Euro car parks

moneysaverz83

Just been catching up with my post



I got two letters from euro parks demanding £85 be paid (final notification), initially £50, by end of April for parking without a ticket for 5 min in mid Feb.



Photos of numberplate attached

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Quoting schedule 4 of protection of freedom act 2012



Am I right in continuing to ignore :beer:

fisherjim

Why are you ignoring?

The_Deep

… parking without a ticket for 5 min in mid Feb.

Read about "grace periods" here

https://www.britishparking.co.uk/News/good-car-parking-practice-includes-grace-periods

and complain to your MP, they are on your side.

On 18th March 2019 a Bill was enacted to curb the excesses of these private parking companies. Codes of Practice are being drawn up, an independent appeals service will be set up, and access to the DVLA's date base more rigorously policed, and persistent offenders denied access. Hopefully life will become impossible for the worst of these scammers.

Until this is done you should still complain to your MP, citing the new legislation.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/8/contents/enacted

Just as the clampers were finally closed down, so hopefully will many of these Private Parking Companies.

KeithP

moneysaverz83 wrote: »

Am I right in continuing to ignore?

As FisherJim almost said - no you are not.

moneysaverz83

He, like you, didn't explain WHY.



Is writing to my MP really the course of action nowadays?



How can I prove it was 5 minutes?



Ignoring previously worked

moneysaverz83

I've emailed my local MP. What should I do next? Demand payable in about 2 weeks

Coupon-mad

Read the NEWBIES thread, which should have been done first, before posting.

Redx

moneysaverz83 wrote: »

Ignoring previously worked

not true UNLESS more than 6 years have elapsed , so anything OLDER than april 2013 is statute barred, anything SINCE then can go to your local court for enforcement , which then disproves your theory

fisherjim

moneysaverz83 wrote: »

He, like you, didn't explain WHY.



Is writing to my MP really the course of action nowadays?



How can I prove it was 5 minutes?



Ignoring previously worked

I asked a legitimate question how can you expect help when you don't set out your stall right in the first place?


They are the ones accusing you it's up to them to give you their evidence.


Writing to your MP is supplemental to give them as much grief as possible and there has been a bill passed in parliament to curb the activities of these scammers.


The newbies thread is your fount of all knowledge to fight these scum bag muppets, but the old way of ignoring went out in 2012 with the last failed government attempt to clean up the industry.

moneysaverz83

Redx wrote: »

not true UNLESS more than 6 years have elapsed , so anything OLDER than april 2013 is statute barred, anything SINCE then can go to your local court for enforcement , which then disproves your theory

I ignored one I got in 2017 and they eventually gave up when I submitted a County court defence

KeithP

moneysaverz83 wrote: »

I ignored one I got in 2017 and they eventually gave up when I submitted a County court defence

Submitting a Defence doesn't sound like ignoring to me - far from it.