I paid £100... What can I do now??

Bobbiedog2

Hi I recieved a parking 'fine' from the parking eye back in the summer for 'not paying for my parking' although during the 13minutes I spent in the car park I was trying to download the parking app to pay for the parking, which my phone did not want to do so I then gave up and left the car park.
I obviously desputed this, twice, then with POPLA who decided that I was in the wrong and had to pay up, despite the car park not actually having any signs which state the time in which you have to buy a ticket or leave.

So I ended up paying £100 for 13minutes in a car park which I didn't even use, because I thought I had no choice.

I just wondered if anyone knew if there was anyway I can get my money back??
as now I have read the page re. Never paying private parking fines.

Any advise or should I just suck it up and get over it??

matttye

Too late, you accepted liability when you paid.

Next time don't pay a penny and use a standard appeal from here. If you appealed by explaining what you said in this thread, that is only mitigation and not a defence.

The_Deep

If you pay me £200 you can park on my drive for a week.

pogofish

IF you search in here, there is someone trying to get an action together to try and force repayment - so you could add yourself to the list but TBH, your chances are going to be slim/difficult, so it may be better to chalk this up to experience and keep yourself up to date by reading the Newbies Sticky now and then so you are prepared if it happens again.

Have you taken this up with the car park owner/operator? If its a store or business, they may be amenable to a strong complaint.

Daps

Sign up to http://www.challengethefine.com/ - it's a campaign for people who have been tricked into paying these invoices to try and get their money back. It's a long shot, but the more people that sign up, the better chance it will have.

Other than that there isn't really anything you can do, unfortunately.

Half_way

Was this car park attached to a parking eye shop?

bazster

If you really fancy a fight you could try suing ParkingEye under the Consumer Protection (Amendment) Regulations 2014. You would need to argue that PE's actions were aggressive and/or misleading, and that is what caused you to pay. You can claim damages for distress and inconvenience on top of the amount you actually paid.

Be aware, however, that you will have to pay to bring a Money Claim Online (you get it back if you win) and there is absolutely no guarantee of success. This is very new legislation and as far as I know no-one has yet tried to use it against a parking company.

Actually scratch that. You would have needed to bring such a claim within 90 days of paying.

Half_way

the reason behind the was it a parking eye shop, was if the car park is attached to a shop such as morrisons aldi etc then there's a slight chance you could try them for a refund over their agents misleading actions