parking brouhaha

[FredClogs]

R32 said:

FredClogs said:

Yeah I know, especially when you're getting all jacked up for a rumble...

Great news, are you able to say which ppc it was?

The company is called "Park With Ease".

[Red Devil]

A very small operator* all except one of whose sites are within the Lake District National Park. They are not a BPA member (don't know about IPC).

 * This may be why they are more amenable to representations. The are not a member pf the BPA (don't know about IPC)
    If they are not in an AOS they may struggle to get RK details from the DVLA. Without that info, they have nobody to take to court.

[anonymous-user]

Red Devil said:

If they are not in an AOS they may struggle to get RK details from the DVLA. Without that info, they have nobody to take to court.

So how did they get the OP's details to send the initial letter.

[Nigel Worc's]

speedyguy said:

Red Devil said:

If they are not in an AOS they may struggle to get RK details from the DVLA. Without that info, they have nobody to take to court.

So how did they get the OP's details to send the initial letter.

Magic

[FredClogs]

speedyguy said:

Red Devil said:

If they are not in an AOS they may struggle to get RK details from the DVLA. Without that info, they have nobody to take to court.

So how did they get the OP's detail?s to send the initial letter.

Their whole business is taking reg plates and sending out fines, I imagine they must have access to the DVLA data base, although they did mispell name wrong so maybe they just employ Magnum P.I?

[stevieeg]

Ignore their representations, escalations and final demands. They will never get your money unless you send it to them. They can escalate in paper as much as they want, just watch them not take you to court.

Ignore, ignore, ignore.

[Nigel Worc's]

stevieeg said:

Ignore their representations, escalations and final demands. They will never get your money unless you send it to them. They can escalate in paper as much as they want, just watch them not take you to court.

Ignore, ignore, ignore.

FFS !

He could always write to them, explain politely what has happened and hope they see sense and cancel the ticket.


........ oh wait, he has, they did ........

[gsxr renegade]

FredClogs said:

Well... Part of me is rather disappointed to report after my polite but firy worded email and a nailbiting 8 hour wait in the appeals process they have agreed to drop the demand and apologised (of sorts). The bank statement showing the payment being taken was enough to persuade them. It irks me somewhat, I'd love to know if there is a bug in their system or they just randomly demand money from a percentage of customers on the off chance people won't dispute it. A quick Google on the company and local attraction does throw up a lot of complaints of people "suffering" similarly to me, if we'd have paid cash we'd be in a very tricky spot without a receipt.

As you were...

With respect to you and in fairness to the PPC, I imagine it's a heavily automated system and there was some small discrepancy with the reg plate, perhaps a mis-read on entrance or exit. Thankfully common sense prevailed and after you told them they dropped it. Quite reasonable if you ask me.

You Father could have quite easily entered your reg incorrectly for whatever reason as well, so there may be no fault on the PPC at all and again, they've dropped the charge after applying a bit of common sense.

edited to add: didn't mean for that to sound as snobbish as it does. Good result and a rare triumph of common sense.

Edited by gsxr renegade on Wednesday 5th August 13:52

Edited by gsxr renegade on Wednesday 5th August 13:52