PARKING EYE has to repay motorists £10,000

Ryan_Bryan

Thanks to Trisontana for this link on the Aldi faceache page kicking off. I thought it deserved a bigger audience. Thread title changed.

I would have thought a decent in-house solicitor wouldn't allow this to happen.:rotfl:

http://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/news/local/drivers-to-get-10-000-parking-charges-refund-after-restaurant-mix-up-1.821421?regType=social%AE_success=true

Guys_Dad

However, when you read the article or look at the photos, the local rag hasn't published the PPC's name. Shameful. (Although we know who it is!)

Half_way

Hopefuly if the Beavis case plus the challenge the fine website/action goes the right way this trickle could be a flood

The_Slithy_Tove

Very disappointing.

By which I mean it is disappointing that so many mugs pay up in a 4 month period to provide the PPC with TEN GRAND of illegally gotten gains from just one car park. And this is Scotland, too, where all the charges can simply be ignored.

The_Deep

it is disappointing that so many mugs pay up in a 4 month period to provide the PPC with TEN GRAND of illegally gotten gains

If only there was a way of tapping into this stupidity.

hoohoo

The PPC is ParkingEye.

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeenshire/477887/10000-parking-tickets-will-refunded-aberdeen-drivers-mix/

Westhill’s Aldi and Indian Restaurant, Lasan, share a car park managed by Parking Eye, who give shoppers a maximum one-and-a-half hour stay before issuing a penalty.

NWSteve

Looking at Google Streetview, there was no ParkingSpy scamera system in place in the recent-ish past.

I wonder what changed to warrant Aldi getting them in?

pogofish

NWSteve wrote: »

I wonder what changed to warrant Aldi getting them in?

Ownership - This is a shopping centre formerly owned by the council but sold to St James’s Place Property Unit Trust for redevelopment. I'd guess they brought PE-in.

Thread about it from last year:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4941799

Cygnus_Alpha

Spokesman for Lasan, Ronnie Rahaman, said: “Our business was heavily affected by these parking charges.

ParkingEye should be made to compensate the Lasan restaurant too for the loss of business they incurred due to PE's incompetence.

Marktheshark

The_Slithy_Tove wrote: »

Very disappointing.

By which I mean it is disappointing that so many mugs pay up in a 4 month period to provide the PPC with TEN GRAND of illegally gotten gains from just one car park. And this is Scotland, too, where all the charges can simply be ignored.

It does indeed astonish you just how many people are totally stupid and think they have got some kind of official parking fine.

fb1969

Marktheshark wrote: »

It does indeed astonish you just how many people are totally stupid and think they have got some kind of official parking fine.

Not forgetting the idiots who think that a fluorescent jacket and silly little machine makes them some form of warden! I am certain that most do not know the full picture of harassment and the like that they put people through.