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Parking Ticket - Pay and Display Ticket was Upside Down

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  • Thanks, Will draft up my reply and send it over the weekend as guess nobody will pick it up until Monday.
  • wild666
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    IMHO it shouldn't matter which way up the ticket is just so long as the date and expiry time of the ticket is visible but that's just the over zealous councils for you. The council should have photo's of the ticket as they should for any parking ticket.
    Someone please tell me what money is
  • D_P_Dance
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    You never know how far you can go until you go too far.
  • wild666 said:
    IMHO it shouldn't matter which way up the ticket is just so long as the date and expiry time of the ticket is visible but that's just the over zealous councils for you. The council should have photo's of the ticket as they should for any parking ticket.
    It was face down so they couldn't see the date and time.  Silly of me!
  • Coupon-mad
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    Happens a lot and there is a policy to cover the situation, at least with Councils there is (and private operators will soon have to follow when the law changes in 2022).
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  • Le_Kirk
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    Contributory negligence on behalf of the PPC.  If they really wanted the details to be observable from outside the car, they would provide a sticky-back ticket like the vast majority of the PPCs round where I live.
  • Redx
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    Le_Kirk said:
    Contributory negligence on behalf of the PPC.  If they really wanted the details to be observable from outside the car, they would provide a sticky-back ticket like the vast majority of the PPCs round where I live.
    Or print on both sides !! !ol'. 🤔🤔🤔
  • Yes, there was no sticky tab on it so to be fair could have 'blown over' !!
  • Redx
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    edited 26 July 2021 at 9:44AM
    Known as a fluttering ticket

    What need to be realised is that people make simple mistakes or the weather can play a part

    The point should be to minimise human error , not punish it !! Prevention of incorrect actions

    If you key in the wrong pin at a cash point , it tells you and terminates the transaction!! 
    It does not charge you £40 or more for a keying error !! 

    IMHO it's petty to use the jobsworth option to maximise revenue in matters like these , the fact that payment was made in good faith should trigger a good faith and good will response !
  • Sorry just home now and able to focus on resolving this - trying to not sucked into making a mountain out of a molehill when on my holidays - which I nearly did! :)  Drafting a polite reply to challenge payment !
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