Liberty Printers t/a Car Parking Partnership

mrs.pippin

Apologies if posting in error, I would appreciate any advice please. I feel such a fool!

I have recently started parking in a pay and display car park at a leisure centre whilst my children are doing activities there. I have been paying £2 for 2 hours parking.

Last night as I went to pay at the machine a woman gave me her parking ticket as she was leaving. The ticket cost £1 (states fee paid £1.00 on it) and was valid for 4 hours (approx 3 hours 40 left). The print at the bottom of the ticket states 'can only be used in conjunction with fitness permit available at membership desk'. I wrongly thought that meant the woman had bought the ticket from the desk with her fitness pass. I now realise that the ticket is bought from the machine and should be displayed with a permit.

I returned to a PCN on my windscreen, reason 'No Permit' charge £50 (£25 if paid within 14 days). My husband is the registered keeper and will not be happy at my stupidity. I am kicking myself for accepting the woman's kind offer for the sake of £2.

Please help!!

Umkomaas

In a earlier case today where the early settlement charge was £25 - this is what I said to the poster.

These are BPA operators and the second stage appeal would be via POPLA where this can be beaten.

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 (a regular forum poster) often says, fighting these charges isn't rocket science, but by the same token, neither is it painting by numbers.

Coupon-mad

mrs.pippin wrote: »

Apologies if posting in error, I would appreciate any advice please. I feel such a fool!

I have recently started parking in a pay and display car park at a leisure centre whilst my children are doing activities there. I have been paying £2 for 2 hours parking.

Last night as I went to pay at the machine a woman gave me her parking ticket as she was leaving. The ticket cost £1 (states fee paid £1.00 on it) and was valid for 4 hours (approx 3 hours 40 left). The print at the bottom of the ticket states 'can only be used in conjunction with fitness permit available at membership desk'. I wrongly thought that meant the woman had bought the ticket from the desk with her fitness pass. I now realise that the ticket is bought from the machine and should be displayed with a permit.

I returned to a PCN on my windscreen, reason 'No Permit' charge £50 (£25 if paid within 14 days). My husband is the registered keeper and will not be happy at my stupidity. I am kicking myself for accepting the woman's kind offer for the sake of £2.

Please help!!

What help do you need? Presumably you have already read 'NEWBIES PLEASE READ THESE FAQS FIRST' the sticky thread in capitals at the top of this forum, before you posted, and found the template appeal to submit?

BobJameson

mrs.pippin wrote: »

I returned to a PCN on my windscreen, reason 'No Permit' charge £50 (£25 if paid within 14 days).

That doesn't sound like a Private ticket - who issued it? AS in, what does the top of the ticket say?

CPP tickets are usually £70-100, with 40% off for prompt payment. I've never seen a CPP as low as £50 or an offer of 50% discount.