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PCN National Parking Enforcement 3 minutes 1 second in a parent and child bay with child in back..

Good afternoon,

Just sharing what I am sure is yet another in a litany of similar, although at initial glances I could not see a thread pertaining to a fine issued for a purported stay if such short duration. Essentially, at a Coop store the driver pulled into the parent and child bay, correctly as they initially intended to disembark the vehicle but either due to considering the proposed terms of the contract and refusing or failure to wake the sleeping child then left the bay after an elapse of 3 minutes 1 second. Hoping that the likes of @Grizebeck and @Coupon-mad and others can provide assurances that this is an appropriate period of consideration and these three minutes will not transpire to be very expensive!
Many thanks,
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  • AnotherVoiceAnotherVoice Forumite
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    I think 3 minutes would be more than reasonable to consider the terms. It would take you longer than that to gather your baby and get out to read the sign.
  • yellowstickersyellowstickers Forumite
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    @Grizebeck I've contacted the store who have confirmed that Coop itself is the landowner of the area concerned. Where next would you recommend?
  • AnotherVoiceAnotherVoice Forumite
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    Did you ask CoOp to cancel the charge? or ask them to ask the issuer to cancel it?
  • B789B789 Forumite
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    I think 3 minutes would be more than reasonable to consider the terms. It would take you longer than that to gather your baby and get out to read the sign.
    Careful of the advice you give... I think you mean "3 minutes is nowhere near reasonable..."
    Good grammar adds tone and nuance to the "written" word which is normally perceived in the "spoken" word. Without good grammar, you can be perceived to be an idiot or a fool without ever uttering a sound.
  • yellowstickersyellowstickers Forumite
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    They've already rejected the appeal and I am aware that any such further to the IAS is entirely worthless. The relevant manager was absent from the store today so he will receive a call tomorrow; aside from that I suppose that we hunker down and laugh off anything until a letter before action or similar, and then hope that a judge would adjudge the 3-minute contravention as not befitting the purported punishment.
  • B789B789 Forumite
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    If you can’t get the store manager to cancel then you just wait for a LoC or LBCCC and ignore anything from debt collectors. They can start a claim up to 6 years after the event.
    Good grammar adds tone and nuance to the "written" word which is normally perceived in the "spoken" word. Without good grammar, you can be perceived to be an idiot or a fool without ever uttering a sound.
  • ampersandampersand Forumite
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    Why on earth do you call it 'a 'fine'? 
    (First rule of this forum) 
    You know full well it's just another scam invoice.🙂
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    ampersand said:
    Why on earth do you call it 'a 'fine'? 
    (First rule of this forum) 
    You know full well it's just another scam invoice.🙂
    I really do hate the sarcastic replies some people's queries get.  Is it really necessary?  Just because you know everything about PCNs doesn't mean that others do.  People are much more likely to follow through the process if others were more welcoming and the stuff on the newbies which much easier to navigate.
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