Parking Fine.
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Don't pay, it won't go to court.
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Do some research!
Private parking companies have a snowballs chance in hell of winning a court case and always back down before it goes that far.
You might get a few threatening letters, but they know fine well they are on to a loser.
They rely on scaring numpties into paying for a living.
Private parking companies have a snowballs chance in hell of winning a court case and always back down before it goes that far.
You might get a few threatening letters, but they know fine well they are on to a loser.
They rely on scaring numpties into paying for a living.
And you're a fool if you pay it.
There is NO LEGAL recourse for the companies issuing the speculative invoices, they're not fines or penalty charges despite how much they try to tell you they are.
EVERY single time a parking company has taken someone to court for non-payment (and it's only a handful of times) they've LOST.
As a result now most don't bother because it costs them in court fees.
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Do not pay these bullies with their made up laws and restrictions, they cannot enforce it and it'll never see a court room mate. You're just donating money to a bunch of people who pray on the gullibility of the public to pay up when something official looking shows up, its a private company and they can't do jack to you.
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This will put your mind at ease. 
It was probably clearly marked the hours you are allowed to stay he went over the allotted time, he should pay.
Morally i'd say he's obliged to cover the potential loss incurred by his overstay of 17 minutes (as far as I know, that's all he'd be legally obliged to pay too).
In a car park with no charges that almost certainly was not full up and thus unable to accommodate new customers by my reckoning he owes them the approximate total of around **** all.
You're a mug if you'd hand over £30 to a private profit driven company for staying 17 minutes too long in a free car park.
What utter rubbishOnly a Council traffic warden or Police officer can issue a legal parking ticket. If its from bobs parking company etc then it is not worth the paper it is printed on.
Then I take it all back.
From now on I will park for free at TCP carparks.
OP don't pay the fine & report back here in 3 months time please to see how this turns out
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Sums it up really.
Then I take it all back.
From now on I will park for free at TCP carparks.
OP don't pay the fine & report back here in 3 months time please to see how this turns out
Im not talking about not paying and displaying. Im just stating a fact that only a traffic warden or police officer can give you a legally binding ticket
Im assuming you work for one of these cowboys ?
They are not cowboys.
They get a % of money from local business based on the number of cars. This money is used for the upkeep of the car park and ultimately peoples wages.
Even if he morally <should> pay (which he shouldn't), the most he should pay is £2 or whatever it costs to park for 17 minutes.
Then I take it all back.
From now on I will park for free at TCP carparks.
OP don't pay the fine & report back here in 3 months time please to see how this turns out
It's not a fine anyway, it's an invoice.
It will turn precisely the same as every other person who has received these 'charge notices' and binned them - he'll get a few threatening sounding letters waffling about courts and bailiffs and then he'll never hear anything from them ever again.
in a pay and display carpark £2 is what? an hour or something?
Sending those letters and running all that monitoring equipment isnt cheap either, He should be liable for the cost of the recovery of the money.
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POTD.