Parking Eye, is there any point in appealing?

Nocky24

Nocky24

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I was invited to an interview with an IT recruitment company at a Holiday Inn. I have an email from the company confirming the Holiday Inn as the host and the time and date etc. I parked on the hotel car park and reported to reception first and said I was here for the recruitment event. They pointed me in the right direction. The first thing the guy said to me was did I drive here and went on about the traffic, etc, but didn't say anything about needing to leave my reg number with reception.

I've contacted the Holiday Inn about this and they've essentially stone walled any chance of an appeal by saying it was my own responsibility and I should have quoted a reg number at reception upon arrival.

However, how was I supposed to know? He couldn't clarify the exact wording of the signage outside, but I didn't see anything about quoting a reg number for short visits for meetings/conferences, etc. Surely it's staff procedure to ask if you're driving upon arrival, particularly when an event that they are aware of is being held there?

I think it all boils down to the exact wording of the sign.

Any thoughts ppl?
 
I believe private parking tickets go straight in the bin. Tell Holiday Inn to go shaft themselves with a broom handle.
 
RomanNose said:
Pretty sure they have no legal power to do anything about it.
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True, they don't, it's Parking Eye. However, if I'm going to appeal I'd need a decent enough case to put to them. I believe Holiday Inn reception staff and particularly the recruiter is mainly at fault here. Can't contact the recruiter until Monday though now, bugger.
 
Just ignore it - I got one for parking in a service station on the M74 for the day leaving my car. Got 4 chasers for it, didn't do anything and never heard nothing from them

Do not contact the company, do not confirm anything, bin it, ignore the chasers and there is nothing they can do.
 
Nocky24 said:
Explain.
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They rely on scare tactics and bullying the money out of you. It'll never go to court, because Parking Eye and Holiday Inn would lose.

Bin it, you might get a couple of "scary" looking reminders but bin those too.
 
booyaka said:
Just ignore it - I got one for parking in a service station on the M74 for the day leaving my car. Got 4 chasers for it, didn't do anything and never heard nothing from them

Do not contact the company, do not confirm anything, bin it, ignore the chasers and there is nothing they can do.
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:eek: wow this is all new to me, so you'll have to excuse my ignorance on this matter. Seems you're all right. General consensus is if it isn't either the council or police you don't have to pay up? According to Martin Lewis anyways lol
 
Whatever you do don't enter into correspondence with them - get advice elsewhere if needed but don't talk to them.
 
I remember getting a fine from parking eye for being over the time limit at this car park. Got a letter, ignored it, got another one and ignored it and not heard anything since. It will cost them more money just to take you to court so its not benifiting them in anyway. If it was from the council or the police then you would have to pay it, but overall ignore it.
 
As said.. don't say ANYTHING to the company AT ALL.

The premise is that they must PROVE that you were driving the car when you parked and it's so much effort to do that, they don't.

And even then they would have to take it to court with more costs than they would get back.

Bin it, ignore everything they send to you and never speak to them.

Done
 
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