Private Parking Fines
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Well I've not had one of these fines in over half a decade. I understand things have changed slightly as the old advice used to be just ignore them.
I've been issued a £100 fine for parking in restricted area at my local Wickes by the nice chaps at VCS (Vehicle Control Services). No photograph on fine or anything.
Do I just suck it up an pay or ignore it like the good old days.
Cheers, Liam.
I've been issued a £100 fine for parking in restricted area at my local Wickes by the nice chaps at VCS (Vehicle Control Services). No photograph on fine or anything.
Do I just suck it up an pay or ignore it like the good old days.
Cheers, Liam.
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=60
^^Register and post on that forum, giving full details of what happened (but don't name yourself as the driver, write in the third person eg "The driver parked..." not "I parked..."
).
Other websites are available who will also be able to help, such as 'moneysavingexpert', 'parkingcowboys' and 'parkingprankster' (google them).
Or check on my profile for replies to similar threads over the last year or so (I think I did one recently).
But you need to engage nowadays (in the third person, as above, this is important!) - ignoring may end up in the small claims court if VCS are litigious (I have a feeling they are but it's been a long day...).
^^Register and post on that forum, giving full details of what happened (but don't name yourself as the driver, write in the third person eg "The driver parked..." not "I parked..."
).Other websites are available who will also be able to help, such as 'moneysavingexpert', 'parkingcowboys' and 'parkingprankster' (google them).
Or check on my profile for replies to similar threads over the last year or so (I think I did one recently).
But you need to engage nowadays (in the third person, as above, this is important!) - ignoring may end up in the small claims court if VCS are litigious (I have a feeling they are but it's been a long day...).
First of all, it is NOT a fine only Courts and councils have the power to FINE you
It is,at best, a speculative invoice, which, most of the PPC hope you roll over and pay
However DO NOT pay it
Wait until you get the letter to the registered keeper,unless it is a hire/lease car in which case you write to them at once in the third person
Then or rather NOW register on Pepipoo and post it in the correct forum Private parking tickets
Follow their advice TO THE LETTER, and you will win at POPLA using the 'Genuine Pre Estmate of Loss'
sortened to GPEOL
Dont worry about threts of Debt collectors as they are NOT BALFFS, there is a difference
A debt collector knocks at you door and says you owe X ypounds and i have come to get it
You can tell them to jog and and refer them back to the person who sent them
However Baliffs are court appointed and can ener your house legally and recover goods to the amount owed
So you have a choice, Be a mug and throw away what they have asked you to pay, in which case if you do, can you send me 100 pounds next week
OR
fight it and win via Pepipoo
It is,at best, a speculative invoice, which, most of the PPC hope you roll over and pay
However DO NOT pay it
Wait until you get the letter to the registered keeper,unless it is a hire/lease car in which case you write to them at once in the third person
Then or rather NOW register on Pepipoo and post it in the correct forum Private parking tickets
Follow their advice TO THE LETTER, and you will win at POPLA using the 'Genuine Pre Estmate of Loss'
sortened to GPEOL
Dont worry about threts of Debt collectors as they are NOT BALFFS, there is a difference
A debt collector knocks at you door and says you owe X ypounds and i have come to get it
You can tell them to jog and and refer them back to the person who sent them
However Baliffs are court appointed and can ener your house legally and recover goods to the amount owed
So you have a choice, Be a mug and throw away what they have asked you to pay, in which case if you do, can you send me 100 pounds next week
OR
fight it and win via Pepipoo
silverfoxcc said:
First of all, it is NOT a fine only Courts and councils have the power to FINE you
It is,at best, a speculative invoice, which, most of the PPC hope you roll over and pay
However DO NOT pay it
Wait until you get the letter to the registered keeper,unless it is a hire/lease car in which case you write to them at once in the third person
Then or rather NOW register on Pepipoo and post it in the correct forum Private parking tickets
Follow their advice TO THE LETTER, and you will win at POPLA using the 'Genuine Pre Estmate of Loss'
sortened to GPEOL
Dont worry about threts of Debt collectors as they are NOT BALFFS, there is a difference
A debt collector knocks at you door and says you owe X ypounds and i have come to get it
You can tell them to jog and and refer them back to the person who sent them
However Baliffs are court appointed and can ener your house legally and recover goods to the amount owed
So you have a choice, Be a mug and throw away what they have asked you to pay, in which case if you do, can you send me 100 pounds next week
OR
fight it and win via Pepipoo
Err, Baliffs don't quite have those powers without it going a long, long way down the line. And they can use their own bailiffs if they can get it up over the £600ish mark...It is,at best, a speculative invoice, which, most of the PPC hope you roll over and pay
However DO NOT pay it
Wait until you get the letter to the registered keeper,unless it is a hire/lease car in which case you write to them at once in the third person
Then or rather NOW register on Pepipoo and post it in the correct forum Private parking tickets
Follow their advice TO THE LETTER, and you will win at POPLA using the 'Genuine Pre Estmate of Loss'
sortened to GPEOL
Dont worry about threts of Debt collectors as they are NOT BALFFS, there is a difference
A debt collector knocks at you door and says you owe X ypounds and i have come to get it
You can tell them to jog and and refer them back to the person who sent them
However Baliffs are court appointed and can ener your house legally and recover goods to the amount owed
So you have a choice, Be a mug and throw away what they have asked you to pay, in which case if you do, can you send me 100 pounds next week
OR
fight it and win via Pepipoo
Ah yes, VCS and the saintly Simon Renshaw Smith - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150551/Th...
That was also at a Wickes store.
It was the case where Judge Lee McIlwaine advised the unfortunate Miss Coates to have her toothbrush ready.
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?act=attach&...
Btw, Renshaw Smith has form for slagging off any judge who rules against him.
I would suggest MSE as well as pepipoo.
These may be of interest:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php...
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p...
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php...
And if it ever gets as far as court (should be thrown out at POPLA):
http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/vc...
That was also at a Wickes store.
It was the case where Judge Lee McIlwaine advised the unfortunate Miss Coates to have her toothbrush ready.
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?act=attach&...
Btw, Renshaw Smith has form for slagging off any judge who rules against him.
I would suggest MSE as well as pepipoo.
These may be of interest:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php...
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p...
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php...
And if it ever gets as far as court (should be thrown out at POPLA):
http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/vc...
You may find this interesting - http://www.trucknetuk.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=2&...
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