Leasing company paid parking fine
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My wife got a parking fine from Parking Eye that she is appealing, however, the leasing company, Seat Financial Services, have paid the fine.They will pass the cost on via the monthly direct debit.
Is this standard practice?
The letter states they have had to pay it for one of three reasons:
1. Legislation requires immediate payment by the registered keeper
2. The offence has been escalated back to Seat Financial
3. We are unable to transfer liability
Any thoughts on this? Anyone had it happen to them and been successful with the appeal?
Thanks
ps, sorry for the spelling error in the title
Is this standard practice?
The letter states they have had to pay it for one of three reasons:
1. Legislation requires immediate payment by the registered keeper
2. The offence has been escalated back to Seat Financial
3. We are unable to transfer liability
Any thoughts on this? Anyone had it happen to them and been successful with the appeal?
Thanks
ps, sorry for the spelling error in the title
This is normal.
Many years ago I worked for G.E.Capital’s leasing division and it was standard terms for any of their leased vehicles, either personal leases or business leases.
They paid every parking ticket that arrived and then charged the customer that amount plus an admin fee.
As said above, it’s in the terms of the lease you or your company agree to when signing.
Many years ago I worked for G.E.Capital’s leasing division and it was standard terms for any of their leased vehicles, either personal leases or business leases.
They paid every parking ticket that arrived and then charged the customer that amount plus an admin fee.
As said above, it’s in the terms of the lease you or your company agree to when signing.
My old work place used to do this, many a time I would have argued the point but they had already paid it, luckily you had to "accept" the charges to be taken from your wages, I would just send a note back saying why I wouldn't have accepted it.
A local bowling alley were a nightmare if you didn't put your reg in the touchscreen within literally 3 seconds of entering the car park, they always backed down if you called as they knew the error, sadly my work paid 3 times to them, I had an instance when the M6 till was stuck open so went through and it flagged that I hadn't paid, again they paid.
A local bowling alley were a nightmare if you didn't put your reg in the touchscreen within literally 3 seconds of entering the car park, they always backed down if you called as they knew the error, sadly my work paid 3 times to them, I had an instance when the M6 till was stuck open so went through and it flagged that I hadn't paid, again they paid.
GasEngineer said:
Toaster Pilot said:
GasEngineer said:
Can you still appeal a parking invoice once paid?
No - the appeals processes close with the ticket. This is the VWFS Driver Guide https://customer.vwfs.co.uk/content/dam/bluelabel/...
Fines and charges
You are responsible for the payment of any fines or charges relating to your vehicle, e.g. parking fines, fixed penalty notices, traffic camera offences, congestion charges, etc. If we are required to pay a fine on your behalf, we will recharge you or your company along with an administration fee.
We are legally obliged to provide any details that we have available (such as driver details), on demand from the police, to help identify the driver of any vehicle.
It seems to contradict itself in that "fines and charges" are your responsibility but then say they will pay on your behalf. All VWFS had to do was inform private parking company within 28 days that you were the hirer and their liability as keeper was absolved. There is provision within legislation (schedule 4 of Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) for this to happen so unsure.
Fines and charges
You are responsible for the payment of any fines or charges relating to your vehicle, e.g. parking fines, fixed penalty notices, traffic camera offences, congestion charges, etc. If we are required to pay a fine on your behalf, we will recharge you or your company along with an administration fee.
We are legally obliged to provide any details that we have available (such as driver details), on demand from the police, to help identify the driver of any vehicle.
It seems to contradict itself in that "fines and charges" are your responsibility but then say they will pay on your behalf. All VWFS had to do was inform private parking company within 28 days that you were the hirer and their liability as keeper was absolved. There is provision within legislation (schedule 4 of Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) for this to happen so unsure.
pavarotti1980 said:
This is the VWFS Driver Guide https://customer.vwfs.co.uk/content/dam/bluelabel/...
Fines and charges
You are responsible for the payment of any fines or charges relating to your vehicle, e.g. parking fines, fixed penalty notices, traffic camera offences, congestion charges, etc. If we are required to pay a fine on your behalf, we will recharge you or your company along with an administration fee.
We are legally obliged to provide any details that we have available (such as driver details), on demand from the police, to help identify the driver of any vehicle.
It seems to contradict itself in that "fines and charges" are your responsibility but then say they will pay on your behalf. All VWFS had to do was inform private parking company within 28 days that you were the hirer and their liability as keeper was absolved. There is provision within legislation (schedule 4 of Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) for this to happen so unsure.
There is a difference between a fine (which this is not) and a charge (which this may be) so not as contradictory as it may first seem.Fines and charges
You are responsible for the payment of any fines or charges relating to your vehicle, e.g. parking fines, fixed penalty notices, traffic camera offences, congestion charges, etc. If we are required to pay a fine on your behalf, we will recharge you or your company along with an administration fee.
We are legally obliged to provide any details that we have available (such as driver details), on demand from the police, to help identify the driver of any vehicle.
It seems to contradict itself in that "fines and charges" are your responsibility but then say they will pay on your behalf. All VWFS had to do was inform private parking company within 28 days that you were the hirer and their liability as keeper was absolved. There is provision within legislation (schedule 4 of Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) for this to happen so unsure.
However to the letter of their terms it is fines which they say they may be "required" to pay, not charges.
Further passing on driver details appears to be only done in the case of police request.
Which is also wrong IIRC. For a parking fine the keeper is required to supply driver details (if known), for a private parking invoice they are not.
If you want to fight there are other threads here for people in the same situation or you could try Pepipoo.
Happy to be corrected if any of the above is b
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