Britannia Parking Final Reminder

Umkomaas

As you say a judge would see this immediately so we will just have to wait for the court case and go with that then I am guessing?

It won't get to court - Britannia don't do court.

Going back to my question in my previous post:

Did Britannia actually provide POPLA with any form of evidence to prove they had written authority to operate on the car park?

Did they provide a copy of the actual full contract between them and the landowner, or perhaps a Witness Statement' signed by themselves and (possibly) a representative of the landowner. Or did they produce nothing at all in this regard?

Stormy2

Sorry just realised you said as it's Britannia we wont get the satisfaction of having a judge see through it. So what happens please?

Stormy2

There was a pile of paperwork that we received. There is a page in there about the college with address details and signatures blotted out... I can't really understand the contents for reasons already given to you but it must be what they are referring to for defending their rights to operate there so I can only say yes they did...

Umkomaas

Stormy2 wrote: »

Sorry just realised you said as it's Britannia we wont get the satisfaction of having a judge see through it. So what happens please?

You are likely to get debt collector letters. They are harmless and totally ignorable - all a debt collector can do is send letters, nothing else. Please read the NEWBIES FAQ sticky, post #4 if you get such letters - it tells you how to ignore them.

You'll get these for about 6 months.

Stormy2

thank you I will do that. It's all just nonsense. We were going to contact the college themselves to show them the print out and ask if they can agree with us... is there any point in your opinion or would we just be further wasting our time?

I'll go to newbies thread to find the best way to ingore those letters now.

Umkomaas

There's always an opportunity to get a landowner's cancellation by making a complaint to them.

If they cancel it, you won't be wasting your time. However, no guarantee they will - but unless you ask, you'll never know.

Stormy2

Umkomaas wrote: »

There's always an opportunity to get a landowner's cancellation by making a complaint to them.

If they cancel it, you won't be wasting your time. However, no guarantee they will - but unless you ask, you'll never know.

then it's got to be worth the effort! Thanks again.

I've read all the blurb about deb collecting letters... seen the conflict of whether to respond or not going on too.

I think we'll go with trying to communicate with the land owners and even take it to our MP to look at... nothing can hurt at this stage I'm thinking....

Fruitcake

Definitely complain to the landowner and your MP. Show them both the following.

These are some of the comments made by the MPs in Parliament concerning the unregulated parking industry (Feb 2018):

https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2018-02-02/debates/CC84AF5E-AC6E-4E14-81B1-066E6A892807/Parking(CodeOfPractice)Bill

''Rip-offs from car park Cowboys must stop''; unfair treatment; signage deliberately confusing to ensure a PCN is issued; ''years of abuse by rogue parking companies''; bloodsuckers; ''the current system of regulation is hopeless, like putting Dracula in charge of the blood-bank''; extortionate fines; rogue operators; ''sense of injustice''; unfair charges and notices; wilfully misleading; signage is a deliberate act to deceive or mislead; ''confusing signs are often deliberate, to trap innocent drivers''; unreasonable; a curse; harassing; operating in a disgusting way; appeals service is no guarantee of a fair hearing; loathed; outrageous scam; dodgy practice; outrageous abuse; unscrupulous practices; ''the British Parking Association is as much use as a multi-storey car park in the Gobi desert''; and finally, by way of unanimous conclusion: ''we need to crack down on these rogue companies. They are an absolute disgrace to this country. Ordinary motorists and ordinary residents should not have to put up with this''.

These are the exact words used, so you should quote them to your MP in a complaint and ask him/her to contact Sir Greg Knight MP if he wants further information about this scam.

Stormy2

Thank you both for being so helpful and patient.

We will make an appointment if possible to speak to MP... if not I'll write and enclose that link for him to read. I've also printed it out in case I can get it dropped into his surgery. Also attempting to contact the landowners asap. If that all fails we will ignore the letters.

Kind Regards

waamo

All that will happen is you get paperwork that isn't soft, strong or very,very long. I tried crunching it up but I still thought it was too rough.