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Please help, confused about parking fine!!
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Cj2066
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Hi
Please can someone help me?? I've read the Martins guide on how to deal with parking fines but still find myself confused as to how to handle my situation!
I've received a parking fine letter from a company who manage a site near me for a small shopping centre, they use ANPR and there is signage detailing the rules of the car park! My problem is that I have never properly read these rules and only ever paid attention to the fact that you need to pay if you stay for longer than two hours, so mostly I have always left without paying as an usually never more than this!
However about 2 weeks ago my daughter was involved in a show and needed dropping off at 12 and then we went to watch her show at 1.30. This is where my problem starts! I've had a letter showing my vehicle leaving the site and then re entering the site and their policy states that 'no return within 3 hours' I have never seen this before and had no idea so now I've been sent a £80 fine but if I pay within 14 days it's reduced to £25.
Both times I wasn't there for more than two hours, this is purely because I have broken the rules I was unaware of! I had no choice in this situation, my daughter had to be dropped off there and we had booked tickets to see her show! I'm not sure if this really warrants a valid excuse??
My partner just wants to pay the ticket but I said that I've seen these kind of situations on here and am not sure!! I'm scared by writing letters to these people and Am not very eloquent!?
Please can anyone offer and advice?
Thank you
Please can someone help me?? I've read the Martins guide on how to deal with parking fines but still find myself confused as to how to handle my situation!
I've received a parking fine letter from a company who manage a site near me for a small shopping centre, they use ANPR and there is signage detailing the rules of the car park! My problem is that I have never properly read these rules and only ever paid attention to the fact that you need to pay if you stay for longer than two hours, so mostly I have always left without paying as an usually never more than this!
However about 2 weeks ago my daughter was involved in a show and needed dropping off at 12 and then we went to watch her show at 1.30. This is where my problem starts! I've had a letter showing my vehicle leaving the site and then re entering the site and their policy states that 'no return within 3 hours' I have never seen this before and had no idea so now I've been sent a £80 fine but if I pay within 14 days it's reduced to £25.
Both times I wasn't there for more than two hours, this is purely because I have broken the rules I was unaware of! I had no choice in this situation, my daughter had to be dropped off there and we had booked tickets to see her show! I'm not sure if this really warrants a valid excuse??
My partner just wants to pay the ticket but I said that I've seen these kind of situations on here and am not sure!! I'm scared by writing letters to these people and Am not very eloquent!?
Please can anyone offer and advice?
Thank you
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Which parking company?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 -
That's a first, anpr actually seeing an exit and return.I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.0
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What must not return within three hours, the car, the driver, or both?
They would struggle with this in court, although the IAS would no doubt support them.You never know how far you can go until you go too far.0 -
SR security systems are the people I have received the fine letter from!
I'm not sure whether it's the car or the passenger or both!!?? Good point though! I don't know who the IAS are !?��0 -
These are BPA operators and the second stage appeal would be via POPLA where this can be beaten.SR security systems are the people I have received the fine letter from!
Much depends on your attitude to defeating this and undertaking the essential research and work to try to kill it off. We will help, but there are no 'off the shelf prescriptions' for you, other than the initial appeal template (primarily for the purpose of obtaining a POPLA verification code) which is available to access via the newbies FAQ sticky - your first port of call in your research work.
You might want to weigh it all up to fend off a £25 charge. No one here will tell you to pay it without hesitation, but you do need to consider everything before deciding whether to pay or fight.
As The Deep often says, fighting these charges isn't rocket science, but by the same token, neither is it painting by numbers.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 -
" I don't know who the IAS are !"
in which case a read of the newbie thread is in order ...
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4816822
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I don't know who the IAS are !?��
In that case you should put a bit of work in, this could end up in court. Read the stickies, all acronyms are explained therein.You never know how far you can go until you go too far.0 -
did Martins write a guide? is it upto date , and where is it hiddenSave a Rachael
buy a share in crapita0 -
Hi
Please can someone help me??
I've read the Martins guide on how to deal with parking fines but still find myself confused as to how to handle my situation!
Please can anyone offer and advice?
Thank you
this was your first mistake
that information is old , out of date, full of inaccuracies and events have made most of it useless for any events in england and wales
the forum staff have been told to remove it or rewrite it but these requests have fallen on deaf ears
read the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread written by coupon-mad, about 3 threads down on this forum , that is more or less up to date and much better advice
plus follow the advice in the previous replies you have been given too0 -
pappa_golf wrote: »did Martins write a guide? is it upto date , and where is it hidden
its probably this old advice here
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-tickets
or the council ticket one here
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/parking-ticket-appeals0
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