Fistral beach overstay

NIpark

I would love some advice please. My query relates to a parking charge for overstaying at fistral beach in 2015. We were on holiday from Northern Ireland and are not familiar with private companies as we thankfully don't have very many. We, in error, thought that our time limit meant we had to return to the car before our time elapsed i.e. an hour after you buy your ticket. We didn't realise your time seems to start as soon as you drive in. So we entered the car park. By the time we got parked up and bought the ticket we had been there about 5 minutes. We paid for an hour and returned to our car on time. However our small children needed to be dried after playing in the water. We left 10-15mins after returning to the car. A few days after returning home a penalty notice for overstaying arrived which my husband chose to ignore as these are not really enforced when issued by private companies in NI. We got a couple more letters and then nothing. Now nearly 2 yrs later we have a letter from Gladstone and I am very concerned! Any ideas where we stand. Thanks in advance.

Fruitcake

It's not a fine or a penalty.

The advice if you live in NI is to ignore as only the driver can be held liable. There is no POFA 2012 like we have in England or Wales that can transfer liability to the keeper.

I would wait for the more experienced to reply but I think you either continue to ignore, or write to Gladrags and tell them to contact the driver as the keeper is not liable in NI.

Of course you don't tell them who the driver is. That's for them to find out, which they can't do if you don't tell them.

Anyway, don't panic and wait for the more knowlegeable regulars to come along and help.

twhitehousescat

2015 , this was parking eyes era? , unless its a different car park ?


who was the parking co?


PS: ignore the sadstones letter

NIpark

Thanks guys. Parking co was smart pk.

twhitehousescat

not so smart cant even manage court in england , they would struggle to find the IOM , miss ireland completly and land in the USA , before being deported back to australia where they belong

smart cant do anything so they have found some gladstones notepaper and written on it , is the contact (pay) zzps or DR+ and the address red cow yard ,

Coupon-mad

NIpark wrote: »

Thanks guys. Parking co was smart pk.

Ah, as TrevorWhitehousesCat says, this Gladstones letter (with the WRONG 'Red Cow Yard' address?) will in fact be part of a toothless debt collector (Debt Recovery Plus) letter chain then:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5603689

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5603729

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5603599

Sit tight. You are untouchable in NI. Smart Parking have never sued anyone and can't hold a registered keeper liable anyway, so NEVER say who was driving. This letter is more debt collector fluff.

beamerguy

yup, the split personality of DRP who play silly games.
One day they pretend they are debt collectors, next they play at being Gladstones ???

You have got to agree they are turkeys (sorry turkeys, I do accept you are smarter than DRP)

The real Gladstones, what a joke, a disgrace to the legal industry

Smart ... low life scammers

Northern Ireland ...... these idiots know it#s a no go area and Smart will do nothing

Enjoy your life, forget about DRP, SMART. GLADSTONES

They all live with the fairies

[Deleted User]

beamerguy wrote: »

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They all live with the fairies

Or is it the Leprachauns .....

beamerguy

Sleazy wrote: »

Or is it the Leprachauns .....

Yes of course but Smart/DRP/Gladstones will not understand

Ivor_Pecheque

Some dash cam footage of the honey trap here... https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5349269