parking invoice & now court summons

[Dixy]

xjay1337 said:

That is completely different to seeing a car park in , presumably, a busy town.
And of course, 2 weeks on holiday on your own personal driveway is very different to 11 minutes in what OP had assumed to be a normal town centre car park without any visible signage advising him otherwise.

People park across my drive often (I live one road away from a school)
People block my driveway for 10-15 minutes at a time.
Doesn't bother me, because funnily enough, I'm not directly impacted!

As I said either help the OP or go make another thread he wants help not for it to descend into a PH pissing contest.

Can you show me where it says 11 minutes rather than 2 hours sitting down. He could find both signs when motivated to but why should they have to sign there private ground at all.
Your quite right the OP does need help. DONT PARK ON PRIVATE PROPPERTY.

[Black_S3]

xjay1337 said:

As I said either help the OP or go make another thread he wants help not for it to descend into a PH pissing contest.

There’s no magic wand to tell the OP what he wants to hear though.... He found the signs when he wanted to and it’s his car they have pictures of. £100 could escalate up to about £250 if he ignores it and the PPC follow it up. Up to him wether he wants to take his chances again...

I’d probably try see if they will settle for £50.

[irocfan]

Boosted LS1 said:

OP, this is a helpful forum:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay....

or pepipoo.com

[Trax]

irocfan said:

Boosted LS1 said:

OP, this is a helpful forum:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay....

or pepipoo.com

This, ignore the harping here, as its now gone to court, you need advice on how to defend your case. They may settle for the original amount if you don't want the hassle. It wont be a large amount if court goes against you, they can only pursue for the original invoice amount, plus interest and court costs. They cannot claim for legal expenses.

[MB140]

Maybe a polite phone call to the solicitor asking about the data protection of sending someone else’s data to you and mention the Information Commission.

Perhaps inclination but not a direct threat (or something that could be seen as a bribe) might make it all go away.

Of course if the solicitor pressed on I think I would be reporting him straight away.

Just an idea. Probably bad. People are going to say it’s a bribe which is why I said don’t make it an outright suggestion but make it so he/she can read between the lines of what your saying.

I’m sure the fine for data protection breach will far outweigh the cost of your parking penalty.

[megaphone]

Was it a nice Chinese?

[xjay1337]

Sticks. said:

xjay1337 said:

.....OP had assumed to be a normal town centre car park without any visible signage advising him otherwise.

Did he?

wjwren said:

Ive had a couple of these over the years and always ignored them.

I think he is referring to parking charge notices.

[BertBert]

It's clearly not a normal "open to the public for parking" car park. Its the private parking for a residence.

To the OP, if it's actually on its way to Court, my advice is to mitigate your losses and find a way to pay the invoice amount.

Bert

[anonymous-user]

BertBert said:

It's clearly not a normal "open to the public for parking" car park. Its the private parking for a residence.

To the OP, if it's actually on its way to Court, my advice is to mitigate your losses and find a way to pay the invoice amount.

Bert

Nah defend it. Follow the advice on MSE and Pepipoo and you can very easily get a win here. I'm not condoning where you parked by the way, rather that I am anti profiteering and intimidation tactics employed by these parking sharks.

[Halmyre]

I think you're shagged, basically, but for revenge you might be able to stitch them up by contacting the other party whose details you were sent, and tell them exactly where you got the details from.

[konark]

Can they claim expenses in the Small Claims track?

[Boosted LS1]

konark said:

Can they claim expenses in the Small Claims track?

Up to a limited amount. It's hardly worth pursuing given that a contract's not been established.

[Roo]

Andy20vt said:

I am anti profiteering

Have you always worked for no salary?

[Henz]

pavarotti1980 said:

Just spotted it myself. I had only read the OP

You miss all the best bits that way. Sometimes I skip the 1st dozen posts and move straight to the infighting.

[BaugetteauFromage]

A self-inflicted problem easily avoided, by not parking in private residential parking spaces belonging to other people.

[Chrisgr31]

xjay1337 said:

Plenty of times I park in a random carpark, as long as there is no signs saying I can't. If it says private etc, then I don't.
I used to park in Sainsburys and walk over into town.
Reason being, Sainsburys is free 2 hour parking and you paid to park in town.

That is of course exactly why parking companies exist, because drivers decide that they can park their cars whereever thy like because its free and they aren't going to be long. Might be true but of course if everyone did it you'd never be able to park anywhere.

What actually happens is another people do it that the person whose car park it is eventually has to take action because the parking is not available to actual users.

When managing properties it is probably fair to say that parking is the biggest problem which takes up the most amount of time because people insist on parking where they shouldn't. No one really wants to have to invoke controls in their car park as that it is also a pain in the butt as it leads to complaints etc,

I am sure those complaining about parking enforcement would soon be annoyed if they found people parking on their drive!

[xjay1337]

Aren't you all the righteous ones.

[Roo]

xjay1337 said:

Aren't you all the righteous ones.

Or, here's a thought.

Most people are considerate.
And you aren't.

[xjay1337]

Nope. Obviously not.

Only on PH can someone ask for some genuine advice and get berated by some very odd individuals, but yet they offer no assistance.

Wonder if they / you would be so outspoken in real life. Of course you wouldn't.

[Dixy]

If you want to test that theory come and park in my private car park, I don't contract out but understand why a retirement community might.