Thread: CLAMPED! I am appealing.

I have recently been clamped on private land after parking in a coach area, I did not see the notice, which was under a tree. Also my vehicle was a long wheel base van, which I parked in the car area after paying the removal fee. This completely blocked the roadway causing a dangerous obstruction.
When I returned home I read all of the information on the back of the receipt and it stated that I could also be clamped for causing an obstruction.

The receipt also atated that I had to appeal within 7 days, which I have done, (Twice now.) The company are refusing to reply to my e-mail which is the only way they give to make the appeal.

I have now found their address using the Data Protection Register and I am going to appeal in that way. The problem I have is that this will then be over the 7 days.

Interesting points:

The clamper himself advised me that I should have just removed the clamp.

The company owning the car park advised me that the only reason they are clamping people is to increase their revenue after losing trade from coach parties.

Appealing? There is no appeals process - no private company will give refunds by allowing 'appeals'. God no.

Two options - if you paid by credit card there are ways to get the money back off them.

Other is to take the landowner and clamper to court. Clamper is unlikely to ever pay up (they've probably got tens of CCJs already), but the landowner can't escape so easily.

I have sent copies of the letter to the landowners head office and the site at which I was clamped.

The comment about increasing the revenue was made by the site duty manager. I think that's incriminating enough.

I assume it would be as it is a national motorway service stop.

I have all the evidence as the clamper gave my husband the CAB advice leaflet when he was driving off.

I took photos of the sign from the road and the space that I was parked in, which also shows the clampers van parked there. I also have a phot of the van in the car area that shows the van does not fit.

What really annoys me with this is that the driver was trying to imcriminate me further by advising me to cust the clamp off, ( He was taking photos at the time.) Luckily I'm not stupid enough to do that in front of him. And, that the landowner obviously does not permit large vehicles that are not coaches or HGV's to park there.

I've checked everythin I need to and found that the clamper is licenced and the company is registered with DPA.

What I really need to know now is if I do take this to court, will the court accept my emails as proof that I contacted them within the 7 days if the letter reaches them afterthat time?

What I really need to know now is if I do take this to court, will the court accept my emails as proof that I contacted them within the 7 days if the letter reaches them afterthat time?

You have 6 years to bring court action.

You're giving this 'appeal' too much credence. There is no such thing. This is a private company, not a council.