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    • This is simply a scam site.  It's been shown to be a scam in the national press and on national TV. Please fill in the the forum sticky and upload the invoice you've received. In fact what you have is an invoice, not a fine, a private company doesn't have the power to issue fines.  
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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 
    • Good Evening, I've got a fairly simple question but I'll provide some context incase needed. I've pursued a company that has operations in england despite them having no official office anywhere. I've managed to find a site they operate from and the papers there have been defended so I know they operate there. They've filed a defence which is honestly the worst defence ever, and despite being required to provide their witness evidence, they have not and have completely ignored the courts and my request for copies of it. I'm therefore considering applying to strike out their defence on the grounds the defence was rubbish and that they haven't provided any evidence for the trial. However, it has a trial date set for end of june, and a civil application wouldn't get heard until a week before then, so hardly worth it. However, my local court is very good at dealing with paper applications (i.e ones that don't need hearings, and frankly I think they are literally like 1-2 days from when you submit it to when a Judge sees it. I'm wondering if I can apply to strikeout a defence without a hearing OR whether a hearing is required for a strikeout application.   Thanks
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      The judge's reasoning is very useful and will certainly be helpful in any other cases relating to third-party rights where the customer has contracted with the courier company by using a broker.
      This is generally speaking the problem with using PackLink who are domiciled in Spain and very conveniently out of reach of the British justice system.

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Hello

 

I've just been given a link to this site from another that I frequent. I was reduced to tears last week in barclays, and felt completely humiliated.

 

I have been banking with Barclays for 15years. I have had problems before but in their defence have always been happy to help. This round of problems is a differnt matter, they don't want to know and have been quite rude to me about it.

 

Since christmas (when all this started) I've been charged over £200 and are refusing to stop charging. I am a stay at home mum and hubby works full time. His wages cover mortgage, insurances, shopping etc and mine (in the form of child tax credit and child benefit) pay for the rest of the bills. This is my only income, which means I have actually lost out on essential living income because of it.

 

After cutting back to the bone (which the bank can see) these charges are crippling me. I cant do any more than I am. It's these charges that have put me in this position. More and more DD's are being refused each month and I'm going nowhere fast.

 

The bank won't even listen. I went in to see them last week and the personal banker was so unhelpful. All he said was that the charges were automatic and NOTHING could be done about them. They would carry on charging. He pointed to a 'service phone' around the corner and told me to call the credit dept and sort it out with them. No offer to do this for me (I was actually in tears at this point). I went home in tears and couldnt face talking to them again.

 

I have now decided to take things further. Went into the bank today and told them I would be making a formal complaint. It was so satisfying.

 

So, thats a little bit about my situation (coulda carried on, but realised this was getting a little long :D )

 

I'm hoping this site will put me in the right direction, first thing first: obtain statements.

 

Wish me luck :D

 

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You should also think about opening an account with another bank as well. If things really are unmanageable then you could make arrangements to transfer your income and direct debits/ standing orders etc to the other account. There is no reason why you should continue to suffer such disruption to your life because Barclays chooses to levy unlawful penalty charges on your account.

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Thanks, I have already decided to do this and am going to set the ball rolling tomorrow.

 

Just not sure which bank to trust at the moment. Need to do some shopping around.

 

Although I hazard a guess they are all as bad as one another.

 

jane

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You won't be able to trust any of the banks. Just get the parachite account and get more than one.

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