Excel Parking finally take someone to court over an unpaid 'parking ticket'..and LOSE

Jeff_Bridges_hair

Ignore it ignore it and the following letters that come your way.

HappyMJ

Don't worry about it. Don't speak to them, email them, write to them or anything. They will give up.....eventually. If you don't want letters coming through the door on a weekly/monthly basis for what feels like the rest of time then pay it but what's the point in throwing £60 away. Yes you've put your foot in it by responding but from now on just ignore and hopefully you won't get too many letters.

lisamitt

Hey i have just got a ticket in december have the letters stopped yet very nervous about not paying it?????

lisamitt

How long do the letters go on for???

sillygilly65

Anyone had problems with excel parking george street wakefield-sent me a parking notice £60 for a month ago?? I was fortunate to have claimed this on my expenses and my lovely finance department have forwarded me the valid ticket!! What should I do re this company trying to fine me when I have a valid ticket??

molerat

Do nothing at all and totally ignore any letters they send except in the very rare chance they send you sealed court papers. If you contact them they will continue to harass you, ignore and they eventually go away.

Look here http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

lucylucky

sillygilly65 wrote: »

Anyone had problems with excel parking george street wakefield-sent me a parking notice £60 for a month ago?? I was fortunate to have claimed this on my expenses and my lovely finance department have forwarded me the valid ticket!! What should I do re this company trying to fine me when I have a valid ticket??

No one is trying to "fine" you

Just ignore.

Beris

sillygilly65 wrote: »

Anyone had problems with excel parking george street wakefield-sent me a parking notice £60 for a month ago?? I was fortunate to have claimed this on my expenses and my lovely finance department have forwarded me the valid ticket!! What should I do re this company trying to fine me when I have a valid ticket??

I got a notice for the same car park in Wakefield. Bought a ticket for one hour and I remember I had to enter my registration at the ticket machine. I have emailed an appeal before reading the advice on here about just ignoring the demand.

If I was of a vulnerable group, eg. elderly, I guess I would have paid. That's what really angers me!

Driver8

PRIVATE PARKING TICKETS - DON'T PAY!
IT IS NOT A FINE! YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL!

This is an information page for the thousands of people who receive "tickets" from private companies in the UK ever day at supermarkets, retail parks, and in any other privately-owned carpark.

We are NOT encouraging anybody to openly flout parking restrictions on private land, or to refuse to pay reasonable charges for parking. Landowners have a right to make reasonable charges for the use of their land.

For advice specific to your case, you should visit the forums at http://forums.pepipoo.com or http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences.

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

1. What you should know about these companies

It is important to remember that private parking companies (or PPCs as they are often called) have NO OFFICIAL POWERS - that's right, none at all! They give out their "tickets" on the basis that you have seen the signs in their car park and that you have therefore agreed to a contract obliging you to pay a certain sum of money.


2. What happens to people who don't pay?

In 99.9% of cases, absolutely NOTHING! The company pays the DVLA £2.50 to get your address, and then sends lots of threatening letters. In the main, these letters can be safely IGNORED. The only way the company can actually force you to pay is by taking you to the small claims court, which costs them even more money. And they are by no means guaranteed to win! And they practically never do.

The two main reasons for this (among others) are the following:

- Only the person DRIVING the car could ever have agreed to any such parking contract. The company can only get the Registered Keeper's address from the DVLA: you don't have to tell them who was driving.

-Many of these charges are so extortionately high that they constitute a penalty, which is unenforceable in a consumer contract.


3. Can they affect my credit rating?

NO! The only way your credit rating could be affected by ignoring private parking companies is if you were taken to court, lost, and then still refused to pay. But they will not take you to court.


IN SHORT

The vast majority of the time, you can safely IGNORE tickets from private parking companies, they are not official fines.

The vast majority of the time, you can safely IGNORE the threatening letters, including those from debt collection agencies.

You DO NOT have to pay a penny of your hard-earned money to these companies. Remember that the chances of being taken to court are very slim indeed.

DO NOT IGNORE COURT PAPERS!
If you receive real court papers from a private parking company (very rare) then you should go to http://forums.pepipoo.com or http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/parking-traffic-offences for help defending the claim. Do not be afraid to sign up and ask questions regarding any paperwork you are not sure about.



Don’t believe the above? Watch a solicitor on Watchdog advising you what to do with the scam invoices.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIcdi9niHA

THEY ARE NOT FINES

Only the Police, Courts or Council’s can fine you. NOT a private company, please remember that.


For those not in the know.

danwms

I have had a second letter saying that they may get baliffs involved.

Can they do this?