Parking ticket..slightly odd one
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Hi
Wondering if anybody can help.
I sold my car to wbac recently. They lease an office space in a nearby hotel.
I parked my car right outside their office and where the wbac employee told me to.
I have then received a ticket from Parking Eye saying I didn't buy a ticket. They state that the time I was parked was 1230 to 1545
However I sold the car and was on my way home by 1400hrs.
I appealed the ticket with Parking Eye giving the reasons above and they have just denied it.
I know the next stop is popla.
Can anybody advice whether I have a decent case and what approach I should take?
Thank you
Wondering if anybody can help.
I sold my car to wbac recently. They lease an office space in a nearby hotel.
I parked my car right outside their office and where the wbac employee told me to.
I have then received a ticket from Parking Eye saying I didn't buy a ticket. They state that the time I was parked was 1230 to 1545
However I sold the car and was on my way home by 1400hrs.
I appealed the ticket with Parking Eye giving the reasons above and they have just denied it.
I know the next stop is popla.
Can anybody advice whether I have a decent case and what approach I should take?
Thank you
Deep said:
Hi
Wondering if anybody can help.
I sold my car to wbac recently. They lease an office space in a nearby hotel.
I parked my car right outside their office and where the wbac employee told me to.
I have then received a ticket from Parking Eye saying I didn't buy a ticket. They state that the time I was parked was 1230 to 1545
However I sold the car and was on my way home by 1400hrs.
I appealed the ticket with Parking Eye giving the reasons above and they have just denied it.
I know the next stop is popla.
Can anybody advice whether I have a decent case and what approach I should take?
Thank you
It’s not your car, you should’ve told PE to contact WBAC. Wondering if anybody can help.
I sold my car to wbac recently. They lease an office space in a nearby hotel.
I parked my car right outside their office and where the wbac employee told me to.
I have then received a ticket from Parking Eye saying I didn't buy a ticket. They state that the time I was parked was 1230 to 1545
However I sold the car and was on my way home by 1400hrs.
I appealed the ticket with Parking Eye giving the reasons above and they have just denied it.
I know the next stop is popla.
Can anybody advice whether I have a decent case and what approach I should take?
Thank you
Deep said:
Hi
Wondering if anybody can help.
I sold my car to wbac recently. They lease an office space in a nearby hotel.
I parked my car right outside their office and where the wbac employee told me to.
I have then received a ticket from Parking Eye saying I didn't buy a ticket. They state that the time I was parked was 1230 to 1545
However I sold the car and was on my way home by 1400hrs.
I appealed the ticket with Parking Eye giving the reasons above and they have just denied it.
I know the next stop is popla.
Can anybody advice whether I have a decent case and what approach I should take?
Thank you
Pay it within 14 days for a discount and move on. WBAC aren't going to be interested, and unless you actually did buy a ticket then I guess Parking Eye have a case.Wondering if anybody can help.
I sold my car to wbac recently. They lease an office space in a nearby hotel.
I parked my car right outside their office and where the wbac employee told me to.
I have then received a ticket from Parking Eye saying I didn't buy a ticket. They state that the time I was parked was 1230 to 1545
However I sold the car and was on my way home by 1400hrs.
I appealed the ticket with Parking Eye giving the reasons above and they have just denied it.
I know the next stop is popla.
Can anybody advice whether I have a decent case and what approach I should take?
Thank you
Sorry if I sound blunt but I can't see anything else that would work. Hopefully WBAC didn't kick you in the goolies too hard.
What's "popla"?
Turbobanana said:
Pay it within 14 days for a discount and move on. WBAC aren't going to be interested, and unless you actually did buy a ticket then I guess Parking Eye have a case.
Sorry if I sound blunt but I can't see anything else that would work. Hopefully WBAC didn't kick you in the goolies too hard.
What's "popla"?
Are you not a bit confused?Sorry if I sound blunt but I can't see anything else that would work. Hopefully WBAC didn't kick you in the goolies too hard.
What's "popla"?
Why would you pay a ticket for a car you no longer owned?
un1corn said:
What's the time on the ticket? Surely if the ticket time is after you sold the car, it's not your problem. if its before you sold the car, then it might be your problem.
Hi This is the problem. It's a bit of both.
The PCN says car parked between 1230 and 1545. I sold the car at about 1400hrs. My invoice should prove this. I will also have an uber receipt for about this time for my journey home.
So an hour and a half was whilst the car belonged to me, and an hour and forty five minutes when it didn't
Deep said:
Hi
This is the problem. It's a bit of both.
The PCN says car parked between 1230 and 1545. I sold the car at about 1400hrs. My invoice should prove this. I will also have an uber receipt for about this time for my journey home.
So an hour and a half was whilst the car belonged to me, and an hour and forty five minutes when it didn't
In that case I'd tell them to fThis is the problem. It's a bit of both.
The PCN says car parked between 1230 and 1545. I sold the car at about 1400hrs. My invoice should prove this. I will also have an uber receipt for about this time for my journey home.
So an hour and a half was whilst the car belonged to me, and an hour and forty five minutes when it didn't
k off and take you to court if needs be.You cant say to a court "the defendant was driving somewhere between 50mph and 90mph but we don't know exactly when and we don't know exactly which of the defendants was driving at the time".
CarCrazyDad said:
Turbobanana said:
Pay it within 14 days for a discount and move on. WBAC aren't going to be interested, and unless you actually did buy a ticket then I guess Parking Eye have a case.
Sorry if I sound blunt but I can't see anything else that would work. Hopefully WBAC didn't kick you in the goolies too hard.
What's "popla"?
Are you not a bit confused?Sorry if I sound blunt but I can't see anything else that would work. Hopefully WBAC didn't kick you in the goolies too hard.
What's "popla"?
Why would you pay a ticket for a car you no longer owned?
If WBAC leases the space for its customers, then surely they can get the fine cancelled?
Assuming that's not the case -
If the car park operator required you to buy a ticket on entry and you didn't, then I would think that you were already liable for a fine at the point you sold the car.
That said, there is case law on the enforceability of signage at car parks and it might be worth doing some research first.
Assuming you have to pay the fine, you would then need a legal cause of action to claim it back from WBAC.
If the WBAC employee convinced you that there is some kind of lease that allows you to park there but they were wrong, then they may be guilty of misrepresentation (if that's untrue) or negligence (if their lease had expired or they directed you to the wrong space).
Assuming that's not the case -
If the car park operator required you to buy a ticket on entry and you didn't, then I would think that you were already liable for a fine at the point you sold the car.
That said, there is case law on the enforceability of signage at car parks and it might be worth doing some research first.
Assuming you have to pay the fine, you would then need a legal cause of action to claim it back from WBAC.
If the WBAC employee convinced you that there is some kind of lease that allows you to park there but they were wrong, then they may be guilty of misrepresentation (if that's untrue) or negligence (if their lease had expired or they directed you to the wrong space).
Edited by Grrbang on Friday 2nd July 00:01
Firstly, the ticket is correctly issued so it needs paying. As PE currently have you on the hook for this, I’d advise paying it early to get the discount and have that issue squared away.
Then I can see 3 possibilities:
1) you write it off
2) WBAC actually have an arrangement with the car park and will agree to pay you back if you approach them
3) WBAC don’t have any arrangement, the WBAC employee will deny telling you to park there or will say he assumed you would buy a ticket. Either way they won’t cover the cost of the ticket.
If you want you could make a quick phone call to WBAC to see if option 2 has any legs, but personally I wouldn’t expect anything to come of it.
Then I can see 3 possibilities:
1) you write it off
2) WBAC actually have an arrangement with the car park and will agree to pay you back if you approach them
3) WBAC don’t have any arrangement, the WBAC employee will deny telling you to park there or will say he assumed you would buy a ticket. Either way they won’t cover the cost of the ticket.
If you want you could make a quick phone call to WBAC to see if option 2 has any legs, but personally I wouldn’t expect anything to come of it.
Deep said:
Hi
Wondering if anybody can help.
I sold my car to wbac recently. They lease an office space in a nearby hotel.
I parked my car right outside their office and where the wbac employee told me to.
I have then received a ticket from Parking Eye saying I didn't buy a ticket. They state that the time I was parked was 1230 to 1545
However I sold the car and was on my way home by 1400hrs.
I appealed the ticket with Parking Eye giving the reasons above and they have just denied it.
I know the next stop is popla.
Can anybody advice whether I have a decent case and what approach I should take?
Thank you
I think PE use IAS not POPLA so not worth appealing. So pay or fight. I would suggest you have a stong case so long as you have not admitee you where the driver. Wondering if anybody can help.
I sold my car to wbac recently. They lease an office space in a nearby hotel.
I parked my car right outside their office and where the wbac employee told me to.
I have then received a ticket from Parking Eye saying I didn't buy a ticket. They state that the time I was parked was 1230 to 1545
However I sold the car and was on my way home by 1400hrs.
I appealed the ticket with Parking Eye giving the reasons above and they have just denied it.
I know the next stop is popla.
Can anybody advice whether I have a decent case and what approach I should take?
Thank you
Grrbang said:
CarCrazyDad said:
Why would you pay a ticket for a car you no longer owned?
It's not the car that gets a CCJ.It doesn't really matter who owns the car, if I understand right? It's the driver. So OP would be liable at least up until the next person moved it.
Providing that ParkingEye have evidence of the driver, but I wouldn't put it past them to have decent CCTV.
Chalk it up to a lesson in observing parking regulations, imo.
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