Parking charge notice from Parking Eye - should I challenege

judderman62

Good day all.

OK lets get this out of the way from the start. I did wrong, I know I did wrong so I neither am looking for sympathy nor do I need any sarcastic / unhelpful replies (not that that's likely to stop some folk).

OK so on nn April I was in xxxxxxxx car park and noticed that on one of the walls within the car park was covered in street art (graffiti if you will). Being a keen amateur photographer with a strong penchant for street art I decided I wanted to photograph it.

I drove into the car park, stopped the engine , went to check the charges and decided they were higher than I wanted to pay so left within 2 - 4 minutes.

Later I was again passing and decided to drive in again, get out the car , take the photos and then leave. I didn't think to check (doh !!) how long, if any, free parking would be allowed and just took a flyer and parked up, got out and took my photos.

There were quite a few pieces of street art on the wall, and a few walls around and a building across the road.

So I got home Thursday night to find the Parking Charge Notice from Parking eye complete with photos of my reg coming in and leaving the car park and I was allegedly in there for 16 minutes. I didn't think I'd been that long but guess it's possible.

They charge they are levying is £ 100 , reduced to £ 60 if paid within 14 days.

I can't decide whether to just pay up, take it on the chin and put it down to experience or challenge on the grounds of it being a disproportionate charge.

Would appreciate opinions, comments and feedback (but PLEASE don't bother with the trolling type comments folks).

What are peoples experiences with this company ? Do they back off / change charge to a more reasonable one.

What's the situation if one challenges and ultimately fails - will one have to pay the higher of the two charges ?

thanks in advance for any helpful input

Ralph-y

only you can decide if or if not to pay the invoice ......

read through the newbies thread to make up your mind .....

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822

and then come back if you need more help

Ralph:cool:

Quentin

judderman62 wrote: »

I can't decide whether to just pay up, take it on the chin and put it down to experience or challenge on the grounds of it being a disproportionate charge.

Would appreciate opinions, comments and feedback...

It has to be your call whether to pay or not.


This forum is dedicated to not paying so is not the place to come to ask your question.


Read up the newbies stickie thread and consider having a go at fighting it!

waamo

One thing you should not do is ignore it and hope it will go away. Parking Eye issued over 30 thousand court claims last year.

Redx

its 2 visits where they have missed the 2nd and 3rd anpr photos so have only used the first in and last out

known as "double dipping" and features a lot on parking pranksters blogs

you should challenge it using the template letter in the newbies thread

add a note to say that THE DRIVER appeared to have made 2 visits so they should check their anpr photos on that day more carefully (no naming or implying who the driver was)

judderman62

@ Redx. Dont think it'll be that - there was a gap of 90 -120 mins at least between the two visits but thanks

JonnyRotten

Hey there judderman62

Bad luck!

Do not ignore ParkingEye Ltd.

We are at the Stay of Court proceedings stage due to the Beavis case that is widely reported.

Read the Newbies thread here very carefully, there is an awful lot in there.

Go to the ParkingPrankster's website and blog site to see what he has to offer - there is a lot there also.

Get his two guides, one free and one a small payment, both well worth having as they explain it all.

Get back to PELtd within the time limits to get a code to take you to the POPLA appeals stage.

Don't let it slip until you get a Letter before County Court stage, it is painful - I have spent months reading and deliberating and writing letters and submitting statements etc to the Court.

Up to you whether you pay?

I would say not to! I would give the likes of these people such largesse without a real fight. If the charge was a reasonable one such as a few quid and I mean a few quid then I might, just might have paid up. My Registered Keeper like many motorists would just have done so immediately.

A simmering JonnyRotten because the ISP fraudsters are at it with us next.
Oh and I really love my iMac, its network and its simplicity - it just works.

Redx

judderman62 wrote: »

@ Redx. Dont think it'll be that - there was a gap of 90 -120 mins at least between the two visits but thanks

either way, you still need to challenge it and then take it to popla if they dont cancel it

ignoring it usually leads to a court case, PE issued over thirty thousand court claims last year via northampton, plus you must have heard the news about the Beavis case too ?

send the template letter and challenge it

ColliesCarer

In addition to the advice from others posters I would suggest you edit your post to remove specifics which IMO maybe sufficient for the PPC to identify your case - they do trawl the forums.
So get rid of e.g. date of event, location, duration of alleged stay (we don't need that to be able to advise you) and phrase any details you want to leave in terms of the third person i.e. the driver wanted to .......

This is important because any appeal should be as reg keeper so as not throw away possible winning appeal points by revealing who the driver was.

take a look at this link from an OP who got a PCN last July

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5006296

The info from Coupon-mad regarding a non-compliant Ntk still applies and is a very good appeal point as a compliant Ntk is a must for keeper liability to apply.

Other things have moved on since that thread (Beavis case especially) and some updating of other advice and the 1st appeal letter will be needed but there is useful info in it nonetheless