Parking Eye & Underhand Tactics
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Morning all,
I'm after a bit of advise for my brother who's not a member here.
Recently he was parked down at Fistral Beach - Newquay.
He's paid for a ticket, come back from the beach (he was taking pictues of his mate surfing) got in his car & left the car park.
(There was no ticket attached to the car).
Fast foward to yesterday & he receives through the post a parking ticket from "Parking Eye" asking him to pay the ticket.
(See Document below).
The company has a PO BOX Address in Chorley, an 0844 number to pay via phone or a web address.
He's obviously pretty hacked off as he's thrown the ticket away & has no proof that he was ever parked there in the first place.
He's done a bit of Googling & it seems to be a lot of the surfers down there just cover their plates when they leave & nothing ever comes of it.
The company has apparently also been on Watchdog.
Other surfer forums have said they'll send you the first letter asking you to pay the amount on the document.
Then they'll send you another letter within 4 days saying if you pay it within a set period they'll reduce it to £50.
Then they'll send you another letter saying they're taking you to court & then if you ignore that they just leave you alone "apparently".
My question is, is this one of those companies you just ignore until they get bored of sending letters or do you actually have to pay it & lump it?
As always any help greatly appreciated PH'ers.
I'm after a bit of advise for my brother who's not a member here.
Recently he was parked down at Fistral Beach - Newquay.
He's paid for a ticket, come back from the beach (he was taking pictues of his mate surfing) got in his car & left the car park.
(There was no ticket attached to the car).
Fast foward to yesterday & he receives through the post a parking ticket from "Parking Eye" asking him to pay the ticket.
(See Document below).
The company has a PO BOX Address in Chorley, an 0844 number to pay via phone or a web address.
He's obviously pretty hacked off as he's thrown the ticket away & has no proof that he was ever parked there in the first place.
He's done a bit of Googling & it seems to be a lot of the surfers down there just cover their plates when they leave & nothing ever comes of it.
The company has apparently also been on Watchdog.
Other surfer forums have said they'll send you the first letter asking you to pay the amount on the document.
Then they'll send you another letter within 4 days saying if you pay it within a set period they'll reduce it to £50.
Then they'll send you another letter saying they're taking you to court & then if you ignore that they just leave you alone "apparently".
My question is, is this one of those companies you just ignore until they get bored of sending letters or do you actually have to pay it & lump it?
As always any help greatly appreciated PH'ers.
Do not engage with them WHATSOEVER.
I ignored all 4 letters and they left me alone. This was 3 months ago.
Letter 1 says "You owe us £60"
Letter 2 says "Here's a picture of your car, you now owe us £90"
Letter 3 comes from some 'debt collection agency', who you'll find, are registered to the same address as Parking Eye
Letter 4 is from Parking Eye now saying "You owe us £120, we'll go through the correct channels to recover our debts"
Then they f
k off and leave you alone 
wkers.
I ignored all 4 letters and they left me alone. This was 3 months ago.
Letter 1 says "You owe us £60"
Letter 2 says "Here's a picture of your car, you now owe us £90"
Letter 3 comes from some 'debt collection agency', who you'll find, are registered to the same address as Parking Eye
Letter 4 is from Parking Eye now saying "You owe us £120, we'll go through the correct channels to recover our debts"
Then they f
k off and leave you alone w
kers.This is what i'm thinking.
I now need to convince him to listen to me & not our dad who's telling him to pay it & be done with it.
It's a pretty good business at the end of the day, ticket everyone who you think's in the wrong.
I bet the majority of people who receive the tickets pay them aswell!
I now need to convince him to listen to me & not our dad who's telling him to pay it & be done with it.
It's a pretty good business at the end of the day, ticket everyone who you think's in the wrong.
I bet the majority of people who receive the tickets pay them aswell!
As above,
I paid for parking in a parking eye car park in scarborough except it decided to print my ticket for the fare below what I shoved into their stupid little machine.
They did send me 2 pictures of my car though... Which was nice. Consider it a request to pay, not a fine. But when they say endorsable ticket or fine they're actually infringing the parking council's rules afaik.
I paid for parking in a parking eye car park in scarborough except it decided to print my ticket for the fare below what I shoved into their stupid little machine.
They did send me 2 pictures of my car though... Which was nice. Consider it a request to pay, not a fine. But when they say endorsable ticket or fine they're actually infringing the parking council's rules afaik.
They prey on the genuine feeling of concern/guilt that a lot of us have when we see something like this; it's natural for a large number of us to want to right a wrong we've been deemed to commit.
But don't do it don't do it don't do it!!! Shysters of the highest order pedalling nothing more than a complete scam that loses any crumb of integrity when they use big scary 'fines' and subtle threats of legal action
But don't do it don't do it don't do it!!! Shysters of the highest order pedalling nothing more than a complete scam that loses any crumb of integrity when they use big scary 'fines' and subtle threats of legal action
[quote=ILoveLamp]Do not engage with them WHATSOEVER.
I ignored all 4 letters and they left me alone. This was 3 months ago.
Letter 1 says "You owe us £60"
Letter 2 says "Here's a picture of your car, you now owe us £90"
Letter 3 comes from some 'debt collection agency', who you'll find, are registered to the same address as Parking Eye
Letter 4 is from Parking Eye now saying "You owe us £120, we'll go through the correct channels to recover our debts"
quote]
As of last week I'm at the Letter 3 stage - only one more to look forward to then!!
I ignored all 4 letters and they left me alone. This was 3 months ago.
Letter 1 says "You owe us £60"
Letter 2 says "Here's a picture of your car, you now owe us £90"
Letter 3 comes from some 'debt collection agency', who you'll find, are registered to the same address as Parking Eye
Letter 4 is from Parking Eye now saying "You owe us £120, we'll go through the correct channels to recover our debts"
quote]
As of last week I'm at the Letter 3 stage - only one more to look forward to then!!
BIGDAI]LoveLamp said:
Do not engage with them WHATSOEVER.
I ignored all 4 letters and they left me alone. This was 3 months ago.
Letter 1 says "You owe us £60"
Letter 2 says "Here's a picture of your car, you now owe us £90"
Letter 3 comes from some 'debt collection agency', who you'll find, are registered to the same address as Parking Eye
Letter 4 is from Parking Eye now saying "You owe us £120, we'll go through the correct channels to recover our debts"
quote]
As of last week I'm at the Letter 3 stage - only one more to look forward to then!!
Lucky for me i had Felix the cat spayed.I ignored all 4 letters and they left me alone. This was 3 months ago.
Letter 1 says "You owe us £60"
Letter 2 says "Here's a picture of your car, you now owe us £90"
Letter 3 comes from some 'debt collection agency', who you'll find, are registered to the same address as Parking Eye
Letter 4 is from Parking Eye now saying "You owe us £120, we'll go through the correct channels to recover our debts"
quote]
As of last week I'm at the Letter 3 stage - only one more to look forward to then!!
01772885800 - you can speak with a real person here.
Gave them a ring to make sure it worked, told them they had strayed into my private car park, ticketed my car and will be hearing from my solicitor. The lady on the phone said "well you must have been on double yellow lines then" I said no, she said well we manage the car parks so thats it you have to pay it or you will go to court! ha.
Gave them a ring to make sure it worked, told them they had strayed into my private car park, ticketed my car and will be hearing from my solicitor. The lady on the phone said "well you must have been on double yellow lines then" I said no, she said well we manage the car parks so thats it you have to pay it or you will go to court! ha.
Edited by ShiggyBiggs on Wednesday 18th May 16:43
Edited by ShiggyBiggs on Wednesday 18th May 16:43
ShiggyBiggs said:
01772885800 - you can speak with a real person here.
Gave them a ring to make sure it worked, told them they had strayed into my private car park, ticketed my car and will be hearing from my solicitor. The lady on the phone said "well you must have been on double yellow lines then" I said no, she said well we manage the car parks so thats it you have to pay it or you will go to court! ha.
Don't do this.Gave them a ring to make sure it worked, told them they had strayed into my private car park, ticketed my car and will be hearing from my solicitor. The lady on the phone said "well you must have been on double yellow lines then" I said no, she said well we manage the car parks so thats it you have to pay it or you will go to court! ha.
Edited by ShiggyBiggs on Wednesday 18th May 16:43
Edited by ShiggyBiggs on Wednesday 18th May 16:43
I just got one of these at 4am outside my workplace. Reasons for issue - no permit, abused patron parking (?) and no ticket. Bearing in mind I have a permit to park (during daytime) but the building shuts at 6pm and there isn't even a facility to actually pay for a parking ticket I knew this was a namby pamby hoyty toyty scam. My killer 21hour working day would have been a heck of a lot more depressing had it been a real parking ticket. Does he think I want to be sat staring at a computer screen til 5am?
What worries me most is that there exists a seedy pervert, hanging around dark corners of university carparks at ungodly hours, penis in one hand, dishing out phoney tickets with the other.
Do these Fascists get paid a salary or is it sort of a commission based hobby?
What worries me most is that there exists a seedy pervert, hanging around dark corners of university carparks at ungodly hours, penis in one hand, dishing out phoney tickets with the other.
Do these Fascists get paid a salary or is it sort of a commission based hobby?
Hmm, no one has mentioned the actual reason why you can ignor the ticket so far...
(may have missed it as only just out of bed of course!)
The parking charge ticket has been issued due of a breach of contract between the landowner/representative (this 'eye' thing) and the person who parked the car. They have absolutely no way AT ALL of knowing who parked the car (and they do know this by the way), so they contact the registered keeper instead. This usally works as the registered keeper is 'Mr Honest' and doesn't know about contract law and is intimidated with the wording of the letter. Mr Honest will usually inadvertantly reveal the identity of the person who parked the car by contacting the issuer of the ticket and saying something like 'I put a ticket on it' 'it wasn't parked across a bay' etc ect etc. If however you just ignor the ticket, there is nothing they can do. Nothing. Nothing at all. Zilch. Zero.
Only you can tell them who parked the car, but there is no requirement or obligation for you to do so, and without this information they are stuffed.
(may have missed it as only just out of bed of course!)
The parking charge ticket has been issued due of a breach of contract between the landowner/representative (this 'eye' thing) and the person who parked the car. They have absolutely no way AT ALL of knowing who parked the car (and they do know this by the way), so they contact the registered keeper instead. This usally works as the registered keeper is 'Mr Honest' and doesn't know about contract law and is intimidated with the wording of the letter. Mr Honest will usually inadvertantly reveal the identity of the person who parked the car by contacting the issuer of the ticket and saying something like 'I put a ticket on it' 'it wasn't parked across a bay' etc ect etc. If however you just ignor the ticket, there is nothing they can do. Nothing. Nothing at all. Zilch. Zero.
Only you can tell them who parked the car, but there is no requirement or obligation for you to do so, and without this information they are stuffed.
bryan35 said:
Hmm, no one has mentioned the actual reason why you can ignor the ticket so far...
(may have missed it as only just out of bed of course!)
The parking charge ticket has been issued due of a breach of contract between the landowner/representative (this 'eye' thing) and the person who parked the car. They have absolutely no way AT ALL of knowing who parked the car (and they do know this by the way), so they contact the registered keeper instead. This usally works as the registered keeper is 'Mr Honest' and doesn't know about contract law and is intimidated with the wording of the letter. Mr Honest will usually inadvertantly reveal the identity of the person who parked the car by contacting the issuer of the ticket and saying something like 'I put a ticket on it' 'it wasn't parked across a bay' etc ect etc. If however you just ignor the ticket, there is nothing they can do. Nothing. Nothing at all. Zilch. Zero.
Only you can tell them who parked the car, but there is no requirement or obligation for you to do so, and without this information they are stuffed.
Maybe because we've done it to death, resurrected it and killed it again and again.(may have missed it as only just out of bed of course!)
The parking charge ticket has been issued due of a breach of contract between the landowner/representative (this 'eye' thing) and the person who parked the car. They have absolutely no way AT ALL of knowing who parked the car (and they do know this by the way), so they contact the registered keeper instead. This usally works as the registered keeper is 'Mr Honest' and doesn't know about contract law and is intimidated with the wording of the letter. Mr Honest will usually inadvertantly reveal the identity of the person who parked the car by contacting the issuer of the ticket and saying something like 'I put a ticket on it' 'it wasn't parked across a bay' etc ect etc. If however you just ignor the ticket, there is nothing they can do. Nothing. Nothing at all. Zilch. Zero.
Only you can tell them who parked the car, but there is no requirement or obligation for you to do so, and without this information they are stuffed.
Only the Mods know how many threads a search on "PCN" and its ilk [I'm still anxious to learn of Gerald's health, BTW] would throw up, but it must be a great many tens.
Streaky
bryan35 said:
Hmm, no one has mentioned the actual reason why you can ignor the ticket so far...
(may have missed it as only just out of bed of course!)
The parking charge ticket has been issued due of a breach of contract between the landowner/representative (this 'eye' thing) and the person who parked the car. They have absolutely no way AT ALL of knowing who parked the car (and they do know this by the way), so they contact the registered keeper instead. This usally works as the registered keeper is 'Mr Honest' and doesn't know about contract law and is intimidated with the wording of the letter. Mr Honest will usually inadvertantly reveal the identity of the person who parked the car by contacting the issuer of the ticket and saying something like 'I put a ticket on it' 'it wasn't parked across a bay' etc ect etc. If however you just ignor the ticket, there is nothing they can do. Nothing. Nothing at all. Zilch. Zero.
Only you can tell them who parked the car, but there is no requirement or obligation for you to do so, and without this information they are stuffed.
Unless of course requested to do so by a court of law, which has happened in the past.....(may have missed it as only just out of bed of course!)
The parking charge ticket has been issued due of a breach of contract between the landowner/representative (this 'eye' thing) and the person who parked the car. They have absolutely no way AT ALL of knowing who parked the car (and they do know this by the way), so they contact the registered keeper instead. This usally works as the registered keeper is 'Mr Honest' and doesn't know about contract law and is intimidated with the wording of the letter. Mr Honest will usually inadvertantly reveal the identity of the person who parked the car by contacting the issuer of the ticket and saying something like 'I put a ticket on it' 'it wasn't parked across a bay' etc ect etc. If however you just ignor the ticket, there is nothing they can do. Nothing. Nothing at all. Zilch. Zero.
Only you can tell them who parked the car, but there is no requirement or obligation for you to do so, and without this information they are stuffed.
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