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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: jacoscar on December 22, 2023, 06:07:55 pm
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I realised my mistake after a couple of minutes and went back in, tried typing my number plate, but the machine was showing "no charge required", as it was probably referring to my second parking session.
So, it appears you've entered and exited by vehicle twice on the same day without paying. We've no idea what transpired in your telecon.
Let's hope the second time falls under a minimum time limit, so no charge due, and the payment made covers the first event in its entirety.
I'm certain you'll come back if necessary.
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Well that’s a first. Well done! Keep us posted if they do the dirty and send you a parking charge anyway
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I managed to call them 3 days ago; maybe I was just calling outside of office hours the first time, but this time they picked up in under 15 minutes and they took the payment over the phone (around £3) and the lady on the phone was really nice. The payment is showing on my bank account.
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You won’t get a “fine”. At worst you will get a “parking charge” which is nothing more than an invoice which the parking company can’t force you to pay except by suing you in the county court and winning the case.
At this point there is nothing you can or should do except wait for the parking charge notice and, when it arrives, show us a copy of the front and the back, redacting your name, address, vehicle number and any reference but leaving all dates visible. Don’t upload the images here. Upload them to an external site like www.imgur.com and post the links.
DO NOT MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE PARKING COMPANY BEFORE GETTING ADVICE HERE
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My local hospital's car park is managed by a company called LPS (Local Parking Security). It works on ANPR and you are supposed to pay before leaving.
I forgot to pay so I left without paying (and the barrier is always open). I realised my mistake after a couple of minutes and went back in, tried typing my number plate, but the machine was showing "no charge required", as it was probably referring to my second parking session. There was no number to call on the machine so I had to find the hospital's security office where they told me I had to call the company responsible for the car park (LPS) to pay over the phone and suggested to keep holding on the line even if nobody answered.
I'm home now and I've been on hold with LPS for 1.5 hours at the time of this post; it's already more than the time my car has been parked in that car park, nobody is answering, what can I do?
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