Sussex Security Ltd T/A Parking Enforcement

[fatbob109]

Hi - I received a parking charge notice after returning a few minutes late to the car last month.

 

 

Parking Enforcement sent the familiar letter stating that I owed them £100

or, if I paid up early, as a goodwill gesture they would only want £60.

 

I wrote to them explaining that I considered their charge was excessive and wasn't going to pay.

 

They have written back stating that I don't have that option and I must pay within the next 10 days.

 

Any advice?

[dx100uk]

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?462118-Have-you-received-a-Parking-Ticket-(2-Viewing)-nbsp

[ericsbrother]

Lewes?

tell us the dates and what has happened so far.

 

exact dates and a true copy of their letter rather than paraphrasing as the wording is critical for their demand to satisfy the law.

[fatbob109]

Ericsbrother:

 

The date was the 9th March.

[ericsbrother]

as you have already appealed and idnetified yourself as the driver

then you have negated the protection you get in law by the PoFA

so you now need a decent reason to appeal to an independent adjudicator..

 

 

This means we need to know all of the details,

when you got the ticket,

what you said in your appeal,

when you sent that off,

exactly where the car park was,

what the signs there say (ideally a photograph of them) etc.

 

As for their letter, they cant add so called recovery costs and as for the one man

and a dog outfit having an appeals BOARD- pleeaase!

[fatbob109]

First of all apologies for not following this up.

 

After reading a couple of articles online and listening to someone else that had ignored all the communications from these charlatans after getting ticketed in the same car park I thought that I knew better than this forum and thought I'd go it alone.

 

After a couple of letters from Debt Recovery Plus Ltd asking for more money,

then reducing the amount that they were trying to screw out of me as a 'goodwill gesture' things went quiet as of the end of last May.

I thought I'd heard the last of them.

 

Having just returned from 10 days abroad I find a letter from Gladstones dated 30th March threatening court action and giving me 14 days to pay.

 

Having revisited this forum and spending time looking at the advice that you have given to others here I thought that I would return with my tail between my legs and hope that you might be able to provide some sage advice.

 

SO in response to your questions above:

 

Ticket issued: 09/03/2016

 

Where: Vantage Point car park, Brighton

 

What I said in the appeal letter:

If I can find it I will post it up here,

but it stated that my wife had overstayed her 3 hour ticket by 10 minutes because she had been delayed through a late running meeting.

 

I argued that the sum being claimed was disproportionate to the hourly rate and the financial loss to the land owner was in the order of pennies due to the overstay rather than the £100 that they were requesting.

 

I offered to pay them £1 as a 'goodwill gesture' to compensate the land owner for the lost revenue.

 

You have their reply reproduced above.

 

When I sent the letter: 01/04/2016

 

What the signs say:

I thought that I had taken photographs of the signs,

but I can no longer find them on my PC or phone.

 

Since the parking ticket was issued the management of the car park has been taken on by a different company called OneParkingSolutions trading out of Worthing

(so one wonders what interest Parking Enforcement have in this now?)

 

I have attached the redacted Gladstones letter for you perusal.

I know that I have not done myself any favours in the actions described above and I should have continued to engage with you rather than going quiet...

 

So, do I just chalk this up to experience and cough up to save a court appearance?

 

Thanks,

 

FB

20170330_Gladstones_letter redacted.pdf

[dx100uk]

Why?

You've not had a court claim....

[fatbob109]

so wait for developments?

[ericsbrother]

well, Gladstones are now claiming to work for DR+, who have no interest in the matter.

 

 

Essentially you can ignore Gladdys as they work for DR+ and have no interest in the matter and you can ignore DR+ because they have no interest in the matter, Gladstones are telling you a rather tall story.

 

If Sussex security get back in touch then you can ask for how to respond but so far no-one has written to you has any authority to ask you for the time, let alone cash.

 

As for telling them originally that the reason for the overstay was a late running meeting, that is shooting yourself in both feet.

 

 

I hope that you dont make the same mistake again, ask for advice first and then act. not the other way round.

Edited April 11, 2017 by honeybee13
Paras.

[Sk1p]

I had one of those letters too. The words of this forum ringing in my ear, I decided to ignore it. I assumed the debt had been sold on.

 

This forum is brilliant though that recent Parking Eye ruling is very worrying.

 

Those crooks NEED to be put out of business.

[fatbob109]

Thanks for the admonishment EricsB. I did admit that in my post. Off to find my hair shirt...

[Sk1p]

Just to keep you updated, I've just had yet ANOTHER letter from a solicitors, now acting for ZZPS, who say that if I don't pay up, they may take me to court. As long as they're using the word 'may' I'm resisting.

 

If you have advice that I should be doing something else, please, please let me know.

[dx100uk]

nothing they can do

only the owner can take you to court

[fatbob109]

These two letters have come in from Wright Hassell in the last two weeks - seems Gladstones have been replaced!

Wright Hassell 1.pdf

wright hassell 2.pdf

[dx100uk]

willy waving

 

 

we are expected to be instructed.

 

 

what twaddle.

 

 

I wonder if my dog is expecting me to ask it to sit today...

and i'm wondering if it will sit if I do..