G24 Parking Fine

abd007

Hello

I have received a "Contractual Parking Charge Notice" letter from G24 Limited for a fine of £70.

I did used the car park and exceeded the time allowed. Permitted free parking was 180 minutes and the time I parked was for 353 minutes.

It has got 2 pictures showing my car entering and leaving the car park with time stamps. I do not refute that but I have been reading in the forums that I do not need to pay the fine. Is this correct?

The letter mentions that if the payment is not made within 28 days the case will be forwarded to a debt collecting agency. Thats the bit that scares me.

Umkomaas

The letter mentions that if the payment is not made within 28 days the case will be forwarded to a debt collecting agency. Thats the bit that scares me.

Frankly that's probably the least 'scary' bit. Although none of it is scary once you know what this stuff is all about.

Please read the NEWBIES FAQ sticky, located towards the top of the forum index, one page back from this one. It contains all you need to know about handling this. The more you know, the better you'll be able to deal with it.

But to be honest, the sort of overstay you've managed is the sort that encourages retailers/landowner's to employ PPCs whose main income is then derived from those with very minor oversights of their rules. Please read signs in future - it will save you a lot of later hassle.

Redx

abd007 wrote: »

Hello

I have received a "Contractual Parking Charge Notice" letter from G24 Limited for a fine of £70.

its not a fine, its an invoice

abd007 wrote: »

I do not refute that but I have been reading in the forums that I do not need to pay the fine. Is this correct?

its not a fine, its an invoice , payment is up to you

you can either pay this invoice , or ignore this invoice

you could appeal it (but they will reject the appeal) , then you could ignore it

if you go down the appeal and ignore route , or the ignore route, they have 6 years to threaten you with court, debt collectors etc

they could issue court proceedings within 6 years in the small claims court, for an unpaid invoice (an alleged debt) - that is the chance you take

at the moment they dont "do" court, but that could change in the future

read the NEWBIES sticky thread, it tells you all about this topic

Hot_Bring

A. It's not a fine !!!!!!!
B. G24 are as toothless as they come. I rang them 50+ times one morning last week asking to speak to the idiot owner Adrian King. Strangely nobody knew how to contact him .... or of course he's a coward :rotfl:
C. Just do the initial appeal to G24 using the Newbies thread and then ignore them.
D. Who was the retailer ?

abd007

The retailer is Central Six Retail Park.

Also, in the letter in small text

"To date, the contractually agreed Parking Charge has not been paid in full and we do not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver. If the Parking Charge is paid within 14 days of the date of this Contractual parking charge notice, it will be reduced to £42."

Now I am unsure whether the amount to pay is £42 or £70 pounds that is mentioned in the letter twice as Parking Charge.

Quentin

abd007 wrote: »

Now I am unsure whether the amount to pay is £42 or £70 pounds that is mentioned in the letter twice as Parking Charge.

It's irrelevant isn't it?


Unless you are paying in which case pay the lower amount!

bod1467

abd007 wrote: »

Now I am unsure whether the amount to pay is £42 or £70 pounds that is mentioned in the letter twice as Parking Charge.

That's an easy one to answer - the amount to pay is £0.

Hot_Bring

abd007 wrote: »

The retailer is Central Six Retail Park.

Also, in the letter in small text

"To date, the contractually agreed Parking Charge has not been paid in full and we do not know both the name of the driver and a current address for service for the driver. If the Parking Charge is paid within 14 days of the date of this Contractual parking charge notice, it will be reduced to £42."

Now I am unsure whether the amount to pay is £42 or £70 pounds that is mentioned in the letter twice as Parking Charge.

Not that you should pay it but the £42 is with the 40% early payment discount added.

Hot_Bring

And you should moan like hell to this guy :

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=124754475&authType=name&authToken=_!!!!!!&locale=en_US&srchid=523357091433864000022&srchindex=18&srchtotal=53&trk=vsrp_people_res_name&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A523357091433864000022%2CVSRPtargetId%3A124754475%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary%2CVSRPnm%3Afalse

pinkmoose

Can I ask what you decided to do in the end and what happened?

I've had a dreaded letter from G24 in Feb and have so far ignored it only to receive a second letter last week.

Coupon-mad

The words 'dreaded' and 'G24' do not normally crop up in the same sentence!

http://www.bmpa.eu/companydata/G24.html

Court Hearings 2014, 2015 and 2016 = none.

We know what happens in the end with G24 cases, A LOAD OF LETTERS...THEN...nothing.

Or people get them cancelled by complaining to Homebase or other stores or the site Manager of the retail park.

Hardly 'dreaded'!