PCM appeal ignored

greenguy502

Hello, I wonder if you could help me.
I have received a ticket from PCM at High Point Village.
It's a hired vehicle. Appeal was sent online, but PCM ignored it and sent another parking charge notice. Same as the first one but with changed date.

Question : what next? Should I try to send appeal again, this time by 1st class mail?

Fruitcake

Edit your post to remove information about who did what.

Only ever refer to The Driver and The Keeper who are two different people.

Do this NOW, and delete the text of your other thread as well.

Fruitcake

Complain to the scammers that you appealed and have heard nothing since except a repeat PCN. Include proof of sending with your complaint.

Complain to the DVLA that your initial appeal has been ignored, and complain to your MP about this unregulated scam.

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.

Coupon-mad

It's a hired vehicle. Appeal was sent online, but PCM ignored it and sent another parking charge notice. Same as the first one but with changed date.

Do you mean:

- the Hire firm passed you the PCN and you appealed, then

- PCM sent you a fresh PCN in your name as hirer?

If so then that is the correct thing for PCM to have done, but we hope you never admitted to driving. A hirer is in a very strong position when PCM/Gladstones sue.

The main thing is that they write to you as hirer, and don't try reverting to the lease/hire firm.

greenguy502

That is what I mean.


I did respond as hirer not a driver.

Coupon-mad

Good! A hirer is in a very strong position when PCM/Gladstones sue.