Received private company PCN. Remind me what to do again?

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The other half received a letter the other day asking for £150 claiming I'd parked where I wasn't allowed. The letter's from "Parking Direct Ltd" (I think, don't have it to hand) and they've got two pictures of the car parked in a parking space. She wasn't driving, someone else was, and they were waiting in the car when the picture was taken, so I'm not sure if this counts as 'parked'.

Anyway, there don't appear to be any signs in the pictures stating anything about £150 or parking not being allowed, so I half think this is a company just trying it on.

I can't remember what the correct advice is in this case - either bin it or have her write back saying she wasn't driving at the time. Anyone got any links to useful documentation / information about this?
 
I received a similar notice from G24 for parking over 4 hours in a retail car park.

We just ignored it, they've sent about... 5? letters to date. First letter with a 'discount' offer if I paid within a certain time, then a lol no more discount letter, then a this is your final letter, then this is really your final letter, then baliffs have been instructed type letter.

According to Google I might still be due a 'baliffs eta 72 hours' type letter, but my last one was 3-4 months ago so I think they've given up already.

Not sure whether yours is the same, just my experience of it.
 
Ask then if they can identify the driver as you are unsure who was driving on that particular day
 
I think the correct advice is to write them back saying that you weren't the driver.

Although then they'll keep writing to you saying that you must tell them who is and the standard stream of threatening letters will come through.

Ignoring them pretty much has the same outcome, but the benefit to ignoring is that you don't have to waste time sending them a letter because you'll still get the standard stream of threatening letters.
 
Thanks all - it was actually someone picking her up outside Ealing broadway station, which reading around is a notorious hotspot for this sort of thing.

I'm not really planning on taking it seriously.
 
growse said:
it was actually someone picking her up outside Ealing broadway station, which reading around is a notorious hotspot for this sort of thing.
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Ealing! - I have had a PCN for "parking" my HGV there a while back, I was actually sitting in traffic!

Notorious indeed. Ignore.
 
What they have sent is an invoice and not a penalty notice. Private companies cannot send PCN's.

Ignore it or send one back invoicing them for £200 for wasting your time reading their trash.
 
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