Parking Eye ANPR PCN Petrol Station PAPLOC now claimform - overstay - Welcome Break Leicester Forest East (North)

[FTMDave]

1 hour ago, nomoremoney said:

Also don't you get 5 min and 10 mins grace when entering and leaving? Which adds up to my 15 min overstay?

Spot on.

[FTMDave]

I agree with dx, HB and LFI.

Parking Eye know full well you were within the consideration & grace periods and so they should not be sending you their demand - but they hope you don't know so they can fleece you.

It's pretty obvious what their reaction to an appeal would be.

However, some of the companies who call in the PPCs are excellent at getting the invoices cancelled - and some are plain useless - but in any case it's worth e-mailing the CEO of Welcome Break  https://www.ceoemail.com/s.php?id=ceo-12111&c=Welcome Break-Chief Executive  point out you were ill and asleep, but that you still left within the consideration & grace periods, and ask them to get the invoice cancelled.  Nothing ventured ...

[FTMDave]

Did you reply to the Letter of Claim?

On 28/01/2024 at 18:09, nomoremoney said:

Thanks so just ignore until / if I get a letter of claim?

Also was the CEO of Welcome Break any use?

[FTMDave]

No it wasn't.

On 29/01/2024 at 23:45, FTMDave said:

However, some of the companies who call in the PPCs are excellent at getting the invoices cancelled - and some are plain useless - but in any case it's worth e-mailing the CEO of Welcome Break  https://www.ceoemail.com/s.php?id=ceo-12111&c=Welcome Break-Chief Executive  point out you were ill and asleep, but that you still left within the consideration & grace periods, and ask them to get the invoice cancelled.  Nothing ventured ...

 

On 28/01/2024 at 18:09, nomoremoney said:

Thanks so just ignore until / if I get a letter of claim?

 

On 28/01/2024 at 22:36, dx100uk said:

and you dont appeal anyway at LOC stage either.... you send a snotty letter.

 

[FTMDave]

We would really like to help but if you are going to say that the advice just quoted to you in B&W from your own thread somehow never happened ... well, there is very little we can do.

Anyway, let's be positive.  Fill in the sticky as dx asked.

 

[FTMDave]

I see you have a previous parking invoice thread for a case in Cornwall where, like here, it was pointed out to you that you needed to reply at Letter of Claim stage, and more importantly why -

If you ignore a Letter Before Action the they generally think you might ignore a claim form too and so they would get an easy default judgement.

- and in fact you replied to the LoC and avoided the court claim.

TBH I can't be bothered with you any more as you ignore advice and then pretend you never received the advice.  You're on your own    Unsubscribing from thread.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

[FTMDave]

OK, relenting on my above irritated post ...

It's worth defending it.  At the very least they are likely to offer a deal.

Plus  PE have added two completely invented amounts.  The £100 charge has morphed into £125.  Then they've added £50 legal representative's costs although they have no legal representative.  Even if it went all the way to court and you lost, the  judge would likely disallow the made up £25 + £50.

Please fill in the sticky as dx asked.

Then dx will be on with details of how to defend.

[FTMDave]

Just to check one thing before filing the defence.

They have no legal representative - right?

I'm referring to the two "boxes" on the top left-hand side of the claim form.  Both show Parking Eye, right?

[FTMDave]

OK, good.

So click on  https://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/topic/393251-received-a-court-claim-from-a-private-parking-speculative-invoice-how-to-deal-with-it-hereupdated-dec-2021/

Scroll down to  Q2) How should I defend?

There you will find the template defence.

Change (6) to (7) and add a new (6).

6.  In a second abuse of process, the Claimant is claiming legal representative's costs even though they have no legal representative and in fact are representing themselves.

When you want file the defence on MCOL.

You can do it this evening if you want, but we generally say to do it a few days before the deadline (24 May) to ensure nothing goes wrong at the last minute but at the same time to show PE you're not scared of them and want them to sweat.