Help, got until 24th November to submit Defence for VCS

Leviathan747

Couple of days ago, I was thinking to myself (as I often do)...if SRS had been a normal human being, his signs at Berkley Centre would clearly state: "1 hour free parking. £1 for the next hour max stay. £100 without ticket".  Clear & simple.

Out on manoeuvres earlier, noticed this. Now THAT's a sign on entering a car park!! https://ibb.co/YyG6PXh 

Vs this piece of subterfuge from he that shall remain nameless!!* https://ibb.co/Xys4Mbq 

*Simon Renshaw-Smith

Snakes_Belly

Leviathan747 said:

Snakes_Belly said:

I don't know if you have ever read the transcript of the case below. It's a bit dated now and a long read but worth it.
 

Was there supposed to be a link SB?

Sorry. This is really worth a read. 

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=16231)

Fruitcake

Snakes_Belly said:

Leviathan747 said:

Snakes_Belly said:

I don't know if you have ever read the transcript of the case below. It's a bit dated now and a long read but worth it.
 

Was there supposed to be a link SB?

Sorry. This is really worth a read. 

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=16231)

Ah yes, the infamous "toothbrush case". 

Leviathan747

So....The good news is, the journo printed the article. The bad news is he didn't really get in any of the points I had laboured (invoice, double recovery, poor signage etc etc). He did decide to say, off his own back, that I was urging people not to pay!!  Feel like I was used as a pawn in his game for revenge against Excel's threats.  Sorry guys, hope you don't get landed with the fallout, as MSE gets a mention.  No such thing as bad publicity.....right?   

Coupon-mad

Can you show us a link?

bargepole

Leviathan747 said:

So....The good news is, the journo printed the article. The bad news is he didn't really get in any of the points I had laboured (invoice, double recovery, poor signage etc etc). He did decide to say, off his own back, that I was urging people not to pay!!  Feel like I was used as a pawn in his game for revenge against Excel's threats.  Sorry guys, hope you don't get landed with the fallout, as MSE gets a mention.  No such thing as bad publicity.....right?   

I have learnt, through long experience of dealing with journalists in print, radio and TV media, that they have their own agenda, and will print / broadcast what they want to say, not what you want them to say.

Consequently, I do not agree to appear in interviews, or provide quotes, unless they agree to pay me my hourly rate. A couple of them have done so.

Snakes_Belly

Leviathan747 said:

So....The good news is, the journo printed the article. The bad news is he didn't really get in any of the points I had laboured (invoice, double recovery, poor signage etc etc). He did decide to say, off his own back, that I was urging people not to pay!!  Feel like I was used as a pawn in his game for revenge against Excel's threats.  Sorry guys, hope you don't get landed with the fallout, as MSE gets a mention.  No such thing as bad publicity.....right?   

I understand how you feel about this company. They have had a lot of bad press in the past and it is like water of a duck's back.

What will really impact on the cash flow is the Pandemic and the CoP. That will hit them where it hurts. 

The court cases that they lose probably don't have a great impact on their profitability. They are more to create fear in order to bully the motorist into paying up. They have to be seen to follow through. 

I actually have no qualms about people making money and I believe that we need wealth creators. What I don't like is the way that this company and their ilk go about ripping people off even the most vulnerable of society.  

Umkomaas

Coupon-mad said:

Can you show us a link?

I think it's this:

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/we-could-have-paid-but-it-became-a-moral-fight-sheffield-vet-takes-on-city-parking-firm-and-wins-3213760

Fruitcake

That's a very week and wishy-washy article.

Has the planning department been chased up about the reduced parking time? We see so often that parking scammers reduce the time specified on the original planning approval.

D_P_Dance

I think that it is fine, clear, concise, and informative.