Parkingeye ANPR PCN - overstay - Letter Of Claim - MandU Phase1 Harbour Road, Portishead, BS20 7DE (Lidl,Ibis,Subway)

[FTMDave]

Have a look at post 59 here  https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/topic/443164-ncp-pcn-new-gatwick-drop-off-zone-i-thought-i-had-paid-for-both-visits/page/3/#comments

 

If it's not post 59 it'll be a couple of posts above or below, sometimes the post count goes wonky.

 

Draft something similar and post it up.

 

And yes, as well as batting off Parking Eye you really need to get on to the Wetherspoon CEO ASAP.

 

 

[FTMDave]

Agree with LFI.

 

The letter isn't aggressive enough.

 

Plus it heavily emphasises the government's CoP and the invented fees each and every one of the private parking companies make up - with Parking Eye being the only exception!!!

[FTMDave]

Not wanting to bring down the atmosphere of celebrating insulting the fleecers - but I would change the last bit to -

 

 

Also, should this case go to court despite having pointed out the futility of doing so, I will be asking the Court for an unreasonable costs order under CPR 27.14(2)(g).

 

I look forward to your deafening silence.

 

 

- as they haven't involved debt collectors or dodgy solicitors, and typically don't do so.  Best to insult them for what they do, not what other companies do.

 

Anyway, the important thing is to show them you'd be big trouble if they did do court.

 

Well done on getting on to the CEO of Wetherspoon.

 

Also try to look up the original planning permission for the site.  It's hardly likely that a parking limit of two hours was set where there is a restaurant involved.  This is a favourite tactic of the fleecers to unilaterally change the parking limit time which is unlawful as only the council that granted the PP can make changes.

[FTMDave]

How do we know this LFI?

[FTMDave]

Excellent detective work as usual from you!

 

Could still be argued that two hours is an unfair term where a restaurant is involved.  A term designed to catch diners out rather than any real effective management of the car park.

[FTMDave]

When I first saw Wetherspoon's reply TBH I thought "fair enough".  Not their car park.  They have no contract with PE.  Part of a retail park.  Nothing they can do.  Unfortunate but there you go.

 

But due to LFI's digging it now transpires the two hours can be extended, presumably by communicating a white list to the fleecers.  I don't see why this can't be done retrospectively.  I would keep on to Wetherspoon's and demand they communicate to the fleecers that you were a genuine customer entitled to stay over two hours.