PCN -private company

[dell2869]

Hi.
I recently received a PCN from a private parking comapnt through the post.The PCN was for an alleged incident that took place a couple of months ago. The are where the incident happened was at a bowling alley and it was not a pay and display car park. Also when the alleged incident took place the bowling alley was closed and there was no other cars parked and so no customer was at a disadvantage. I must have left the car for no more than 2 mins and no notice was placed on my car at the time of the incident. There are notices at the site but I did not notice them and there is also alot of small print on them.
The private company wants me to pay £70 within 14 days otherwise it will go up to £95 and they threaten court action.
What should I do?

[**Tilly**]

hi dell2869 and welcome to cag


if you start a thread in the in the link below you will get all the
help and advice in there good luck


http://www.consumeractiongroup.c o....affic-wardens/

[ukaviator]

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[pin1onu]

Originally Posted by dell2869

Hi.
I recently received a PCN from a private parking comapnt through the post.The PCN was for an alleged incident that took place a couple of months ago. The are where the incident happened was at a bowling alley and it was not a pay and display car park. Also when the alleged incident took place the bowling alley was closed and there was no other cars parked and so no customer was at a disadvantage. I must have left the car for no more than 2 mins and no notice was placed on my car at the time of the incident. There are notices at the site but I did not notice them and there is also alot of small print on them.
The private company wants me to pay £70 within 14 days otherwise it will go up to £95 and they threaten court action.
What should I do?

Welcome to the forums

For a start don't pay. These invoices are pretty much non-enforcable. Be warned however they will threaten you with court action, Debt Collection Agencies and so on. The chances of going to Court are pretty minimal.

Have a read of this excellent guide which you'll find at the top of this forum. Private Parking Companies/Charges. It's written by one of the forum members and is really good at clarifying your legal position. It's located in the stickies section at the top of this forum. Also have a read of the template letters for how to write back and dispute the debt. They're located at in the stickies section as well.

If you have any questions then post back here and we'll try to answer things for you.