The only reason I made the comment was I know the majority of roads leading to that point are a red route and I know the bus uses that island to turn round and doing it by the handbook and not touching the paint on the island it is quite tight. If they have confirmed that it is there land then my points mean nothing at all but I am cautious of taking a companies word from an employee. Not trying to stir things up just playing devils advocate and learned from my mistakes before.

Correct me if I am wrong but I am pretty sure that's where buses turn to go to the bus stop as can be seen in the google map link, It's been a long time since I have had to go up to the one stop shopping center don't know if this bears any significance. This leads me to believe that the red route is official obviously a parking charge notice so I am not sure just throwing in my 2 cents

What proof did he show that he was a bailiff? I am pretty sure you can dispute this amount with the bank as I'm quite sure anyone on the doorstep would distress you did they leave some form of receipt? That might be able to tell you who they was.

The relevent sections as they like to keep quoting am going to read through the whole act when I have a little more time always cautious when threatened with sub sections rather than a copy of the act being placed with the letter for my information makes me think there is something in there that actually protects us

Again thanks for the advice just another update today received a letter from Parking Eye dated the 19th September 2013 They never even acknowledged any of my questions they seem to love this Protection of Freedoms Act every letter I have mentions it at least two times I need to look more in to that as I had never heard of it before this. Before I tracked down my receipt I was reluctant to mention I was the driver at the time of the PCN being issued so started every bit of correspondence of with words to them effect I now plan to rewrite to them telling them I was the named driver not through fear of there letter as reading it all threats stopped when asking who was the driver apart from the one telling me I will pay if I can not provide them who was driving. No reply from Aldi's CEO as of yet I do not wish to approach POPLA as of yet as I believe my hand is to strong and if I was to appeal through them the cost to Parking Eye would be minimal and would most likley be squashed I want this to see the court room as I believe that is the only way to tackle companies like this. Unrelated but only found out on the weekend that 2-3 of my other family members have been hit by parking eye and told me "they was forced to pay up" redirected them here to read some information goes to show what effect they have on people who do not know how to find out where they stand on it.

Have sent an email to the CEO listed on CEO email see if they respond to me

Quick update, I managed to find my receipt today for this shopping visit comes to a total of £25.58 and called up Rachael expecting for this to all be over only to be told that I would need to send my receipt to Parking eye to there P.O address or to her at her address apparently neither Parking Eye or Aldi have email addresses. When I told them I do not feel comfortable sending in my only proof of purchase she became quite abrupt I also asked her what respectable company would operate from a P.O address and would not talk to me on the phone her answer to this was "For obvious reasons" Call me petty but I also refuse to foot the cost of a stamp as little as it might be I asked her if she would return the cost to which she snorted "No". I used to be one of them dreaded telephone debt collectors (I was young and did not know any better) so I knew which tatic she was trying to use she did not like my skill of talking without taking a breath to stop her talking and when I did finally let her speak it was "Mr XXXX are you going to let me talk" she did not like it when I told her that was the same tactic she was trying to use on me. I have told her now that if they are not prepared to work with me I will work against them I am not the one in the wrong here. I have sent of a weak appeal to Parking Eye now in hope that they refuse it I welcome them taking me to court and will now ignore any future correspondence from them or maybe downplay my hand and act dumb in any future correspondence. I have also recorded the conversation I know this is illegal and can not be used in a court of law but I remember something being said in my union training that although it will not be included it will also not be dismissed. I keep my fingers crossed now that I receive court documents. **Edit** - Forgot to mention her winning reply to another of my questions I asked her if they want to take the stance that it is clearly signposted why is there no mention of having to input your registration at there POS and why there cashiers could not mention it to customers as they leave "That would not be in our best interests" says it all really

This might sound silly but just curious as to what would happen if this did go to court if as part of my defense I included a counter claim for my "Admin" Fee ie time spent researching any postage costs or call costs and the time it actually took filling in appeals and preparing the defense I know the probability is that this will never see a court room just curious to where I would stand with turning the tables back on them. I have stumbled across the Parking Prankster my favorite one is him being bitten by a radio active spider

Tony P I read your facebook Posts if your indeed the same person I have admiration for your stance on this matter and that you are going out of your way to help other people I agree it should not be dropped Parking Eye seem to be bullies there letter is full of intimidating comments for a fraction of a second when I first opened the letter I was panicking if this has that affect on me I hate to think what effect it would have on an OAP or a vulnerable person. I really do hope it goes to court as really it is pathetic that they would try to charge me for not inputting my registration and I can see no financial loss here at all dx I see the word fine gets your goat I apologize was habit that made me use this word I won't be using it again. Also I was using the road markings as an example of a reason I might expect to be charged I was not over any lines and its not a reason they stated for the PCN I tried to call PE when I first got the ticket but they only have an automated payment line seems they really don't want to talk to me about it they would rather I just payed Thank you for your advice so far guys I appreciate it it helps to hear other people say that I am not being unreasonable and that indeed Parking Eye are trying to abuse the position.

Thank you for your replies I most defiantly wish to go down the POPLA route as I feel this "Invoice" is unjust have been looking through old threads and am starting to understand a little more what I need to do. I would rather have to pay them £5000 at a judges order than pay them £40 reduced rate £70 full rate or the cancellation rate of £60 The first thing I did was take to facebook Which got what seems to be a generic response I then followed that up with I have spoke to Aldi about it who seem to be right behind Parking Eye on this if I can provide a valid receipt or bank statement they will remove the charge which unfortunately due to paying cash I can not. I intend to be very vocal about this through social media and am more than prepared for a day in court if they wish to go down that route. Before I received this notice I had no knowledge of parking charges but now seem to be learning more each day

Hi, I have been an avid reader here for many years the amount of things you have helped me sort out is unbelievable and thank you for that I regret that my first ever post here is one asking for advice but here we go. I today got a PCN through the post from Parking Eye from my recent and only visit to them on the 6th September times were hard and after seeing the advertisement on the telly boasting how cheap they was we took what little money we had at the time to stock up the cupboards as much as possible I parked my car in a designated bay unloaded my two sons and went and did my shopping it states I was in there car park for 33 minutes and some seconds. I did not visit any other store I completed my shopping and returned to my car and left, The fine they state is for not inputting my car registration inside there store as clearly stated on there signs. I have never heard of this practice before and after only passing my test less than eight months ago I am usually always extra careful when parking my car more so than other motorists when our local Toby Carvery changed to a Pay and Display overnight I noticed it and obeyed the charge. I did not see no signage and even if I had of seen it I doubt I would of read it due to the fact I am used to shopping at Asda/Tesco who do not have this policy and the usual rules apply not parking there and shopping elsewhere, causing an obstruction , Not parking correctly in a bay and leaving within a timely manner. What annoys me is I was a paying customer having two children with me a three year old and a nine month old my attention was focused up on them with it being a busy car park I am pretty sure though if there was a blatant sign in my face I would of obeyed it. The lady who checked out our shopping did not mention this requirement which if Aldi want to take this stance then surely they should protect there customers as much as they can. I have contacted Aldi about it who say they can remove the PCN if I can provide them with a valid receipt for my visit I do not make a habit of keeping grocery receipt's so it has since been binned. I feel like there abusing this knowing that I can not prove I was in there store. I hope this makes sense if I have failed to provide any information let me know and ill provide more. Just as a finishing note I have no intention of paying this fine and would rather if need be it go to court as I am pretty sure that this practice is not only unfair but it is also immoral. Thank You