Parking ticket

[audi321]

Parked in my local maplins today. Observed the sign which said 1 hour blah blah. Went to maplins and then to another (off site) shop only to return after 25 mins to a parking ticket!

WTF I thought. Went into maplins and they said I got it cos I left the site! £100 fine!

A bit of googling suggests this is a con and I shouldn't pay up.

Is it a scam? UKCPS is the name of the parking company on the ticket.

Edited by audi321 on Friday 18th August 21:15

[audi321]

They were apparently sat in the car and observed me 'leaving the site'.

I'll get a photo of the sign tomorrow.

[audi321]

Just to add a bit more to this thread.

I ignored the 'parking ticket'. Got a letter in the post today from UKCPS telling me to identify the driver (I'm the registered keeper).

Going to write a letter of appeal now (even though the letter says I can't appeal as it's over 21 days since the notice).

Here's the sign from the car park.

[audi321]

ellroy said:

That he's a tight git from Yorkshire...

Cheers Jez!! You're banned from Hull from now on

[audi321]

speedking31 said:

The sign says that only authorised buses, coaches etc. are permitted to park. If you weren't driving such a vehicle then you have broken the rules.

Does it????

[audi321]

S11Steve said:

It may be worth contacting the DVLA to check when they accessed your keeper data. If it was earlier than 28 days from the ticket being issued on your windscreen, that's a breach of their KADOE contract. Enough complaints about that, the DVLA rises to supply them any more....

They might have done as I only got the ticket on the 15th July and the letter from them is dated the 17th August. How do I find out when they asked?

[audi321]

I find it bizarre that the sign is talking about buses/etc. To be clear, this is a car park at Maplins and Staples and American Golf. There's an extremely sharp entrance and a overhead height restriction. There is no way a bus could even get in here, let alone a lorry!