Total Parking Solutions NHS staff charge

Umkomaas

I've taken a photo of the sign but i don't seem to be able to post it here

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Littlecatwoman

hxxp://tinypic.com/r/oganow/9
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KeithP

http://i65.tinypic.com/oganow.jpg

Where is the prominent parking charge?

In the small print I can just about see mention of £70.

System

Keith is on the button with that. It's "small print" and easily defended at court but you'd have to see it through the process.

As mentioned before at #10

so the OP can ignore, or appeal and ignore.

Littlecatwoman

Got a response from my senior unison rep which reads as follows
"Just ignore it, you will probably get 2 letters saying your credit score etc will be affected, it won't,just don't engage with them. We have looked it up and they have never tsken anyone to court. In the unlikely event that you do get a summons then pay it'

I wasn't expecting to get that sort of response to be honest. This is just through email to my trust rep rather than actually ringing unison.

Thought I'd feel safer hearing from the rep, but don't at all

nosferatu1001

What, they reckon you should pay it if you get a claim form?
Yikes.
Rubbish advice.

Umkomaas

Just ignore it, you will probably get 2 letters saying your credit score etc will be affected

Why ignore it, it won't go away, in the sense that at any time in the next 6 years they can pounce and issue court proceedings. Get it killed at POPLA and it's all done and dusted. Game over!

We have looked it up and they have never tsken anyone to court.

Where have they been looking?

http://www.parkingappeals.info/companydata/Total_Parking_Solutions.html

In the unlikely event that you do get a summons then pay it

You only get a 'summons' in a criminal case, a private parking case is a civil matter and you would receive a court claim, not court summons! And you wouldn't 'pay it', you'd surely defend it.

And you pay for these people to represent your employment interests? How much of that stuff do they get wrong? Because they've got almost all the advice they've given you on this parking charge totally wrong!

Fruitcake

I used to be a Unite union rep. If I spouted rubbish like your Unison rep has done here, I would have been voted out years ago.

Follow our advice. If/when you win at PoPLA, tell your rep how it should be done and insist they update their knowledge base so they tell other members to deal with it properly.

Don't forget to get your MP on the case. MPs have called these companies scamming cowboys. Tell your onion rep that as well.

Littlecatwoman

Thank you all for your feedback. I don't feel comfortable leaving it at all, knowing it could come back and bite me is something my nerves couldn't handle. I'm going to follow the appeal process and see whats said - I shall have a proper look through the newbie thread to make sure i am using the most up to date appeal letter. And will also look into getting some proper legal advice through unisons website rather than the personal emails to the rep in work

Fruitcake

Littlecatwoman wrote: »

Thank you all for your feedback. I don't feel comfortable leaving it at all, knowing it could come back and bite me is something my nerves couldn't handle. I'm going to follow the appeal process and see whats said - I shall have a proper look through the newbie thread to make sure i am using the most up to date appeal letter. And will also look into getting some proper legal advice through unisons website rather than the personal emails to the rep in work

There is only one appeal letter in the NEWBIES. The NEWBIES is up to date.