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Coupon-mad wrote: »May as well defend. Why on EARTH would you not pay, when you parked? Wow.If the fine had been £25-30 like ones we've had from council car parks we probably would have paid it. We felt that £50 or £60 (Can't remember what it was originally) was a bit steep and having researched online the advice seemed to be to ignore it, which was against our better judgement.
Coupon-mad isn't referring to the PCN charge of £60/£100 from PPS, she means the £1.50 (or whatever the price of parking was on the day) which would have avoided where you are today.
The advice to ignore PCNs hasn't been given for almost 7 years. Don't know what research you did to find current advice to 'ignore'. Not here on MSE, for sure.Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .
I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street0 -
LOL of course I wasn't talking about paying the scam fine.
Never mind, but people who park in a tariff car park must pay the darn tariff...for goodness sake what is this thing that people say 'but we sat in the car...'PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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If it had been pay and display we would have been fine to sit in the car unless there was sight of a traffic warden. It's only because it was a car park with number plate recognitions n, that neither of us saw the signs for that we have been caught.
Nonetheless, consider this a (very expensive) lesson learned.
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Increasingly P&D car parks also have ANPR cameras linked to the PDT where you are required to enter your full VRM.If it had been pay and display we would have been fine to sit in the car unless there was sight of a traffic warden.
You'll be caught out again!Please note, we are not a legal advice forum. I personally don't get involved in critiquing court case Defences/Witness Statements, so unable to help on that front. Please don't ask. .
I provide only my personal opinion, it is not a legal opinion, it is simply a personal one. I am not a lawyer.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.Private Parking Firms - Killing the High Street0 -
If it had been pay and display we would have been fine to sit in the car unless there was sight of a traffic warden. It's only because it was a car park with number plate recognitions n, that neither of us saw the signs for that we have been caught.
Nonetheless, consider this a (very expensive) lesson learned.
Thanks for all your advice everyone.
No-one told you to pay the scam fine.PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD0 -
If it had been pay and display we would have been fine to sit in the car unless there was sight of a traffic warden. It's only because it was a car park with number plate recognitions n, that neither of us saw the signs for that we have been caught.
Nonetheless, consider this a (very expensive) lesson learned.
Thanks for all your advice everyone.
No-one told you to pay the scam 'fine'.
They can't have £160 anyway so if you paid that you were well & truly duped (the added £60 is a false addition we get struck out at court stage) and the court claim would not have been for £400 odd!
No idea why you paid - but that's what you seem to be telling us now.PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
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