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    • Thanks for posting the CPR contents. i do wish you hadn't blanked out the dates and times since at times they can be relevant . Can you please repost including times and dates. They say that they sent a copy of  the original  PCN that they sent to the Hirer  along with your hire agreement documents. Did you receive them and if so can you please upload the original PCN without erasing dates and times. If they did include  all the paperwork they said, then that PCN is pretty near compliant except for their error with the discount time. In the Act it isn't actually specified but to offer a discount for 14 days from the OFFENCE is a joke. the offence occurred probably a couple of months prior to you receiving your Notice to Hirer.  Also the words in parentheses n the Act have been missed off. Section 14 [5][c] (c)warn the hirer that if, after the period of 21 days beginning with the day after that on which the notice to hirer is given, the amount of unpaid parking charges referred to in the notice to keeper under paragraph 8(2)(f) or 9(2)(f) (as the case may be) has not been paid in full, the creditor will (if any applicable requirements are met) have the right to recover from the hirer so much of that amount as remains unpaid; Though it states "if any applicable ...." as opposed to "if all applicable......" in Section 8 or 9. Maybe the Site could explain what the difference between the two terms mean if there is a difference. Also on your claim form they keeper referring to you as the driver or the keeper.  You are the Hirer and only the Hirer is responsible for the charge EVEN IF THEY WEREN'T THE DRIVER. So they cannot pursue the driver and nowhere in the Hirer section of the Act is the hirer ever named as the keeper so NPC are pursuing the wrong person.  
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    • Good afternoon, I am writing because I am very frustrated. I received a parking fine from MET Parking Services Ltd , ( Southgate park Stansted CM24 1PY) . We stopped for a quick meal in Mcdonalds and were there fir around 30 mins. We always do this after flights and never received a parking fine before.  Reason: The vehicle left in Southgate car park without payment made for parking and the occupants southgate premises. they took some pictures of us leaving the car. i did not try and appeal it yet as I came across many forums that this is a scam and I should leave it. But I keep getting threatening letters.  Incident happened : 23/10/2023 I did contact Mcdonalds and they said this:  Joylyn (McDonald’s Customer Services) 5 Apr 2024, 12:05 BST Dear Laura, Thank you for contacting McDonald’s Customer Services. I’m sorry to hear that you have received a Parking Charge Notice following your visit to our Stansted restaurant.   We've introduced parking restrictions at some of our restaurants to make sure there are always parking spaces available for customers.   We appreciate that some visits such as birthday parties or large group visits might take longer and the parking restrictions aren't intended to stop this. If you think your stay will exceed the stated maximum parking time then please speak to a manager in advance.   Your number plate is scanned by our Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system when you enter our car park, and then again when you leave. If you have overstayed the maximum time allowed, you will not be notified straight away- a Parking Charge Notice will be sent to you via the post.   If you feel that a Parking Charge Notice has been issued in error, please contact our approved contractors who issued the charge in order to appeal the charge. Unfortunately McDonald's are unable to revoke parking tickets- the outcome of the appeal is final and cannot be overturned by McDonald’s.   Many thanks for taking the time to contact McDonald’s Customer Services.   Can someone please help me out and suggest what I should do next?  Thank you 
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I have seen this before somewhere. Looks fantastic as the kids now have so much computer homework.

 

Does anyone know of anyone actually receiving one?

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Daily Mirror said 5000+ have been given away so far but I don't know of anyone personally.

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I'm watching ebay for them to start been listed

 

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Wouldnt buy a government issue laptop though - it'll probably leave itself on a train after a couple of weeks :rolleyes:

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My gf's kids have got them, the 2 oldest have them, got them in June thru the pilot scheme for it. Not overly impressed with them to be honest. Both have got faults and are awaiting repair, the software loaded on them can be troublesome (netintelligence), blocking access to sites such as google and others that they try to use to research for homework. They got o2 dongles which have hardly any signal at home, the other choice was orange, same problem tho.

Personally I cant see why they've been issued with them, they're 9 and 10yrs old, so not really at an age that they really need to do homework etc on them. I'm not overly impressed with them to be honest. Don't get me wrong, I'm not ungrateful for them getting them, but do think giving them to kids their age is pointless. At the moment their internet usage is limited to occasional searches on google, and playing games, and they really haven't used the other software, open office etc, so cant see the point in offering it to families with kids their age, surely a bit older, upper/high school age would be better.

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My gf's kids have got them, the 2 oldest have them, got them in June thru the pilot scheme for it. Not overly impressed with them to be honest. Both have got faults and are awaiting repair, the software loaded on them can be troublesome (netintelligence), blocking access to sites such as google and others that they try to use to research for homework. They got o2 dongles which have hardly any signal at home, the other choice was orange, same problem tho.

Personally I cant see why they've been issued with them, they're 9 and 10yrs old, so not really at an age that they really need to do homework etc on them. I'm not overly impressed with them to be honest. Don't get me wrong, I'm not ungrateful for them getting them, but do think giving them to kids their age is pointless. At the moment their internet usage is limited to occasional searches on google, and playing games, and they really haven't used the other software, open office etc, so cant see the point in offering it to families with kids their age, surely a bit older, upper/high school age would be better.

 

I got one of the laptops for my daughter and she loves it. She uses laptops at school so it is easier for her to use a laptop than my slow and noisy desktop pc.

 

I had problems with Netintelligence too. It blocked Google and Wikipedia which is annoying when my daughter wanted some information for a school project. I ended up uninstalling it off the laptop. Windows 7 has safe internet guards built in anyway. I can keep an eye on my daughter when she is on the laptop as i wont let her take it out of the front room and she knows i can check which websites she has been on.

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I called earlier and apparently I could qualify :D

 

They are sending me out an application form. I will let you know how I get on.

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I called earlier and apparently I could qualify :D

 

They are sending me out an application form. I will let you know how I get on.

 

Awesome! :D

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Very good idea. Unfortunately with it only being for England I dont qualify either.

 

I bought my daughter her own laptop for her Christmas present. She is 8 and i would definately recommend any child to have one. She uses them in school already (I remember when it was the last year in high school, and only if you were with the 'it' gang). She has partial dyslexia so i have no problems with her using it. It has really helped her.

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So how do you uninstall netintelligence? When we tried it asked for a password!

 

I opened Control Panel (in the start menu), go into Programs and Features, click on the Netintelligence program and Uninstall. It does ask for a password which you can get by opening the Netintelligence program, logging in and i think there was a answer on how to uninstall and where you would find the password.

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My gf's kids have got them, the 2 oldest have them, got them in June thru the pilot scheme for it. Not overly impressed with them to be honest. Both have got faults and are awaiting repair, the software loaded on them can be troublesome (netintelligence), blocking access to sites such as google and others that they try to use to research for homework. They got o2 dongles which have hardly any signal at home, the other choice was orange, same problem tho.

Personally I cant see why they've been issued with them, they're 9 and 10yrs old, so not really at an age that they really need to do homework etc on them. I'm not overly impressed with them to be honest. Don't get me wrong, I'm not ungrateful for them getting them, but do think giving them to kids their age is pointless. At the moment their internet usage is limited to occasional searches on google, and playing games, and they really haven't used the other software, open office etc, so cant see the point in offering it to families with kids their age, surely a bit older, upper/high school age would be better.

 

 

 

 

The forms say only 1 child per household, so how come you got 2, only reason I ask is I have 2 children that could benefit from it

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I contacted child benefit for a letter of confirmation, and was told it can take 6 weeks to send a letter out as they are inundated with requests for these now due to this scheme :rolleyes:

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I contacted child benefit for a letter of confirmation, and was told it can take 6 weeks to send a letter out as they are inundated with requests for these now due to this scheme :rolleyes:

 

Having the same trouble myself , requested mine Jan 18th , apparently DWP have been inundated with requests for letters confirming that people are in receipt of CB also spoke to someone at Becta as we were worried there would be a limited amount to go round , were told not to worry as only 30,000 of the 200,000 available grants had so far been given out.

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I contacted child benefit for a letter of confirmation, and was told it can take 6 weeks to send a letter out as they are inundated with requests for these now due to this scheme :rolleyes:

 

Call them again and say you need it urgently for council tax or for the Inland Revenue or something. Might get it a bit quicker ;-)

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*UPDATE*

 

I received my letter from CB last week, and I sent it off with the application form. I then got a letter a couple of days later to say they were looking into it.

 

Today I received a credit card with a silly amount of money on it to go and buy a new laptop for my daughter!!

 

I called my niece who works at comet, and she said they do loads there. You get a laptop, bag, a dongle with a year of credit, which can be used later with top ups, and after care.

 

So that is it...dead easy. :D We are going to get ours on Sunday, as I would like my daughter to pick it up. It really will help her, as she does so much school work on the computer now. I remember when they used to use books :rolleyes:

 

I must admit, I am shocked at how they can do this, it must be costing a fortune.

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We got it. It is lovely, I can't believe how easy that was. All i did was ring up, filled in an easy form, sent my child benefit letter, and they sent me a credit card with a letter to take in. I went to Comet, handed it over and I got a crackin laptop, 12 month internet dongle. T mobile, lap top bag and a mouse!!

 

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Got my child benefit and tax credit letter through today so sending mine of finally. Daughter has started to nag me a little because they know what I am like with forms.

 

Should I send off both forms or just child benefit entitlement one xx

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We got it. It is lovely, I can't believe how easy that was. All i did was ring up, filled in an easy form, sent my child benefit letter, and they sent me a credit card with a letter to take in. I went to Comet, handed it over and I got a crackin laptop, 12 month internet dongle. T mobile, lap top bag and a mouse!!

 

If you think you are eligible, do it. What have you got to lose? :)

 

I got mine from Comet with a Bag, mouse, dongle and everything. I love it. The laptop is so much faster then my old pc and my daughter loves it too.

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