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pirate car parks

wotto67
wotto67 Posts: 1 Newbie
edited 17 February 2023 at 3:22PM in Parking tickets, fines & parking
HI, please does anybody know the answer; a few days ago, my wife parked our car at an RCP site. She then proceeded to buy a parking ticket. So we are all good so far; however, as she has shut the door, the ticket, had been flipped over, and my wife has not noticed. She returned still not seeing it, then a few days ago we received a parking fine, a fantastic photo of the back of the parking ticket, and a £60 fine. RCP is stating as the ticket was not displayed correctly, we have to pay, is this correct.?  My wife no longer has the ticket, as she never knew it had happened until the fine came through. please, can anyone help?

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  • Misslayed
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  • The_Unready
    The_Unready Posts: 655 Forumite
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    Reading the thread title, I so wanted this post to be about something completely different, me harties!
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  • KeithP
    KeithP Posts: 41,296 Forumite
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    What's a RCP site?

    There is no fine.
    All you have seen is a speculative invoice.
  • Galloglass
    Galloglass Posts: 1,288 Forumite
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    edited 17 February 2023 at 4:07PM
    https://www.rcpparking.com/commercial-partnerships

    and

    https://www.rcpparking.com/pcn-search

    BPA AOS
    • All land is owned. If you are not on yours, you are on someone else's
    • When on someone else's be it a road, a pavement, a right of way or a property there are rules. Don't assume there are none.
    • "Free parking" doesn't mean free of rules. Check the rules and if you don't like them, go elsewhere
    • All land is owned. If you are not on yours, you are on someone else's and their rules apply.
    Just visiting - back in 2025
  • Coupon-mad
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    wotto67 said:
    HI, please does anybody know the answer; a few days ago, my wife parked our car at an RCP site. She then proceeded to buy a parking ticket. So we are all good so far; however, as she has shut the door, the ticket, had been flipped over, and my wife has not noticed. She returned still not seeing it, then a few days ago we received a parking fine, a fantastic photo of the back of the parking ticket, and a £60 fine. RCP is stating as the ticket was not displayed correctly, we have to pay, is this correct.?  My wife no longer has the ticket, as she never knew it had happened until the fine came through. please, can anyone help?
    Now your thread has been moved to the right forum please read the NEWBIES thread which tells you how to win against parking sharks (or pirates!).
    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 THREAD
  • Half_way
    Half_way Posts: 7,567 Forumite
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    As above read the newbies thread, and try and establish the landowner.
     As for Pirate car parks, if that is a typo then its quite an apt way to describe Private parking company's
    From the Plain Language Commission:

    "The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
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