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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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Hi all,

 

I came across this site via an online search and thought you might be able to help me.

 

I've just received today a letter from Waitrose in Brentford prompting me to pay a fine of £70 for parkign there last week. Apparently I had over-stayed at their carpark by an hour. Now when parking there I was under the impression that the carpark was free as there were no obvious signs notifying me of the 2 hour parking limit.

 

I hardly feel that paying this fine is fair at all and only just realised I over-stayed because of the letter (I haven't had a chance to read the letter because I'm at work and my family notified me of the fine via phone call).

 

I apologise if this issue has been discussed on the forums; I'm at work so I haven't had an opportunity to search through many topics.

 

I will sincerely be grateful for any help you can provide me on this matter.

 

Cheers

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For a start it's not a "fine", its an unenforcible invoice. You don't owe them a penny. Do not contact the parking company and ignore all the correspondence from them. Could you tell us the name of the parking company?

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Sorry, it was actually Morrisons not Waitrose, my apologies.

 

The parking company is called Euro carparks. Apparently customers have had difficulty finding parking etc which is the preamble to the "invoice" and incidentally, when I parked there, save for about 6 cars, the carpark was empty.

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Euro Car parks well known on here and can be ignored. under civil law they can only claim for the actual material loss suffered by the land-owner. In your case these amounts to a big fat zero. So they cannot claim anything from you.

 

If you click onto here and scroll down to "Euro Car Parks, you will see the sort off letters they will send to you, all of which can be ignored. It's just part of their strategy to try and make you pay.

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Thank you so much for your help DBC! It is greatly appreciated!

 

Having read the link you've provided and the scans of the letters sent by Euro Car Parks, am I to assume that it is safe to ignore those letters as opposed to replying to them?

 

Is it advisable to reply to Euro Car Parks in relation to the above invoice and state my position, i.e. my refusal to pay on the grounds that the signs weren't reasonably visible etc?

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Thanks for the welcome :)

 

I've just been reading this thread, I'm sure some of you have encountered it:

 

forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=269814&

 

The bluelagoon guy is hilarious. I can't believe private clamping hasn't been deemed illegal as it has been in Scotland. Its such a sick and clearly extortionate means of making money.

 

I just want to thank you guys again. If it weren't for you guys, I would have been duped into paying this unfair 'fine'.

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Yes, unfortunately, it appears that at least 30% of people who receive these invoices pay up without question. Did you see last week's Watchdog where the programme highlighted the way private parking companies try to fool people into think they are receiving official documents. These include lots of chequer patterns round the edge of the letters, the scales of justice on the letter heading and the use of the initials "PCN" (for "parking charge notice") which many people think means "penalty charge notice"

 

Then you have to look at the fancy names some of these companies give themselves, such as "Civil Enforcement Ltd" "Court Proceedings Ltd" and "CPS" which could be mistaken for "Crown Prosecution Service".

 

Glad to have been of help and spread the word to all you friends and family about this [problem].

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Yes, unfortunately, it appears that at least 30% of people who receive these invoices pay up without question. Did you see last week's Watchdog where the programme highlighted the way private parking companies try to fool people into think they are receiving official documents.

Btw, what was the title/content of the recent Watchdog segment about parking fines? (not the paper aeroplanes from a few months back)

 

Is it online?

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