Contractual Parking Charge Notice (G24) - Feb 2016

ratechaser

Denise_from_Horsham wrote: »

I was sent a parking fine by G24 for going over time at the County Oak Retail Park in Crawley, West Sussex. I had no idea there was a time limit the signage at the sight is woefully inadequate. They left me one day to pay £42 before the fine rose to £70 so I paid the fine under protest and wrote to the address on the fine. I took pictures of the site to show the really inadequate parking notices which were so small they were hardly legible and the tiny notice mounted at a single storey height on the CCTV pole no more that about inches square by the entrance road to the car park. They wrote back to say I had already paid so the matter was closed. I followed the advice from Citizens Advice and they suggested I paid the fine under protest and to write to the IAS The Independent Appeal Service who happily took my £15 fee to use the service only to say that G24 had advised them I had paid so as far as they were concerned the matter was closed. I feel I have been scammed twice, so much for trying to follow the right procedures. Any ideas would be welcomed

1st idea, read the NEWBIES thread
2nd idea, start a new thread of your own, don't hijack someone else's

Although given you have already paid up (including £15 to the IAS???? :eek:), I rather suspect the horse has bolted for you here. Sorry.

Half_way

Hmm, Start a new thread, and secondly complain to the retail park, state you have been conned by their agents and you want them to refund you.
the CAB advice is worse than the so called official money saving expert advice and thats saying something

Coupon-mad

Denise_from_Horsham wrote: »

I was sent a parking fine by G24 for going over time at the County Oak Retail Park in Crawley, West Sussex. I had no idea there was a time limit the signage at the sight is woefully inadequate. They left me one day to pay £42 before the fine rose to £70 so I paid the fine under protest and wrote to the address on the fine.

I took pictures of the site to show the really inadequate parking notices which were so small they were hardly legible and the tiny notice mounted at a single storey height on the CCTV pole no more that about inches square by the entrance road to the car park. They wrote back to say I had already paid so the matter was closed.

I followed the advice from Citizens Advice and they suggested I paid the fine under protest and to write to the IAS The Independent Appeal Service who happily took my £15 fee to use the service only to say that G24 had advised them I had paid so as far as they were concerned the matter was closed. I feel I have been scammed twice, so much for trying to follow the right procedures. Any ideas would be welcomed

OMG. This is terrible. It seems you have been scammed twice. You not only fell for the fake PCN but you also fell for the (allegedly) fake appeals service too, and paid £15 for a binding decision from what we believe to be a kangaroo court.

Why not Google it first? NO-ONE pays that £15 for a non-standard appeal to the IAS. Not a single person here would ever have told you to even touch the IAS non-standard drivel appeal 'offer'.

It was never a fine. You had a computer, you only had to Google it...now there is nothing you can do, you were mugged twice. Awful and a warning to others about what not to do.

Denise_from_Horsham

Thank you for your comments. I am new to this web site and to using conversation threads so I don't know how to look at the Newbie threads otherwise I would. I didn't mean to hijack someones thread I don't know how to start a new one, so that is something I will have to learn. Perhaps that's not so untypical of someone of my age as computers were introduced to me not that many years ago. I hoped to find help but got scammed again, I hope my plight will help others avoid been scammed in the same way. For the record I am happy to share any new threads in the future once I know how to create one.

Coupon-mad

See my signature (under every post I make) for where to click - one click...gets you to page one. The NEWBIES thread is there and the 'new thread' button too.