How to deal with Parking Ticket

[andytk]

I managed to obtain a parking ticket today from Glasgow's parking prats.

Trouble is I actually had a ticket stuck to the car window and it was in time. My problem is that in the heat the ticket fell off the window into the driver side footwell.
Then I was ticketed.

I have zero intention of paying the ticket cos I've payed to park where I did.

I'm planning on sending the ticket back (unfilled out) and with a letter explaining the situation. Should I send back my (not so) sticky ticket or send a photocopy of it, so that they can't "lose" it.
Or should I just send the origional.

Andy

[planetdave]

Send a photocopy and your explanation and a demand for an apology due to the distress caused to you by their agents and the shoddy quality of the 'goods'.



And send some dog poo in a separate envelope. You know it makes sense!

[marvelharvey]

Similar thing happened to me. I but my ticket on the dash board and left the car. As I walked away I remembered I'd left a CD in the CD player, so I went back the car and turned on the ignition so I could eject the disk. Anyway, unknown to me my ticket was resting on an air vent and when the ignition was switched on a small stream of air blew my ticket upside down.

Came back to the car 6 hours later to find two parking tickets on it and a clamp, bugger.

I produced my ticket to the 'parking people' as proof of what had happened, they accused me of obtaining the ticket of off a fellow car-parker. They also added that it's the drivers responsibilty to make sure that the ticket is in clear view. I appealed and lost.

That was about 5 years ago in London and from what I hear, drivers are far more successful now at getting their money back for incorrect parking tickets compared to a few years ago.

Best of luck anyway.

[alans]

attack is the best form of defense, write a letter telling them is was clearly displayed (send photocopy) and tell them to employ bods who can see. And send them a bill for your time and trouble.

[Richard C]

Have never paid a parking ticket yet.

Protracted correspondence together with photocopies of the valid tickets or repeatedly resending the cheque for the correct amount ( in case of a ticket got in Luton when credit card machine was not working ) has always worked. They don't always cash the cheques but they usually give up.

[outlaw]

3 times we parked in the same car park and got a ticket for parking in the disabled spaces.

what wroung with that you ask we have a orange badge
on display all the times.

first time times i complaned and refused to pay.

3rd time i punched the ers lights out
that sovled the problem no more tickets.
since

[deltaf]

Star!

[Neil_H]

AFAIK even if you had a vaild ticket the fact that it wasn't displayed correctly will be reason for them to give a ticket, but it's got to be worth appealing on the off-chance that they will be reasonable.

I got a ticket a few months back on a Sunday morning. Went to view a flat in Greenwich, parked up on an empty residential road where there was lots of space and was there for no more than 10 minutes. Came back and some tw@ was giving me a ticket. However, as I was driving off I noticed that he had written my reg. number incorrectly. Gave him a wave and threw away the ticket

[scimie]

Hi, who likes these people! I got a letter 3 months ago from council parking plod concerning an alleged ticket placed on my scimitar 2.5 years ago. I never received ticket in first place, and have since maintained I never got one. They confirmed they did, but are only now chasing for a fine which is now standing at £60. They said they have up to 6 years to launch a fine! Any body had similar/ ideas to counter? Scimie

[jessica]

Narr!!!!!!U got a ticket coz yer was driving a scimmie mate

jest hubs has one too.. I bought him a pig to sit on the dash.Just to remind him of it's relatives...


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