Just a quick update.... My defence has been submitted and I'm in the process of typing a letter requesting both the contract confirming their entitlement to bring about court action (are you even allowed to be doing this?) and the calculation used to provide their estimates of loss (why is the proposed estimated loss the same for parking over a white line, overstaying for one hour, overstaying for 10 hours?) as these both form part of my defence. I'm not confident to bring VAT issues into the arena as this does not fall into my defence and is something that I literally have zero knowledge of. Thanks for your input on this, it has been most helpful

Yeah I went to MSE and Pepipoo, figured three forums worth of heads are better than one.....

After speaking to others about this I have decided that I will defend after all. My major worry of further costs has been allayed and I hope to build a defence. Any advice on where to go from would be greatly appreciated!!

Here's the POC scanned. I would like to fight this, genuinely, however I have studies, my partner has studies and I'm concerned that the longer it drags out the more charges will pile up and the more stressful it will become. I was advised numerous times by many people to ignore this (and I hold no blame) but this has not worked out and I could potentially already be paying over double the money than if I'd paid!

Unfortunately, a few days after this letter I received court papers through the door. I've always stated that as soon as they took it as far as court I'd pay as I have neither the time, energy or resources to defend it. It's a shame they've added £25 court fees and £50 solicitor costs into the bargain

Hi, I thought I'd ask a little advice here..... I received a parking charge from ParkingEye on two separate occasions 12.10.12 and 29.11.12 in the same car park and received letters etc. I followed the advice I was given and ignored, ignored, ignored. A couple of days ago however I received a different letter. There was no veiled threats, no ambiguous language such as may, might, could. It outwardly says further action will be taken and court proceedings will be issued. This is unusual from what I've seen of ParkingEye as, like I stated, they normally use lots "well we might", does this change in tone mean that they are actually going to take action. I've always said if they start court proceedings I'll pay but I'd ignore and see what happened up until that time. Is this a sign that I should back down and pay before the court costs are included? Thanks for any advice anyone can give me

Bankfodder, Was pointed in the general direction of this post by other users. Please find attached a letter and leaflet sent out to me by ParkingEye. I received them yesterday. GMo

Haha I thought it was scan as jpg OR convert to PDF. Not scan AND convert, done now...

Thanks dx, I've tried this already however the uploader is telling me "Invalid image type". I've scanned the page as a standard jpg. I've tried a .png to no avail. Could it be because I'm a new user? I tried to include a link to very similar images however as a new user I'm not allowed to post links .

Hi, thanks for your reply! I'm thick skinned enough to sit it out, my girlfriend however is panicking over the thought of doing nothing! I've scanned both the fine and leaflet however for some reason it won't let me attach them to this reply, I'll try and work it out and atach them.

Hi, First let me explain a few things about this ticket. I'm a mature student who studies in Chelmsford and due to mortgage/family commitments has no alternative but to commute. Parking in Chelmsford is expensive and I have to park five days a week most weeks for lectures. The university I study at also offers no parking for students. As a result I had been parking in a ParkingEye controlled car park that allows for 2 hours parking free. I arrive at 08:50ish and after my first lecture of 2 hours dash back to the car park (11:10ish) and move my car to a residential area that is only permit controlled between 10:00-11:00. After 2 weeks of doing this, so far so good, no problems. However one day, one of my student colleagues asked me to accompany her to a doctor appointment and I, in all honesty, completely forgot to move my car. I went back to move it over an hour after the two hour limit and duly have received a "fine" of £50 (increasing to £85 after 14 days) through the post. The general advice I know is to ignore. However they also sent a leaflet explaining that due to a law change 01/10/12 they now don't need to identify the driver and can "fine" the registered keeper. I'm very aware that I shouldn't have parked there for so long but also feel that £50/£85 is extortionate for one hour of parking. Also being a student, I'll have to work 2 extra days on top of my studies to pay it! (I already work/study 6 and 1/2 days a week!) Sorry for the length but does the new law mean it's more likely for further action to be taken against me or does it still mean.....ignore. Many thanks for taking the time to read this!