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English Smart parking disabled bay with badge
cazpatemmax
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Hi, I took my 80 year old mum to ASDA and parked in a disabled bay. My mum put the 2 disabled badges on the windscreen, when we return there was a ticket on the car for not displaying the badges correctly. At some point one had partially slipped over the other and the expiry date could no longer be seen.
Do I ignore the ticket? I now have an invoice delivered to my home to pay the £70 fine in 28 days.
Help please
Do I ignore the ticket? I now have an invoice delivered to my home to pay the £70 fine in 28 days.
Help please
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No, don't ignore the 'ticket' and you haven't got a fine.
You need to read the Newbies thread for the exact detail but very roughly you need to :
1. Appeal to Smart
2. Once Smart reject your appeal use the POPLA code to get the whole thing cancelled ( once again using the details in the newbies thread ).
WHile that is going on you need to complain like hell to Asda. Don't let them fob you off with it not being their car park - it will be theirs. Also point out they have broken the Equality Act and that you are considering legal remedy against them if they don't get the ticket cancelled.
Most of all though, don't worry. You won't be paying a penny and Smart don't do court."The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." - Dante Alighieri0 -
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I sent off the template letter to smart and have had a response saying I am still liable for the charge and disputing all the points on the template letter I sent in. I have a verification code for the appeal and it says I can appeal to POPLA.
What do I do now?0 -
what happened when you went to asda to complain and told asda that unless they canceled the ticket/ charge you would be holding them liable for your costs etc?From the Plain Language Commission:
"The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"0 -
cazpatemmax wrote: »I sent off the template letter to smart and have had a response saying I am still liable for the charge and disputing all the points on the template letter I sent in. I have a verification code for the appeal and it says I can appeal to POPLA.
What do I do now?
Appeal to POPLA.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 Street0 -
Write rude things here
https://www.facebook.com/Asda
They hate that.
Get the DM interested, plus the local, write strong letter to disability charities, post on their fora, write to each and every retail outlet served by the car park, in fact raise hell.
The PPC will in fact have little choice but to cancel the ticket when they are made aware that the EA applies, but in the meantime, make life difficult for them.You never know how far you can go until you go too far.0 -
I can't complain to ASDA as I work with them at their head office. They are my customer, so can't rock the boat.
What is DM?0 -
Daily MailYou never know how far you can go until you go too far.0
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DM normally means Direct Message on public forums and twitter
whereas PM means Private Message
the dangers of acronyms
as for your thread, you have a popla code , what next ? obvious
you check its validity and expiry date on parking cowboys website
you then draft a popla appeal and submit it to popla on their website
all explained in post #3 of the newbies sticky thread, plus in the hotbring reply earlier in this thread too
inspiration can be found here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=62180281&postcount=150 -
cazpatemmax wrote: »I can't complain to ASDA as I work with them at their head office. They are my customer, so can't rock the boat.
What is DM?
If you work with them at their HO, I would have thought you have a better chance than your average Joe Punter to speak to someone who could very quickly knock this on the head.
A bit of networking needed!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 Street0
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