Parking eye fines
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I'm sure this has been covered previously, but I can't see it anywhere. My wife has been issued with a £100 fine for overstaying by 15 minutes. I've read that the most they can issue a fine for is for £50. They are also required to offer a discount of at least 40%. Therefore she wrote to them to outline this, and offered to pay them £30, and she pointed out that she was going to our holiday home in Spain for the next two months, but gave them her email address if they wanted to contact her. They have now written to her at our home address, despite being told she wouldn't be here. They have also refused the offer of £30. So what happens if she doesn't respond?
It seems that she has effectively admitted that she was the driver when she wrote to them after the speculative invoice arrived (NOT a fine!), so if she doesn't pay I suspect that a large admin fee will be added and it will be passed to a debt collection company.
Advice should perhaps have been sought at an earlier stage, this could be difficult to wriggle out of.
Advice should perhaps have been sought at an earlier stage, this could be difficult to wriggle out of.
nightflight said:
I'm sure this has been covered previously, but I can't see it anywhere. My wife has been issued with a £100 fine for overstaying by 15 minutes. I've read that the most they can issue a fine for is for £50. They are also required to offer a discount of at least 40%. Therefore she wrote to them to outline this, and offered to pay them £30, and she pointed out that she was going to our holiday home in Spain for the next two months, but gave them her email address if they wanted to contact her. They have now written to her at our home address, despite being told she wouldn't be here. They have also refused the offer of £30. So what happens if she doesn't respond?
nightflight said:
the most they can issue a fine for is for £50. They are also required to offer a discount of at least 40%.
You seem to know more about this process than most. So surely you also know how to proceed?Ramona said:
bad company said:
That’s answered in the thread title.
Parking Eye can only provide invoices (and not fines) so there is no such thing as a "Parking Eye fine". The title therefore doesn't actually answer the question.Drawing attention to the fact the title says ‘Parking Eye Fines’ answers it very well.
The way to deal with private parking invoices in 2023 is to appeal as the Registered Keeper ONLY and NEVER as the driver, so I think the OP's wife may have given the game away a little.
It really is very simple. You go onto the PPC website and appeal. If there are sub-sections to click you normally select "other". You don't need to appeal with disproportionate fines arguments, landowner authority etc.
An appeal is now 3 points and goes like this:
Dear ScammyScummy PPC,
My appeal is as follows:
(1) The date of the alleged parking contravention was on 01/03/2023 Your invoice was sent on 31/03/2023 and received by me on 04/04/2023. For the claim to be transferred to the Registered Keeper it must be sent within 14 days. Therefore your claim is invalid and cannot be transferred to me as the RK. You will of course later claim that your invoice was not issued under POFA and does not mention POFA, in which case you still cannot transfer the invoice to me. (The vast majority of PPC claims are not sent within 14 days and they will still bluff and bluster many many people into paying up)
(2) I was not the driver at the time of the alleged contravention and I am not legally obliged to name the driver, and will not be doing so.
(3) Please send a POPLA appeal code if you disagree.
It really is very simple. You go onto the PPC website and appeal. If there are sub-sections to click you normally select "other". You don't need to appeal with disproportionate fines arguments, landowner authority etc.
An appeal is now 3 points and goes like this:
Dear ScammyScummy PPC,
My appeal is as follows:
(1) The date of the alleged parking contravention was on 01/03/2023 Your invoice was sent on 31/03/2023 and received by me on 04/04/2023. For the claim to be transferred to the Registered Keeper it must be sent within 14 days. Therefore your claim is invalid and cannot be transferred to me as the RK. You will of course later claim that your invoice was not issued under POFA and does not mention POFA, in which case you still cannot transfer the invoice to me. (The vast majority of PPC claims are not sent within 14 days and they will still bluff and bluster many many people into paying up)
(2) I was not the driver at the time of the alleged contravention and I am not legally obliged to name the driver, and will not be doing so.
(3) Please send a POPLA appeal code if you disagree.
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