How the hell do parking companies get away with this?
- Thread starter Tony Williams
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The best part is where parking companies have to have an appeals process (that they run themselves), but they can reject your appeal regardless of any proof you provide.
Then you only get to have a further appeal if the parking company is a member of a parking association, which they don't have to be, because it's entirely voluntary on their part.
So regardless of what they did, they just reject your appeal, and demand payment. And there's diddly squat you can do about it.
The best ones are being fined to drop people off at A&E. Or being fined as a contractor working for a hospital. Because you have to park *somewhere* to go into reception to get a parking permit, and the warden books you before you get back.
And the companies running car parks for hospitals literally don't care about your appeal. Reject, reject, reject. They are absolute criminals.
Then you only get to have a further appeal if the parking company is a member of a parking association, which they don't have to be, because it's entirely voluntary on their part.
So regardless of what they did, they just reject your appeal, and demand payment. And there's diddly squat you can do about it.
The best ones are being fined to drop people off at A&E. Or being fined as a contractor working for a hospital. Because you have to park *somewhere* to go into reception to get a parking permit, and the warden books you before you get back.
And the companies running car parks for hospitals literally don't care about your appeal. Reject, reject, reject. They are absolute criminals.
Soldato
While you can ignore them, they won't fully go away and will probably go to a small claims court.
I spend nearly two years spending evenings and weekends researching previous cases, writing defence letters etc. etc. to avoid a £35 fine for my own apartment parking space, I should have just paid it, the £35 wasn't worth the time I spent on it
I spend nearly two years spending evenings and weekends researching previous cases, writing defence letters etc. etc. to avoid a £35 fine for my own apartment parking space, I should have just paid it, the £35 wasn't worth the time I spent on it
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Yeah that's true too. If OP had actually just responded to the court papers it would have been thrown out.
I had one for my car being caught overnight at Stafford services but I had sold it. I waited till the court contacted me then supplied proof of sale and it was thrown out at their cost.
It used to be the case until the law changed. I'd routinely get 7 or 8 letters a month through the door.Who told you that nonsense? My mates missus tried the whole laugh and rip up/ignore the letters... Guess who got a CCJ and was refused a mortgage cause of it... All over a £90 ticket for overstaying at a KFC
When was that? I'm waaay behind the times as last time I checked the standard advice was to ignore them.
Soldato
Who told you that nonsense? My mates missus tried the whole laugh and rip up/ignore the letters... Guess who got a CCJ and was refused a mortgage cause of it... All over a £90 ticket for overstaying at a KFC
You can ignore the letters from the parking company, but certainly not the ones from a small claims court, which to get a CCJ is what she must have done.
Soldato
ignore them until they end up taking you to court then defend the case and they'll give up before it gets to court because you're clearly in the right and they are chancers.
When the law changed and they could prosecute the registered keeper (not just the driver). That was the easy way out previously, they'd never take you to court because they had to prove you were driving. You had no legal reason to admit or deny.
Soldato
Provided it's within 14 days (I think it's 14, might not be) yes they can claim against the registered keeper. A couple years ago I had a ticket but on the ticket they got my reg wrong. I assume because of that it took them a little while to get the fine issued to me because I received the notice after 14 days. Wrote to them stating this, heard nothing since.
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