Question

squidge1

Why do some members of this forum recommend that you ignore the fine, letters threats etc and others say you must appeal??

Redx

nobody on here tells anyone to IGNORE a pcn, we always, repeat ALWAYS tell them to appeal the pcn if its in England & Wales (not Scotland)


its the debt collector letters we tell them to IGNORE


NOBODY RECEIVES A "FINE" FROM A PRIVATE PARKING COMPANY,

they receive an INVOICE

Umkomaas

squidge1 wrote: »

Why do some members of this forum recommend that you ignore the fine, letters threats etc and others say you must appeal??

Name and 'shame' then we can deal with this.

Exactly how many threads have you read to reach this conclusion? Just link them here so we can read them (I think with 15 posts, you have enough under your belt to do so).

KeithP

Here's another interesting question...

Why do some posters on this forum start a new thread whenever they think of a new question?

It really would help if we could find the answer to that.


The OP now has three threads about this one incident.

squidge1

This wasn't about the incident - I just wanted that question cleared up - you guys are obviously experts in this - but the advice also seems to come with a huge dose of criticism. Once again apologies!

Ralph-y

we get our fair share of visiting trolls ....



so please excuse the probing questions .....



you can help us correct any errors by pointing out the posts/ thread that you refer to ...


Ralph:cool:

Coupon-mad

If you stick to one thread you will be fine. We are just too busy to have more than one thread on this forum from the same poster, even if it's just a question.

Coupon-mad

You asked this on the NEWBIES thread, which isn't the place for queries so I will answer it here on your thread:

squidge1 wrote: »

Just looking at appeal template and query this part

Your signage terms fail the test of 'large lettering' and prominence of the parking charge, as established in ParkingEye Ltd v Beavis, which is fully distinguished.

Appealing on basis of long term disability of owner/keeper of car.

You are hopefully not just appealing on the basis of disability. Almost no PPC would allow that. Which parking firm? Some cancel as soon as they see the NEWBIES template, and signage is ALWAYS an issue for the keeper to include.

squidge1

Dear C-M, I was appealing just on the basis of disability - but you say that they will refuse this. The company is UKPC. Thank you for this reply as I would not have known this - I have read loads on this forum but couldn't find something that related to my dilemma. Making me think I should not appeal and ignore.

Redx

the rule is


appeal once , then IGNORE , if its an IPC firm


for BPA firms, its appeal once, then appeal to popla


and ALWAYS appeal to the landowner or retailer or business


as for disability, the EA2010 covers that so is considered to be a separate issue , hence why parking companies and popla and the IPC ignore it

unholyangel

squidge1 wrote: »

Why do some members of this forum recommend that you ignore the fine, letters threats etc and others say you must appeal??

Have you perhaps been reading old threads or threads for people in scotland (and I believe NI but might be wrong on that)?


The advice pre-POFA was to ignore - and that is why the advice in scotland is still to ignore. Because POFA doesn't apply in scotland and therefore theres no mechanism to transfer liability to the keeper (unless they inadvertently reveal they were the driver).