Horizon ticket for slight overstay

DanBeckett

Hi,
I've just received a £70 parking fine from Horizon in the post for overstaying in a Sainsburys car park. My charge is for overstaying by 20 minutes on a 3 hour car park.

From having a read around it would seem that as they are in the BPA they have to offer me some form of grace period, and the 'evidence' photos they have against me are as I enter/leave the car park, not the whole time that I am parked - so my actual overstay of the "3 hours customer parking" (when the car park was not particularly busy) I'm offered is even less.

Do I have anything to argue them down on here? Even if it's just to force the cost down a bit, £70 for the sake of a handful of minutes, to me seems very unfair.

Any advice any one can offer is greatly appreciated!

Thanks, Dan

victor2

Did you shop in Sainsbury's, or just use their car park?
If you did shop there, and have a receipt, try their customer services desk in the shop and see if they'll get it cancelled. They'll probably use the line that they don't actually own the car park, and tell you that "just this once" they'll get it cancelled, but I know it's worked for others.

Redx

it may be unfair but the same happened to BARRY BEAVIS and after 3 court cases he was found to have not observed the parking rules, plus the £85 cost was deemed not "unconcionable" (not excessive)

so you have NO CHANCE of arguing that it is too high a charge for overstaying , becasue the SUPREME COURT ruled otherwise 15 months ago, their decision being binding at the moment

just read and follow the BPA advice in the NEWBIES sticky thread near the top of the forum , following the BPA parts

the BPA CoP clause #13 is what you need to read regarding grace periods

one before (unspecified but thought to be 5 to 10 minutes) and one after (over 10 minutes)

so your "overstay is right on the cusp

but use the blue text appeal to Horizon and get a popla code if they dont cancel

and complain to the landholder and get it cancelled if you can , AS WELL

these p@rking scumpanies monitor TIME ON SITE , not "PARKING TIME"

DanBeckett

Thanks guys. I should have a receipt somewhere, not for much but I did go in and make a purchase (basically for this reason - to justify myself as a customer). I'll see if I have it around and try and contact the supermarket

Thanks again

Coupon-mad

DanBeckett wrote: »

Thanks guys. I should have a receipt somewhere, not for much but I did go in and make a purchase (basically for this reason - to justify myself as a customer). I'll see if I have it around and try and contact the supermarket

Good, but you won't be paying Horizon anyway.

See the NEWBIES thread for the 2 stage appeal including POPLA, by the registered keeper (not driver). DON'T use your own words like you used in your first post, no 'me, myself and I' in a private parking appeal except as in the template appeal in the NEWBIES thread: 'I am the keeper and...'