@morrisons Parking Eye £85 speculative invoice - Should i just pay. **Cancelled**

[hitchy1]

I have received a letter from parking eye advising that i spent 2 hours 13 minutes on Morrisons car park and 1hour 30 mins is the max. Fine will reduce to £50 if i pay within certain timescale. Should i pay or are there grounds to contest it.

[Bazooka Boo]

Pah! PE and their lame puerile speculative invoices...

 

Of course your not going to pay it, there are plenty of grounds to contest it, plenty of help on here, and plenty of other better versed

in helping you to do so.

 

Hopefully they will pick this up later on and advise you.

I am assuming you were in Morrisons spending good money in their store whilst using 'their' car park?

 

That is reason enough NOT to pay this invoice.

I would in the first instance be writing to the manager of that store, and have them account for their use of such a puerile outfit to punish customers shopping in their store!

[BankFodder]

By all means write to the store - but also you must write a robust response to Parking Eye. Read around this subforum to understand the issues and the points you should make in your response.

 

I was in a Morrisons on Monday - first time for ages. What a scrappy run-down looking store it has become. This was in NW London. Given how large it is and how smart is used to be. you can see that Morrison's is not doing very well. You would imagine that they would be concerned not to wage war on their own customers and to encourage them to spend their hard-earned money in their shops rather than hand it over to Parking Eye and their ilk.

[hitchy1]

Is there a template or similar with the process of appeal? Also if i lose presumably the fine increases back to the original£85.

[Bazooka Boo]

You won't lose, and it isn't a fine it is just an invoice which your not going to pay.

[dx100uk]

when was this

have you had the notice to keeper yet

should arrive 28 - 56 days after the ticket

 

 

dx

[f16]

Hitchy1

Was this a windscreen ticket or number plate capture ?

[hitchy1]

Hitchy1

Was this a windscreen ticket or number plate capture ?

 

So far i have received the 'parking charge' notice. It was captured on ANPR on 1st May with notice being sent on 10th. It states that payment to be made within 28 days of date issued 7th June , And then immediately underneath it says reduced to £50 if paid within 14 days of date issued which is 24 th May.

[renegadeimp]

By all means write to the store - but also you must write a robust response to Parking Eye. Read around this subforum to understand the issues and the points you should make in your response.

 

I was in a Morrisons on Monday - first time for ages. What a scrappy run-down looking store it has become. This was in NW London. Given how large it is and how smart is used to be. you can see that Morrison's is not doing very well. You would imagine that they would be concerned not to wage war on their own customers and to encourage them to spend their hard-earned money in their shops rather than hand it over to Parking Eye and their ilk.

 

Actually, if its the Morrisons i think you are talking about, its due for refurbishment this autumn.

[hitchy1]

Actually, if its the Morrisons i think you are talking about, its due for refurbishment this autumn.

 

Its the Nantwich store. Does anyone have a suggested appeal letter please?

[renegadeimp]

Did you pay anything to park there? Was it a free car park?

[Bazooka Boo]

Dear Bill&Ben,

 

Thank you for your recent correspondence the contents of which have been noted.

No financial liability or otherwise is accepted.

 

This matter is now closed.

Regards.

[hitchy1]

Did you pay anything to park there? Was it a free car park?

 

It was free for 1.5 hours but i overstayed as i hadn't realised there was a limit.

[f16]

You need to make a written appeal to the parking co.

Send it by signed for post.

You could say that the DRIVER was late back to the vehicle due to long ques at the checkouts, or the driver misunderstood the signs.

you do not understand how an overstay of XX minutes could result in a charge for £xxxx being alleged.

Please accept this as my appeal as Keeper of the vehicle

 

If you reject this appeal please provide a POPLA code. (They will reject it)

 

This will cost the Parking co. roughly £29.00.

When you get the POPLA no. come back and defense will be ready

 

Make sure you write back as "The Keeper" NOT "The Driver"

[renegadeimp]

Free parking? Then you can use GEOPL if morrisons wont play ball.

[hitchy1]

You need to make a written appeal to the parking co.

Send it by signed for post.

You could say that the DRIVER was late back to the vehicle due to long ques at the checkouts, or the driver misunderstood the signs.

you do not understand how an overstay of XX minutes could result in a charge for £xxxx being alleged.

 

Please accept this as my appeal as Keeper of the vehicle

 

If you reject this appeal please provide a POPLA code. (They will reject it)

 

This will cost the Parking co. roughly £29.00.

When you get the POPLA no. come back and defense will be ready

 

Ok i will send it tomorrow. Ive seen a lot on here about people who have done similar but i cant find anyone who has successfully had the charge withdrawn.

[armadillo71]

Does anyone have a suggested appeal letter please?

 

' As registered keeper of vehicle reg no. xxxxxx, I have received parking charge notice ref xxxxxxxx.

Take this letter as my appeal, as I am not liable for this charge.

Please cancel this charge forthwith, or issue a validation code for the independent appeals service POPLA.

I am under no obligation to name the driver the vehicle.

No other correspondence will be entered into.'

 

Enclose a copy of the receipt if you have one as well. This may well get it cancelled without needing POPLA.

[renegadeimp]

If the charge doesnt get withdrawn, then appeal to popla and have PE force it to be withdrawn. And theyll be charged for it to. So its lose/lose for them and win/win for you.

[f16]

You will WIN at POPLA.

There has been loads of success on this site and others at POPLA and indeed Court.

Have a read of the "Stickies" above.

They are losing on Genuine Pre Estimate Of Loss (GPEOL) a lot because they can not prove their case.

[f16]

hitchy1

Follow post # 17 armadillo's advice. That will do the "trick"

[armadillo71]

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?405805-PPC-Successes-(No-Questions-please)/page3

 

Proof of postage from the post office is free as well.

[hitchy1]

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?405805-PPC-Successes-(No-Questions-please)/page3

 

Proof of postage from the post office is free as well.

 

If i lose the appeal which seems standard and then lose the Popla appeal, will the charge be the £85 or the £50?

[ericsbrother]

A lot of Morrisones are ex Safeway stores and they had 3 hours free parking . It is probably in the planning permission so ask the council planning dept if there is anything there in this regard. If there is then tell PE that their interference with the planning consent will be considered as a misrepresentation and voids any supposed contract formed by your visiting the store.

[armadillo71]

If i lose the appeal which seems standard and then lose the Popla appeal, will the charge be the £85 or the £50?

 

The charge will get cancelled with the receipt, if not, then it will get cancelled at POPLA.

[hitchy1]

The charge will get cancelled with the receipt, if not, then it will get cancelled at POPLA.

 

I don't have a receipt so the argument needs to be different and thats my concern. I would rather pay £50 than £85 if i lose. To be honest im still not sure the basis of my appeal.