever get to court, and if so did any win other than by default


I was under the impression that they would be scuppered by the "unclean hands" doctrine..

Umkomaas

The_Deep wrote: »

@TD - you seem to be overlooking the fact that a brand new series of UKPC SCC claims are starting to surface on the forums since the lifting of the DVLA ban. Add that to the 105 made in the first 9 months of 2015

Did any of these ever get to court, and if so did any win other than by default


I was under the impression that they would be scuppered by the "unclean hands" doctrine..

65% won by UKPC on a default basis (presumably most were ignorers?). No information on the other 35%. UKPC are clearly not 'strangers' to court from what I see.

How many posters, normally frozen in the car headlights once court proceedings start, could even start to research, understand, present, argue and scupper on the the 'doctrine of the unclean hands'? :cool: