Parking Eye Tower Rd Newquay

Tedster201

All changes made, ready to go I think. I've added lots of photos of their rubbish, high up overcrowded signs too which my friend took this week.

The_Deep

This is an entirely unregulated industry which is scamming the public with inflated claims for minor breaches of contracts for alleged parking offences, aided and abetted by a handful of low-rent solicitors.

Parking Eye, CPM, Smart, and another company have already been named and shamed, as has Gladstones Solicitors, and BW Legal, (these two law firms take hundreds of these cases to court each year). They lose most of them, and have been reported to the regulatory authority by an M.P. for unprofessional conduct

Hospital car parks and residential complex tickets have been especially mentioned.

The problem has become so rampant that MPs have agreed to enact a Bill to regulate these scammers. Watch the video of the Second Reading in the HofC recently.

http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/2f0384f2-eba5-4fff-ab07-cf24b6a22918?in=12:49:41

and complain in the most robust terms to your MP. With a fair wind they will be out of business by Christmas.

Tedster201

Hi again,
Today I received the next stage to my POPLA appeal which is all of the evidence against me from ParkingEye. Its 48 pages long. I'm sure you will know the sort of thing they have submitted: lots of photos of their signage, locations of signs, tariffs, copies of correspondence, etc
I have 7 days to submit comments. One of the things worrying me is that they are banging on about the fact that no-one tapped in our reg number on the machine. Because I know the driver on the day did pay, this is annoying to say the least. The driver does not recall typing in the reg at all. If they needed to they would have had to return to the car to check it first. Also their signage is in close up, not aty all from the drivers point of view (which I submitted clearly showing the lack of clarity from the drivers position.
My main argument so far is that I was not the driver and they didn't submit the required lease documents to me with the NTK. May I please have some advice on what to do next? I have one chance, it seems
Thanks in advance

Umkomaas

You must go through their evidence and dispute anything that's incorrect, dubious or that you disagree with. Anything you don't comment on might be considered 'accepted' by the POPLA assessor.

On a similar front, anything that PE have failed to dispute/answer from your appeal, you should be pointing that out to POPLA and insist they take it that PE accept your position on the specific issue.

Don't go admitting anything about whether or not the driver entered the VRM - steer well clear of that, because POPLA will find in favour of PE going on previous unfavourable decisions.

Don't forget, you cannot introduce new evidence, so concentrate your efforts on dismantling the PE evidence.

Tedster201

Thank you, Umkomaas...good advice...... so far I've spotted their statement:

''You have stated that you do not believe that the Parking Charge amount is a pre-estimation of loss, or that it is extravagant, unfair or unreasonable. In this regard, ParkingEye relies upon the Supreme Court decision in the matter of ParkingEye v. Beavis [2015] UKSC 67, which was found in ParkingEye!!!8217;s favour and concerned the value of our Parking Charges. ''

In my POPLA evidence I didn't mention anything of the sort..or in my original letter to ParkingEye....so it looks like this is a paragraph cut and pasted from someone else's documents. They haven't commented on their lack of attachments regarding the fact I'm a Hirer, not reg keeper. I'll look for further holes in their story over a cuppa. To be continued.....(any further words of wisdom or encouragement welcome)

Umkomaas

In my POPLA evidence I didn't mention anything of the sort..or in my original letter to ParkingEye....so it looks like this is a paragraph cut and pasted from someone else's documents. They haven't commented on their lack of attachments regarding the fact I'm a Hirer, not reg keeper. I'll look for further holes in their story over a cuppa. To be continued.....(any further words of wisdom or encouragement welcome)

Yep, get to work on that one - big time!

KeithP

Tedster, as you've spotted their evidence is all cut n' paste stuff, look closely at the pictures.
We have even seen tariff boards from car parks over 100 miles away from the alleged incident.

Look closely at everything.

Tedster201

Well I got my POPLA decision back last night...I win! Thanks so much for everyone's advice....Edna's template, stern but useful words from Coupon Mad, everyone else's help and encouragement, tweaks in my drafts. In the end the Assessor gave it me on the fact that I wasn't the Driver & also the fact that ParkingEye didn't send copies of the required supporting documents for my hired vehicle with their NTK. She therefore wasn't bothered about any other evidence, it was enough. Happy Friday to me! Keep up the good fight!

Umkomaas

Great stuff. :T

POPLA assessor spot on with assessment - increasingly not something you can be sure with them these days.

Glass or two tonight? :beer:

Tedster201

Indeed! Just poured myself a cold one ! I'm a happy lass