NCP car park damage
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Sid123

Original Poster:

270 posts

200 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Has anyone managed to get any money out of NCP when their car was damaged in one of their car parks?
They claim that cars are parked at the owner's risk and they have no responsibility for my car. It was damaged at Birmingham Aiport NCP.
They say thay have no CC TV footage from when the car was parked but can see it entering and leaving the car park. Basically they will do nothing not even refund the cost of the parking.
Am I wasting my time chasing them or do they ultimately have a duty of care irrespective of their disclaimers?
Any advice, especially from someone with a legal background would be gratefully appreciated.

KevinA3DSG32

13,675 posts

303 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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It will be down to you and your insurance. On what grounds do you think you can claim from them? Did one of their employees drive into your car,or drive your car into something? If so, you may be able to claim from them, otherwise not.

Leicesterdave

2,288 posts

203 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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You are dreaming! If everyone was to have a knock or scrape on their car whilst visting the local NCP and could claim money off them, they'd go bankrupt!
How is it their fault anyway?

FreeLitres

6,121 posts

200 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Have you ever watched the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"?

Yeah, THAT happened.

iphonedyou

10,150 posts

180 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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I'm assuming the car was valet parked by NCP staff?

Sid123

Original Poster:

270 posts

200 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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I cannot and I guess neither can they say that one of their employees did not drive into the car as they claim not to have CC TV footage

kambites

70,781 posts

244 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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I can't imagine why you'd be able to claim from the owner of the car park?

Sid123

Original Poster:

270 posts

200 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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I wouldn't normally bother with this st as life's too short but for £500 of damage I thought it pointless to just roll over.
I parked one space away from the exit barrier yet they claim they have no footage of the car parked. Odd to me....

JBJames

16 posts

258 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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No chance claiming from them in my experience and my car was broken into while parked. Same story no cctv covering any parked cars.

Fastra

4,287 posts

232 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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You'll probably find that "no CCTV" is a company line, purely in existence to save endless wasted hours of employees going through footage every time someone thinks their car's been dinked.


versus

612 posts

171 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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anyone in this day and age who gives their keys to an unknown person for long stay car parking deserves what they get. dont you watch the consumer protection programmes on TV... they bang on about this kind of stuff all the time. more fool you.

Sid123

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270 posts

200 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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OK thanks guys. I get the message that it's pissing in the wind. It probably was one of their guys as someone had conveniently cleaned up all the the bits of broken light lens.....

Sid123

Original Poster:

270 posts

200 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Thanks for the chastising. It's extremely helpful and no I don't spend my life watching Watchdog.

Fastra

4,287 posts

232 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Not much info about it though, it could be worth a read, but Google as just thrown this up, its a pdf downloaded from here:

https://www.cctvusergroup.com/

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=d...

page 11 - 4th para:
"Example: a member of the public requests CCTV footage of a car park, which shows their car
being damaged. They say they need it so that they or their insurance company can take legal
action. You should consider whether their request is genuine and whether there is any risk to the
safety of other people involved."

Sid123

Original Poster:

270 posts

200 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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Thanks

Beeby

304 posts

186 months

Wednesday 11th January 2012
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versus said:
anyone in this day and age who gives their keys to an unknown person for long stay car parking deserves what they get. dont you watch the consumer protection programmes on TV... they bang on about this kind of stuff all the time. more fool you.
What a nice person you are

Sid123

Original Poster:

270 posts

200 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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Ye of little faith. With a bit of persistence and with the help of NCP I now have the insurance details of the car that hit me . Don't take no for an answer........

Fastra

4,287 posts

232 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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Excellent!

:clap

How did you manage to 'persuade' them?

Classic Grad 98

26,127 posts

183 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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Sid123 said:
Ye of little faith. With a bit of persistence and with the help of NCP I now have the insurance details of the car that hit me . Don't take no for an answer........
The problem is you said you were going to claim off NCP, which wasn't happening.
Congratulations, persistance is often the key to such matters smile

Presuming Ed

1,660 posts

231 months

Friday 27th January 2012
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NCP tend not to have any cctv footage inside their car parks because their equipment is old and in most cases broken. NCP also don't own any of their car parks, the Airport ones they just operate for the airport owners and the town centre locations are all on a sale and lease back.
The CCTV footage they have is at the entrance and exit of the car parks and at the POF machines to stop fraud and damage. NCP has no money and from my experience have no interest in security messures for cars on their sites.

The glass would have been cleaned up as its part of their H&S requirment and also should have put a note on your car to tll you of the damage they have seen. In no way are they responsible for the damage your car has suffered however