Thread: Npc Pccn

Hi,

Thanks in advance for anyone who can shed some light on this. I went up north(leeds) parked in an NPC car park (well apparently as signs just said street name). Paid for 4 hours at the nearest pay and display machine which was 2 metres away from my car, come back 2 hours later drove to a mates house, got out and noticed the ticket on my windscreen, they put it over my road tax disc. Well it said that the ticket I used was invalid which is rubbish because it was still valid for at least 2 more hours after the time the notice was issued. Also reading the forums it appears that many LEGIT pcn's have legal noncense written on them. This ticket I got seems iffy, all it has is a vat number on the back. Also when I check to see if I can pay online (it is a ticket starting with CP) which i should be able to do by now as the offense was 3 days ago, it just says details not found. As i didnt notice the PCCN attached to my screen i threw my ticket away so have no proof that I payed for 4 hours, any advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated. Im guessing the whole ignore them routine should work fine. Sorry for the quality of the pics, my camera has been playing up.

thanks from Homer Jay Simpson

See here: http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk...ease-help.html

Thank you for all your replies. Yeah sorry for the pics, they want £50 off me and £100 if i dont pay by 14 days. I will ignore as I ignore most post that comes through my door . Considering the fact I have already paid for 2 hours more than I actually stayed they can use this piece of paper they gave me as toilet paper. Al27 ty for redirection, you know your stuff. I thought debt collectors are only a viable option after a court hearing and refusal to pay so they can go take a running jump as well.

I'll add one more thing to show how crafty NCP are. I spoke to a parking attendant who mans the bars in a private car park across the road. He told me that those guys who stick tickets for NCP stick them on cars that are park on the road as well. The road which has its own pay and display is council owned and gives free parking a lot of the time. However the none the wiser come back and see a penalty notice from NCP saying no ticket displayed etc which is a joke cause they dont own the road. As there is no CCTV how can the car claim it was on the road and not on the car park, simple it can't. So people just pay £50 which they definently dont have to. It's all BS if you ask me. I for one won't cave in.

you have assessed things correctly. well done.

Originally Posted by D'ohhhhh

I'll add one more thing to show how crafty NCP are. I spoke to a parking attendant who mans the bars in a private car park across the road. He told me that those guys who stick tickets for NCP stick them on cars that are park on the road as well. The road which has its own pay and display is council owned and gives free parking a lot of the time. However the none the wiser come back and see a penalty notice from NCP saying no ticket displayed etc which is a joke cause they dont own the road. As there is no CCTV how can the car claim it was on the road and not on the car park, simple it can't. So people just pay £50 which they definently dont have to. It's all BS if you ask me. I for one won't cave in.

Be careful in what you believe. AFAIK, NCP have been contracted by some Councils to manage DPE - it would therefore be quite proper for them to issue PCNs on the highway.

But if correct that would mean NCP contractors being paid to enforce council parking were also spending part of their working hours issuing PPC invoices solely on behalf of NCP. I would image that would cause all kinds of ruckus.