Parking Ticket Not even in the area
Discussion
We received a letter for a parking offence yesterday from a company called park watch and looks legit.
The offence was in Oldham and we live in South Wales.
I can guarantee the car wasn’t in Oldham on the offence date but our local police have advised us we have to prove we were not there.
This is bizarre and we thought it was a scam and am now not sure what to do.
Do we write to the company and appeal really not sure what to do, request photographic evidence?
Thanks for any help.
The offence was in Oldham and we live in South Wales.
I can guarantee the car wasn’t in Oldham on the offence date but our local police have advised us we have to prove we were not there.
This is bizarre and we thought it was a scam and am now not sure what to do.
Do we write to the company and appeal really not sure what to do, request photographic evidence?
Thanks for any help.
Cold said:
Don't rely on the police for legal advice. They sometimes (often?) have an awful understanding of some things.
Yes they were useless, the wife being the mini detective she is has punched in our reg on the Dvla website with one of the last letters changed and it comes up with a white Nissan which ours is.Just to follow this up we found out our car has been cloned, but now have another issue in that we had a speeding ticket through this morning.
It’s turning into a bit of a nightmare now, ringing various police departments etc.
This may sound silly but what happens if we decide to put a cheap private plate on the car, are we still responsible for the original one?
It’s turning into a bit of a nightmare now, ringing various police departments etc.
This may sound silly but what happens if we decide to put a cheap private plate on the car, are we still responsible for the original one?
We have notified and have a crime number, there is also a marker out on the car which means we may get pulled in our area too but that’s life.
We have seen a picture of the other vehicle and the plates on it have no garage name markings, ours do have some so there is a difference. It’s also a different shade of colour to ours.
We have seen a picture of the other vehicle and the plates on it have no garage name markings, ours do have some so there is a difference. It’s also a different shade of colour to ours.
janesmith1950 said:
Did you sort it with the PPC? If not, you could send them the crime reference number and explain that the car was cloned.
Yes they were very good to be fair and cancelled it when they knew it was a cloning issue.They had the vehicle picture on their website, which we now have a copy of.
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