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I put the wrong reg number in...
Stu_Wilkie
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Hi guys,
I'm just looking for a bit of advice. I recently parked in a council car park and recieved a ticket for not "displaying a valid Pay and Display ticket". Turns out that I entered my reg number wrong on the machine.
Instead of: XXXX XYZ, I entered XXXXXZY.
While technically they've got me, do you think it's worth an appeal? I fear that I may be on to plums.
Cheers.
I'm just looking for a bit of advice. I recently parked in a council car park and recieved a ticket for not "displaying a valid Pay and Display ticket". Turns out that I entered my reg number wrong on the machine.
Instead of: XXXX XYZ, I entered XXXXXZY.
While technically they've got me, do you think it's worth an appeal? I fear that I may be on to plums.
Cheers.
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As we tend to major on private parking tickets here, PePiPoo will be your best bet for council tickets. Register there (but please note that a hotmail address won't work) and post a new thread; here's your link:
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?act=SF&s=&f=30
Have a read through some of the other threads there before you post your own to get the hang of what information they need from you in your opening post - but as a minimum you will need to post redacted photos/scans of all correspondence you've received from the council (both sides, if appropriate) as they need to see all the small print.
PePiPoo has an excellent success record in dealing with council tickets.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 am surprised that Councils are asking for VRNs and even more surprised that they are demanding penalties for very minor human errors, I wonder how it would be received in a mags court?You never know how far you can go until you go too far.0
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Perfect. I'm just doing a bit of back and forth with the guys over at pepipoo.com
Thanks for that!
P.s Strange domain for a site...0 -
I am surprised that Councils are asking for VRNs and even more surprised that they are demanding penalties for very minor human errors, I wonder how it would be received in a mags court?
Yea, I agree. With regards to the car park attendant himself, I was talking to a guy who witnessed it after the fact and he said that he is well known to be a misrable jobsworth.
Karma, please...0 -
all council car parks in Swansea now have machines where you must enter your VRN. It's so easy to make a mistake. Your mistake was de minimis, they shouldn't be pursuing you for this. I'd have thought the council will cancel the ticket, my local council certainly would.Although a practising Solicitor, my posts here are NOT legal advice, but are personal opinion based on limited facts provided anonymously by forum users. I accept no liability for the accuracy of any such posts and users are advised that, if they wish to obtain formal legal advice specific to their case, they must seek instruct and pay a solicitor.0
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