Thread: Help ! Am i going to have to pay this ......

I have received a "parking charge Notice" from good old VCS Parking Control (London N6 6WP) its for parking in a pub car park at 10:32 am ....

The car is not registered to me - its my wifes - not sure if that matters ?

The "parking contravention" listed on the notice says : Failure to purchase or display a valid ticket. But its a Pub car park - there is no where to purchase tickets.

And now for my problem - there are signs up and they state i am liable for a fine ... here is the sign :



Am i going to have to pay ? shall i ignore it ? do i write a letter ....

Thanks for your time !



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Ignore it. I would also say that the sign is illegal. PPC's connot issue penalties or fines. You have'nt done anything illegal. jed

As jed says; as soon as they put the words "penalty", "fine" or "controlled parking zone" all of which are protected terms for REAL council or police PCNs they have broken the law.

You could try reporting them to the police or Trading Standards but both of them are usually a waste of time. More efficient to just ignore them knowing full well they will never go anywhere near a court with this. Take a photo of the sign just for future ref so they don't put a better (legal) one up then try to take you to court afterwards.

if you google them you will find they have a very bad history including several trading standards offices on their back

there is some good reading on the Pepidoo site about them inc there use of "FPN"

That sign is bunkum. What defines being 'incorrectly park' for a start? Not to mention that private companies have no legal power to issue penalties.

I also like the way it says 'Customers and visitors only'. Everybody who parks there is either a customer or a visitor!

It looks like it was created in somebody's lunch hour.

• do not pay
• do not contact them
• ignore the letters they will send to the registered keeper, no matter how threatening
• they will give up and go away after a few months.

unenforceable, illegal, fraudulent. ignore them - but report their asses off.