A story of dishonesty, daylight robbery, disgust and deceit.
Discussion
mp3manager said:
Mr Green said:
Here is a photo I took was it a fair cop?
My wife accepts she put it that position, she wasn't happy but it was her fault not the TW
Entirely a fair cop, the rules are there in black & white. My wife accepts she put it that position, she wasn't happy but it was her fault not the TW
Let's just look at what the 'instructions' say.
In the first one highlighted, it states that the details must remain "readable". In the context of the instruction, this means legible. It does not mean that the details must be displayed so they can be read by someone standing outside the vehicle.
In the second one highlighted, it states that the Badge must be displayed the correct way up.
Neither instruction on their own nor together require that the details on the Badge must be displayed so that they can all be read.
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Streaky
streaky said:
Let's just look at what the 'instructions' say.
In the first one highlighted, it states that the details must remain "readable". In the context of the instruction, this means legible. It does not mean that the details must be displayed so they can be read by someone standing outside the vehicle.
In the second one highlighted, it states that the Badge must be displayed the correct way up.
Neither instruction on their own nor together require that the details on the Badge must be displayed so that they can all be read.
[/pedant]Streaky
Love it!!! In the first one highlighted, it states that the details must remain "readable". In the context of the instruction, this means legible. It does not mean that the details must be displayed so they can be read by someone standing outside the vehicle.
In the second one highlighted, it states that the Badge must be displayed the correct way up.
Neither instruction on their own nor together require that the details on the Badge must be displayed so that they can all be read.
[/pedant]Streaky
...Dare I say Ambiguity!???
Well, as per usual, total silence and no response from the Clamping Company.
I have logged onto MoneyClaim online again and now have the option to issue a warrant, for the sum of £100, which brings the total amountof the warrant to £265 as I am owed £165.
I am now wondering why I am about to spend £125 out on the vague chance I may get my initial £130 back... I am at serious risk of losing double what I had before. Also, the defendants address "has been chamged outside of moneyclaim online" whatever that means. I wonder whether they use that address on purpose for these things as nothing is there etc
So not sure what is for the best. I am in the middle of moving house and I can't be doing with the monetary loss at all, as things are very tight.
I have logged onto MoneyClaim online again and now have the option to issue a warrant, for the sum of £100, which brings the total amountof the warrant to £265 as I am owed £165.
I am now wondering why I am about to spend £125 out on the vague chance I may get my initial £130 back... I am at serious risk of losing double what I had before. Also, the defendants address "has been chamged outside of moneyclaim online" whatever that means. I wonder whether they use that address on purpose for these things as nothing is there etc
So not sure what is for the best. I am in the middle of moving house and I can't be doing with the monetary loss at all, as things are very tight.
Dizeee said:
Well, as per usual, total silence and no response from the Clamping Company.
I have logged onto MoneyClaim online again and now have the option to issue a warrant, for the sum of £100, which brings the total amountof the warrant to £265 as I am owed £165.
I am now wondering why I am about to spend £125 out on the vague chance I may get my initial £130 back... I am at serious risk of losing double what I had before. Also, the defendants address "has been chamged outside of moneyclaim online" whatever that means. I wonder whether they use that address on purpose for these things as nothing is there etc
So not sure what is for the best. I am in the middle of moving house and I can't be doing with the monetary loss at all, as things are very tight.
Just go round there.I have logged onto MoneyClaim online again and now have the option to issue a warrant, for the sum of £100, which brings the total amountof the warrant to £265 as I am owed £165.
I am now wondering why I am about to spend £125 out on the vague chance I may get my initial £130 back... I am at serious risk of losing double what I had before. Also, the defendants address "has been chamged outside of moneyclaim online" whatever that means. I wonder whether they use that address on purpose for these things as nothing is there etc
So not sure what is for the best. I am in the middle of moving house and I can't be doing with the monetary loss at all, as things are very tight.
Ask them to pay, or tell them you are coming back with bailiffs and the local press.
You'll get your money. You may as well now as otherwise you have just let them win.
Dizeee said:
Ill call them tommorow as instructed to speak to someone called Blake who apparently deals with this. Complete despair at the moment.
...fully understand your predicament.I really hope they dont "win" - but it's easy for me to say that because it's not my money.
Paying them a visit may be an option.
If they're not there you could go back to the car park and act like you're leaving your car - I'm sure they'd turn up pronto!
...saying that, you could take the Bailiffs with you and have their van away!
Edited by Gallen on Monday 14th September 11:29
JustinP1 said:
Dizeee said:
Ill call them tommorow as instructed to speak to someone called Blake who apparently deals with this. Complete despair at the moment.
I wouldn't hold out on 'Blake' being available then either.Is their office far from you?
Pity that you can't get the bill up by one means or another to the level which will allow transfer to High Court / Private baillifs threshold then it might become more interesting.
Gallen said:
Dizeee said:
Ill call them tommorow as instructed to speak to someone called Blake who apparently deals with this. Complete despair at the moment.
...fully understand your predicament.I really hope they dont "win" - but it's easy for me to say that because it's not my money.
Paying them a visit may be an option.
If they're not there you could go back to the car park and act like you're leaving your car - I'm sure they'd turn up pronto!
...saying that, you could take the Bailiffs with you and have their van away!
Edited by Gallen on Monday 14th September 11:29
Strange that I've had to post that comment several times in the past couple ofweeks - S
streaky said:
Gallen said:
Dizeee said:
Ill call them tommorow as instructed to speak to someone called Blake who apparently deals with this. Complete despair at the moment.
...fully understand your predicament.I really hope they dont "win" - but it's easy for me to say that because it's not my money.
Paying them a visit may be an option.
If they're not there you could go back to the car park and act like you're leaving your car - I'm sure they'd turn up pronto!
...saying that, you could take the Bailiffs with you and have their van away!
Strange that I've had to post that comment several times in the past couple ofweeks - S
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1213033/Th...
Firm faces an Asbo for preying on tourists what the new law should say.
A private wheel-clamping firm faces becoming the first in Britain to be given an Asbo banning it from operating in towns where its staff are accused of 'extortion' against motorists.
Parking Control Management (UK) Ltd has become notorious for its predatory and merciless approach and for breaches of industry rules.
But Windsor and Maidenhead Council in Berkshire is determined to call a halt to its cash-grabbing tactics because it is giving the area a bad name with tourists.
This month it will debate whether the firm can be barred from the towns by serving it with an antisocial behaviour order - a measure originally designed to crack down on thugs and hooligans.
For years PCM, which patrols a number of private car parks, has been accused of using deception to trap hundreds of tourists and other hapless motorists. The company does not publish accounts but is thought to rake in hundreds of thousands of pounds a year.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1213033/Th...
Firm faces an Asbo for preying on tourists what the new law should say.
A private wheel-clamping firm faces becoming the first in Britain to be given an Asbo banning it from operating in towns where its staff are accused of 'extortion' against motorists.
Parking Control Management (UK) Ltd has become notorious for its predatory and merciless approach and for breaches of industry rules.
But Windsor and Maidenhead Council in Berkshire is determined to call a halt to its cash-grabbing tactics because it is giving the area a bad name with tourists.
This month it will debate whether the firm can be barred from the towns by serving it with an antisocial behaviour order - a measure originally designed to crack down on thugs and hooligans.
For years PCM, which patrols a number of private car parks, has been accused of using deception to trap hundreds of tourists and other hapless motorists. The company does not publish accounts but is thought to rake in hundreds of thousands of pounds a year.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1213033/Th...
Is this the mysterious 'Blake' - too much of a co-incidence:
(From the article about these shysters above
Mrs Maynard had three appeals to the BPA thrown out before the AA became involved in her case. Two months ago her £375 was finally returned, with a curt note from David Blake apologising for 'any inconvenience'.
She described the firm as the ' unacceptable face of clamping'.
Contacted by the Mail yesterday Mr Blake, who lives with his wife Carole in a £380,000 home in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, would not comment on the allegations against the firm, or the threat of an Asbo.
I would just walk in the front door and ask for my money.
(From the article about these shysters above
Mrs Maynard had three appeals to the BPA thrown out before the AA became involved in her case. Two months ago her £375 was finally returned, with a curt note from David Blake apologising for 'any inconvenience'.
She described the firm as the ' unacceptable face of clamping'.
Contacted by the Mail yesterday Mr Blake, who lives with his wife Carole in a £380,000 home in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, would not comment on the allegations against the firm, or the threat of an Asbo.
I would just walk in the front door and ask for my money.
Yes, David Blake is the same person.
I spoke to him today on the phone.
He claims that he sent a defence to the court and that it has gone missing. He states the court are at fault because they deal with all the cases countrywide and are over worked. I stated it was too bad as I have won by default to which he claimed I had not won anything as he had lodged an appeal with the court regarding this lost defence and that it was all on hold as a result.
He seemed unphased by it all and emphasised he was more than happy to go to court and defend the ticket, very blaze.
I tried the line that this was irrelavant and that I was still now owed monies and this is reflected in the judgement, but he was not interested. They know the system all too well and have done this numerous times before, turning up will achieve nothing.
I spoke to him today on the phone.
He claims that he sent a defence to the court and that it has gone missing. He states the court are at fault because they deal with all the cases countrywide and are over worked. I stated it was too bad as I have won by default to which he claimed I had not won anything as he had lodged an appeal with the court regarding this lost defence and that it was all on hold as a result.
He seemed unphased by it all and emphasised he was more than happy to go to court and defend the ticket, very blaze.
I tried the line that this was irrelavant and that I was still now owed monies and this is reflected in the judgement, but he was not interested. They know the system all too well and have done this numerous times before, turning up will achieve nothing.
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