How do ParkingEye get away with it?

2520years

Hi All

1) I accidentally parked too long and got a "fine" from Parkingeye. I decided to ignore the £100 charge as I thought it was ridiculous. (I've never had a parking ticket / speeding ticket etc, I'm very cautious.)

2) Then I got a letter telling me they were going to court.

3) About a week later I wrote to them asking for them to be lenient, due to mitigating circumstances.

4) The next thing I get isn't a reply (sympathetic or otherwise) but a CCJ! And a demand for £175!

I didn't even know there was a court date set.

Am I being stupid? This is way out of my field of experience. It seems this was deliberately sneaked up on me by ParkingEye just to get their cash.

Is there anything I can do, that doesn't cost a fortune? Or will I just have to take it on the chin?

Thanks for any help

Redx

if you have received a CCJ then you can try for a set aside for £255


see the NEWBIES FAQ sticky thread post #2 for details, and google of course


OR


if its an MCOL that you have , then also read that same post about fighting it


google BARRY BEAVIS and his 3 court losses against PE some 2 years ago to find out "how they get away with it"


also , if replying , be specific as to if you have a CCJ and the date of the CCJ , ie:- are you within the one month payment period ? or not ?

prowla

2520years wrote: »

Hi All

1) I accidentally parked too long and got a "fine" from Parkingeye. I decided to ignore the £100 charge as I thought it was ridiculous. (I've never had a parking ticket / speeding ticket etc, I'm very cautious.)

2) Then I got a letter telling me they were going to court.

3) About a week later I wrote to them asking for them to be lenient, due to mitigating circumstances.

4) The next thing I get isn't a reply (sympathetic or otherwise) but a CCJ! And a demand for £175!

I didn't even know there was a court date set.

Am I being stupid? This is way out of my field of experience. It seems this was deliberately sneaked up on me by ParkingEye just to get their cash.

Is there anything I can do, that doesn't cost a fortune? Or will I just have to take it on the chin?

Thanks for any help

Unfortunately, these days, you can't just ignore it; you have to follow the process to contest it.


If you continue to ignore and they take it to court and you don't contest it, then they will win.


OTOH, follow the guidelines here...


(I know it's a pain, but you've no choice in dealing with these scum.)

[Deleted User]

Have you definitely got a CCJ or have you just received the claim form?

waamo

Does this ccj say at the top "Judgement for Claimant (in default)" or does it say something different?

2520years

waamo wrote: »

Does this ccj say at the top "Judgement for Claimant (in default)" or does it say something different?

That’s what it says. I already had the claim form, which led me to write to them.

From the replies here and other sources it looks like I’ll have to pay within a month so it doesn’t stay on my record for 6 years.

twhitehousescat

well it seems they "get away with it" , because at the point of a claim form , you pay up or fill in paperwork and sent to the court , and fight them

not write back to PE and try to argue , when a MCOL is sent its to late to start appealing/begging

and its a month from the default , not the date you received the above letter

Fruitcake

"They" get away with it because the law allows them to. Ignoring or, or using mitigating circumstances don't work so the only way to beat the scam is to appeal before it gets to court.

If every one of the 5.5 million people who got a PCN in the last year appealed and complained to their MPs and landowners, it would make it much harder for the scam to work.

2520years

twhitehousescat wrote: »

well it seems they "get away with it" , because at the point of a claim form , you pay up or fill in paperwork and sent to the court , and fight them

not write back to PE and try to argue , when a MCOL is sent its to late to start appealing/begging

and its a month from the default , not the date you received the above letter

“argue” “appealing” “begging”

Your inflammatory language gives you away.

I asked them to consider leniency due to circumstances you know nothing about. I believe any reasonable person would have shown leniency after understanding my circumstances.

bargepole

2520years wrote: »

That’s what it says. I already had the claim form, which led me to write to them.

They 'get away with it' because everything you could possibly have done wrong, you did do wrong.

Why on earth would you write to PE when you have an official document from the Court Service, stating that you have 14 days to respond? Which part of that did you not understand?

The_Slithy_Tove

2520years wrote: »

I asked them to consider leniency due to circumstances you know nothing about. I believe any reasonable person would have shown leniency after understanding my circumstances.

If you don't tell us, how are we to know, so don't get all uppity about it.

As has been pointed out, once a court claim is issued, you have to go through the process and get legal with them. Too late for anything wishy-washy by then.