do i have to pay this?
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kapiteinlangzaam said:
Dont just bin it, appeal it and you will be fine.
My parents received one a few weeks ago from Parking Eye via their local Morrisons.
Apparently they stayed for 8 hrs in the car park - the reality was that they visited at 10am, left, and then popped back at 6pm.
Its a complete scam and very annoying. I told my dad to invoice them for his time writing the letter & finding receipts etc.
Not just Parking Eye, or CEL. Asda ,locally use another firm who insist their ANPR system is foolproof. I had one for parking for six hours- quick half hour visit in the morning, and out another exit, then return in the afternoon and exit half an hour later. I took mine to customer service, threatening to go to local papers, as it was obvious that ANPR was faulty. It was quashed. Another lady made her point in local press and got a rapid apology, with a take it to store to get it quashed. I've since gone in one way and out the other and returned without any nasty letters, so either ANPR has been fixed, or parking firm have been told to cool it. My parents received one a few weeks ago from Parking Eye via their local Morrisons.
Apparently they stayed for 8 hrs in the car park - the reality was that they visited at 10am, left, and then popped back at 6pm.
Its a complete scam and very annoying. I told my dad to invoice them for his time writing the letter & finding receipts etc.
As I understand it from someone who lives in Theydon Bois (not a nob-head), the problem was caused by the small Tesco's village store next door to the pub. Shoppers at Tesco regularly parked in the pub/Tesco car park. Only a handful of spaces were actually reserved for Tesco; the rest of the car park was actually for the pub. Every year, Tesco bunged them some cash for the use of the car park. As it is hard to spend more than 10 minutes in the little Tesco, this worked well for both parties. Then Tesco decided to use the offices upstairs for staff training meetings/conferences so a large bunch of trainees would turn up and park there from 9-5 or longer! Losing use of the car park spaces in this way would require a huge increase on compensation from Tesco, which they were unwilling to provide. Therefore the pub told the supermarket to sling their hook and started charging anyone who didn't come into the pub and enter the car details into the ticket machine. You've been caught in the middle of this argument.
PurpleMoonlight said:
You are at least still in the pub, rather than a restaurant over the road....
Didn't help this lot !http://money.aol.co.uk/2015/01/05/family-faces-400...
Cheap at half the price http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2927012/Mo...
Woman, 26, hit with £18,500 parking fine after spending a YEAR throwing away tickets every day - because she wrongly thought she could park outside her garage
Woman, 26, hit with £18,500 parking fine after spending a YEAR throwing away tickets every day - because she wrongly thought she could park outside her garage
Assuming this is a 'notice to keeper' Reply with the following:
____________________________________
Dear Sir/Madam,
As the registered keeper of vehicle REGISTRATION, I have received a 'Notice to Keeper' referencing an alleged parking infringement, reference XXXXX, dated XXXXX
The notice to keeper you have issued does not comply with Schedule 4 paragraphs 8/9 of the Protection of Freedoms Act (PoFA) 2012.
The areas where the notice to keeper has failed to comply are as follows;
- list inevitable non compliance here, one of which will be not specifying the exact duration of the alleged parkign infringement -
As a result the Notice to Keeper is invalid and the condition set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 has not been complied with.
(Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 reference: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedul...
As there is no legal obligation for me to name the driver, and that due to the above specified non-compliance the registered keeper cannot be held to account for the alleged debt of the driver, I now consider this matter closed.
_________________________
Add additional request for them to clarify how the £100 penalty is a 'genuine pre estimate of loss' if you fancy.
____________________________________
Dear Sir/Madam,
As the registered keeper of vehicle REGISTRATION, I have received a 'Notice to Keeper' referencing an alleged parking infringement, reference XXXXX, dated XXXXX
The notice to keeper you have issued does not comply with Schedule 4 paragraphs 8/9 of the Protection of Freedoms Act (PoFA) 2012.
The areas where the notice to keeper has failed to comply are as follows;
- list inevitable non compliance here, one of which will be not specifying the exact duration of the alleged parkign infringement -
As a result the Notice to Keeper is invalid and the condition set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 has not been complied with.
(Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 reference: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/schedul...
As there is no legal obligation for me to name the driver, and that due to the above specified non-compliance the registered keeper cannot be held to account for the alleged debt of the driver, I now consider this matter closed.
_________________________
Add additional request for them to clarify how the £100 penalty is a 'genuine pre estimate of loss' if you fancy.
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