Parking charge by ParkingEye - help needed

mariefairie1

Hi there, we have parked at medical centre car park twice by accident, my son started new football training, the first time we were late we dropped the car at the carpark right next to the pitch and ran to the pitch, second time we parked there also. We then received 2 Parking charge notices. We ave appealed both, but i stupidly appealed and named registered driver. I know this appeal will be rejected and we can go to POPLA next. we rang the medical centre and asked to drop the ticket as it was a genuine mistake, it was also in the evening so visibility was poor and surgery was shutting down. Receptionist was so rude and said we need to pay it and our appeal will be rejected. What are our chances? its pretty ridiculuous they are asking us to pay £200.... for both times... when it was a genuine mistake and car park is literally opposite a football pitch and a medical centre is 5 min walk from there... any help appreiciated. we dont want to pay but realised stupidly i should have appealed as registered keeper not driver...

Gr1pr

Chances are that Parking Eye complied with POFA 2012, so probably no problem in them knowing who was driving 

The various entities are, Owner, Registered Keeper,  driver 

The pcns will be for £100 charge each, reduced to £60 each for early settlement   ( settlement figures  )

mariefairie1

what are the chances they will take us to court?

Gr1pr

No idea, but I suspect that they would possibly issue a Money Claim using MCOL if the alleged debt remains outstanding,  so I suggest that you study the whole topic further,  because no appeal will work,  nor excuses

The court process is long, with several stages and they have to pay for the claim and for any subsequent hearing,  so "going to court,  or, being taken to court" is no simple process,  it involves time, money and effort 

Car1980

Depend what the signage says. Show us if you can.

The first one sounds like a drop-off, so maybe worth Popla for that one.

PE do claims in-house and using DCB Legal. The latter claims are discontinued if defended.

Coupon-mad

mariefairie1 said:

what are the chances they will take us to court?

How does it matter, given that's the stage when you'll almost certainly win without a hearing? Read the MSE Guide (top of page).

TheNorthStar

Parking eye are such a horrible company. No matter what you say regarding a reason they will not listen to it. What's the small print on the signage? We have had several of these letters and we've had to fight each one of them normally because their cameras haven't correctly picked up our exit times. Do the timings on the fine accurately match what you did?