Sennen Cove Car Park Ticket Scam

Blockflutejane

Can anyone guide me? 

We parked at Sennen Cove top car park and bought a whole day parking ticket, we displayed it correctly and only parked within the time framework allowed.

We now have a fine notice (£60/£100) because they say we failed to follow their terms and conditions. We typed in our number plate and have a ticket (retained) that proves we paid but because the ticket only has the last three letter of our number plate printed they say this breeches their terms and conditions 

We haven't parked there before and assumed this is how their tickets printed. I am now assuming that this is either a scam to get money or their ticket machine wasn't working correctly, as we definitely typed the full number plate.

Any comments/advice? I am curious to know if this is standard practice with their tickets and what defense I could use since I have never had a parking fine before. I am quite indignant about this and would happily go to court rather than pay the fine as I have proved to them that I purchased a ticket and maintenance of machines should be standard practise the amount of money they get in that car park.

Thanks

Fruitcake

It is not a fine.

What is the name of the parking company?

What happened when you complained to the landowner? That is always Plan A.

If a landowner cancellation is not forthcoming, then send the appeal template in blue text you will find in the sticky Announcement for NEWBIES. Send it unaltered from The Keeper.

Check the NTK to see whether or not it is PoFA compliant and capable of holding the keeper liable.

Blockflutejane

Armtrac.
I will need to try to look for the landowner. Thanks, I will look at the newbies thing. Bit old for technology, so hope I can find it! Thanks 

Blockflutejane

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4896178/the-parking-tickets-board-sticky#latest.  Is this the link you meant? 

KeithP

Blockflutejane said:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4896178/the-parking-tickets-board-sticky#latest.  Is this the link you meant? 

No.

This one...
**NEWBIES!! PRIVATE PARKING TICKET? OLD OR NEW? **READ THESE FAQS FIRST!** Thankyou!

Le_Kirk

There are loads of threads about this car park, just use the search facility to find them.

Umkomaas

HOW TO USE THE MSE SEARCH FUNCTION MOST EFFECTIVELY

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https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6289402/weve-updated-the-search-function/p1

lelong_mckean

Hey I had the same over half term. Went to the sennen cove top car park 3 times in that week. A week later got 2 letters with a penalty saying my car was parked illegally. As you might expect I had disposed of my tickets after a week had passed so appealed both using screenshots from my credit card statement I used to pay. One appeal was accepted but the other they came back with you only entered half your number plate which obviously I can't prove. So now lumbered with £60 fine. Direct quote below from the reply to appeal. Seem like it may be their issue if ticket machine not working and other people having it. Not sure what to do.

Interested to know which ticket machines you used. As I said I went there 3 times and got fined twice. The days I got fined for, I used the ticket machines to the right of the entrance. The day I didn't get fined I used the ones on the left of the entrance which has the covering around it with a big sign saying pay here. 

I wonder if there have been more people with this issue? What should I do, pay £60 now or appeal to IAS and possibly pay £100?

"The appeal has been reviewed. The error is yours. In incorrectly entering the VRM as XXX instead of XXXX

XXX when making payment, no valid ticket was covering the vehicle remaining in the car park on private land.

Signage at the site informs 'You must display a valid pay & display ticket within the windscreen or be in

possession of a cashless payment session for the entire parking period.' 'You must enter your full and correct

vehicle registration number when you make payment.' "

fisherjim

lelong_mckean said:

 A week later got 2 letters with a penalty saying my car was parked illegally.

So now lumbered with £60 fine.

Now none of their letters or signs said that did they?

You have invoices not fines, you did nothing illegal, you are being scammed by greedy Muppets, search for other threads about this honeytrap and read through the newbies thread.

The reduction is a bribe to get you to pay up and shut up, the IAS is a kangaroo court that will side with the PPC.

Umkomaas

@lelong_mckean - please start a new thread of your own, as attempting to answer two cases (or even more if others follow and throw their case in here too) will undoubtedly lead to potentially expensive confusion. 

You will receive full, exclusive, help on your own thread. 

Blockflutejane

@lelong_mckean. I am very interested in which day you were there as we got tickets for the same thing the same week, which could back up my theory of defective machine and be useful in court. I ahve messaged you separately so as not to create confusion