Chesil beach parking ticket fine (Euro car park

graceNmercy

Hi, I went to Chesil beach along with my family and family friends in 2 different cars. We paid (by card) for our parking for 5 hrs and displayed the parking receipt on the dashboard (since it was a pay and display receipt). After 2 weeks we get a notice stating that we had not paid for the parking and there is a fine for £60 or else, £100 after grace period (by this time i had discarded the payment receipt). The only proof they gave was a picture of the number plate cropped precisely such that just the vehicle's number plate is visible. My friend (who had come along with us in his car) also got a similar letter. But fortunately he had the payment receipt which he scanned and sent to Eurocarpark, stating that he had paid and had proof, so was exempted from the fine. I too sent an email stating that i lost my parking receipt but that i have a witness who came along with me and I sent a copy of his receipt to them. To this they replied with a parking history log but the time we had parked, there was no entry (both for me and my friend). But my friend's fine was cancelled. To this the Company has no answer. We tried checking our bank statements but both our accounts didn't show any transaction of £5. This was weird since we were issued parking receipts from the machine. My appeal was rejected and they asked me to appeal to POPLA. Which i didn't and did not respond thereafter. I received a letter a couple of letters asking me to pay £170 as fine or will be taken to court. Please advice how to proceed.

Coupon-mad

Just ignore them. You know this from reading the fourth post of the NEWBIES FAQS thread.

fisherjim

It's not a fine it's an invoice, you have been scammed by ANPR which is a system the PPC's use that is not fit for purpose, and banned for use in council car parks.

Never throw away any parking receipt just store them away as these scammers will try anything.

But you are where you are and they will pester you now with silly debt collector rubbish just follow CM's advice.

graceNmercy

i even sent them a mail saying that send me proof of my car standing in the parking bay also with a clear photo of my dashboard to see if the parking receipt is displayed or not... the problem is we loose our peace of mind every time they send us a letter...

graceNmercy

in the letter they have mentioned that "some online sources wrongly suggest that parking fines do not need to be paid... This is not the case..."

Coupon-mad

Hilarious how worried the parking industry are about us on this forum. You should see what they now try to do, to attempt to engage with me, LOL!

Don't worry, I don't.

But they are desperate.

D_P_Dance

ANPR is far from perect, read this and complain to your MP

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/askhj/answer/49933/why-does-anpr-make-so-many-errors-in-vehicle-number-plate-identification-

If they were to take this to court they would be highly unlikely to succeed

fisherjim

graceNmercy said:

in the letter they have mentioned that "some online sources wrongly suggest that parking fines do not need to be paid... This is not the case..."

Did they really say that I doubt it?

D_P_Dance

These are not fines? 

graceNmercy

fisherjim said:

graceNmercy said:

in the letter they have mentioned that "some online sources wrongly suggest that parking fines do not need to be paid... This is not the case..."

Did they really say that I doubt it?

They did indeed. Even I was surprised...

fisherjim

graceNmercy said:

fisherjim said:

graceNmercy said:

in the letter they have mentioned that "some online sources wrongly suggest that parking fines do not need to be paid... This is not the case..."

Did they really say that I doubt it?

They did indeed. Even I was surprised...

Then report them to the BPA for misrepresentation of authority a private parking company should not be referring to "fines" in any of its communications.