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    • Hi I received a Parking Charge letter to keeper on Monday 15/04/24, the 17th day after the alleged incident. My understanding is that this is outside the window for notifying. The issue date was 08/04/2024 which should have been in good time for it to have arrived within the notice period but in fact it actually arrived at lunchtime on the 15th. Do I have to prove when it arrived  (and if so how can I do that?) or is the onus on them to prove it was delivered in time? All I can find is that delivery is assumed to be on the second working day after issue which would have been Weds 10//04/24 but it was actually delivered 5 days later than that (thank you Royal Mail!). My husband was present when it arrived - is a family member witness considered sufficient proof? 1 Date of the infringement  arr 28/03/24 21:00, dep 29/03/24 01.27 2 Date on the NTK  08/04/2024 (Date of Issue) 3 Date received Monday 15/04/24 4 Does the NTK mention schedule 4 of The Protections of Freedoms Act 2012?  Yes 5 Is there any photographic evidence of the event? Yes 6 Have you appealed? [Y/N?] post up your appeal] No    Have you had a response?  n/a 7 Who is the parking company? GroupNexus 8. Where exactly [carpark name and town] Petrol Station Roadchef Tibshelf South DE55 5T 'operating in accordance with the BPA's Code of Practice'  
    • lookinforinfo - many thanks for your reply. It would be very interesting to get the letter of discontinuance. The court receptionist said that the county court was in Gloucester 'today' so that makes me think that some days it is in Gloucester and some days its in Cheltenham, it was maybe changed by the courts and i was never informed, who knows if DCBL were or not. My costs were a gallon of petrol and £3.40 for parking. I certainly don't want to end up in court again that's for sure but never say never lol. Its utterly disgusting the way these crooks can legally treat motorists but that's the uk for you. I'm originally from Scotland so it's good that they are not enforceable there but they certainly still try to get money out of you. I have to admit i have lost count of the pcn's i have received in the last 2 yr and 4 months since coming to England for work, most of them stop bothering you on their own eventually, it was just this one that they took it all the way. Like i mentioned in my WS the the likes of Aldi and other companies can get them cancelled but Mcdonalds refused to help me despite me being a very good customer.   brassednecked - many thanks   honeybee - many thanks   nicky boy - many thanks    
    • Huh? This is nothing about paying just for what I use - I currently prefer the averaged monthly payment - else i wouldn't be in credit month after month - which I am comfortable with - else I wold simply request a part refund - which I  would have done if they hadn't reduced my monthly dd after the complaint I raised (handled slowly and rather badly) highlighted the errors in their systems (one of which they do seem to have fixed) Are you not aware DD is always potentially variable? ah well, look it up - but my deal is a supposed to average the payments over a year, and i dont expect them to change payments (up or down) without my informed agreement ESPECIALLY when I'm in credit over winter.   You are happy with your smart meter - jolly for you I dont want one, dont have to have one  - so wont   I have a box that tells me my electricity usage - was free donkeys years ago and shows me everything I need to know just like a smart meter but doesnt need a smart meter,  and i can manually set my charges - so as a side effect - would show me if the charges from the supplier were mismatched. Doesn't tell me if the meters actually calibrated correctly - but neither does your smart meter. That all relies on a label and the competence of the testers - and the competence of any remote fiddling with the settings. You seem happy with that - thats fine. I'm not.    
    • Evening all,   So today, I was sent an updated offer that includes the £12.60 I spent on letters, but they have declined to add the interest at £7.40. They have stating 'We acknowledge your request to claim interest to date, however, this would be at the discretion of a trial judge if the claim did proceed to a trial hearing.' I think I am content with this outcome, and pushing this to a trial for a total interest of £15.30 throughout the claim does not make sense to me.   What are people's thoughts? I am sure our courts have better things to concentrate on?
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Hi all,

 

I recieved two £50 fines from parkingeye for exceeding a 3hr parking limit at eastgate retail park bristol. As I understand it from reading several threads on this site I should just ignore them? The problem is I only found this site after I had alreading paid the first one, stupid of me I don't know why I paid and then thought about researching it!

 

So should I ignore the 2nd one or will my paying of the first one show me to be accepting that I have done wrong (or something to that effect)?

 

Also is there anyway I can cancel my first payment (made about 2hrs ago)

 

Thanks for any help

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Yes , just ignore. I am afraid that there is very little chance of recovering the money paid to them. Just look upon it as an expensive lesson. Finally these are not "fines", they are invoices which you don't have to pay.

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It depends on how you donated your money to them. It can be possible to get your money back in certain circumstances.

 

As you also gererously decided to give them a further £3 it suggests to me that you may have used a Credit Card.

 

If so, it is possible to get the money back via a 'chargeback'.

I am not sure of how this works or what you do, but it has been mentioned (and done) on other threads here.

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Thanks all, if anyone has had any experience with a chargeback let me know !

 

http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/sale-of-goods/your-rights-when-paying-by-credit-card/chargeback-on-credit-and-debit-cards/

 

I have not read this but it looks like it applies to Debit (Bank) cards as well as Credit Cards.

 

You might have to be strong with them that the payment was made 'under duress' and was not a legal obligation.

 

10% to CAG, and possibly a beer for me, when you get your money back!

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Hi all,

 

 

If the photos dont show the driver only the vehicle - Do not admit liability for the charge. Do not agree to having been the driver at the time. The contract to use the car park is between the Driver and Parking Eye and no one else. Just state a friend or relative was using the car at the time but their details are Private and Confidential. It is Parking Eye's task then to find the actual driver .

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http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-rights/sale-of-goods/your-rights-when-paying-by-credit-card/chargeback-on-credit-and-debit-cards/

 

I have not read this but it looks like it applies to Debit (Bank) cards as well as Credit Cards.

 

You might have to be strong with them that the payment was made 'under duress' and was not a legal obligation.

 

10% to CAG, and possibly a beer for me, when you get your money back!

 

This. Contact your bank / card provider sharpish and request a chargeback. If they query it just say you believe it was an unlawful parking charge which was paid under duress. Don't bother to mention anything about the second ticket. Do it ASAP because the longer you leave it, the less chance you'll have of getting your money back. You may not be able to get it back now, but it's worth the cost of a phonecall.

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They are not fines but claims for Parking Charges unpaid . As with Farmfoods Redcar , it is free to customers for 1 1/2 hours but if exceeding this then a charge becomes due .

Sadly for them only the driver is responsible for this as he/she has entered a contract upon using the car park.

The parking company needs to prove who was the driver And that an actual loss of money occured.

DVLA only provides the details of the Owner of the Vehicle (for a fee)

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DVLA only provides the details of the Owner of the Vehicle (for a fee)

 

How do they do that then? They have no knowledge of who owns a vehicle.

 

Or do you actually mean Registered Keeper - which is an entirely different animal

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DVLA only provides the details of the Owner of the Vehicle (for a fee)

 

How do they do that then? They have no knowledge of who owns a vehicle.

 

Or do you actually mean Registered Keeper - which is an entirely different animal

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Not doubting his enthusiasm and good intentions but I think people should pay some heed to the length of time with CAG and the number of previous posts prior to the current thread whenever a 'new' name appears apparently knowing it all.

That is exactly why CAG provide that information!

 

A shiny new "Writ Kit" but little experience perhaps?

Not that I claim greater knowledge, just less ebullience and a little more attention to detail and accuracy in my posts.

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Hi Can anyone help or offer some advice?

I recently had a letter through from Parking Eye, saying that I had to fork out £70 for not purchasing a ticket on one of their car parks.

I know I purchased a ticket as I know how they work, the trouble is, I don't have my original ticket as it was 2 weeks ago!

I have replied to their original letter asking them to look on their system as I did buy a ticket that covered me for 1 hour. I bought the ticket, run into my local takeaway to make an order, then left the car park to go and get some money, returned back to the car park (still within my allocated hours parking) then left, still within my hour, they are claiming that this is a separate ticket!

Needless to say they have sent a reply saying that basically they have no record of me purchasing blah, blah, blah.

The only problem is, I would that normally I would ignore the letter and go along my merry way, however this is a company car, and I don't want baliffs etc turning up at my workplace as that is where the car is registered.

I have admitted (stupidly) that I was the driver, so where do I go from here???????

 

Help, anyone??

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Bailiffs just don't "turn up". For them to become involved the case would have to go to court (very unlikely ), you lose (very, very unlikely ) and then you refuse to pay whatever the judge orders within 28 days. Perhaps you are confusing them with debt collectors who are just private citizens with no special powers. They cannot enter your property, they cannot seize goods and they cannot blacken anyone's credit record over an alleged private parking ticket.

 

As this is a company car please tell your fleet manager/ lease company to direct any correspondence to you, where you can then ignore it.

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The most common word of advice you will have seen on these WebSites is IGNORE.

Even now.

 

Tell your employer not to respond or act to any enquiry as Registered Keeper other than pass it to you.

However, as you have admitted in writing being the Driver that should keep your Employer out of it as theyl concentrate on you for reasons you appear to have learned.

 

There will be no Bailiffs turning up until a County Court Judgement remains unpaid. It will not get that far.

The only money they can possibly realistically take Court action for is their actual loss by the car being there. If the Court does not accept you paid, at the very worst they could make an order to pay the normal charge for an hour. It is just not worth it for them - and they know it.

 

But ignoring that won't stop the intimidating threat-o-grammes for some months, as they try to terrorise the weak and ignorant into giving them donations.

Eventually they will give up and concentrate on trying to trick someone else instead.

 

Any response or contact you make will only encourage them to continue, thinking you are 'on the brink' of surrender to their unenforceable demands and close to sending them money for Christmas, or Easter.

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Hi All,

I'm just after a bit of advice, or wondering if anyone has received a parking fine from Parking Eye in similar circumstances. I recently visited a local retail park and stayed from 13.53hrs to 18.03hrs. What I didn't realise was that the retail park only allowed 3 hours parking facility. (I was actually shopping at the park, and could probably find a receipt to confirm this). I have since received a letter from parking eye demanding £80, or £50 if I pay within 13 days. In all fairness there is an accompanying photo of me driving the car which I assume was taken in the car park. A lot of people are suggesting I just ignore the ticket, so I am wondering if it is best to ignore it completely or appeal with evidence of my shopping? Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks

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Hi All,

I'm just after a bit of advice, or wondering if anyone has received a parking fine from Parking Eye in similar circumstances. I recently visited a local retail park and stayed from 13.53hrs to 18.03hrs. What I didn't realise was that the retail park only allowed 3 hours parking facility. (I was actually shopping at the park, and could probably find a receipt to confirm this). I have since received a letter from parking eye demanding £80, or £50 if I pay within 13 days. In all fairness there is an accompanying photo of me driving the car which I assume was taken in the car park. A lot of people are suggesting I just ignore the ticket, so I am wondering if it is best to ignore it completely or appeal with evidence of my shopping? Any help would be greatly appreciated Thanks

 

There is NO appeal!

 

There is NO fine!

 

Ignore!

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