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Live cases legal advice => Private parking tickets => Topic started by: Falconi8 on November 26, 2024, 05:06:26 pm
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Thanks for the prompt reply, I'll pass the info to her.
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As above, it's essentially your call.
I can see why some people value their time at more than £20 in these keying error cases, but if you're up for a fight, we can probably get the matter discontinued eventually.
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ECP and almost every other unregulated Private Parking Company (PPC) rely on the gullibility of their victims to pay into their scam. If you feel that it is worth paying £20 to get the scammers off your back (or your daughter) then it is your money.
I can say with greater than 99% certainty that if you follow the advice you get here, you will not pay a penny to ECP. Yes, it will go as far as litigation but is easily defended and eventually discontinued.
They rely on the low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree to fund their scams out of ignorance and fear of the unknown.
If you're sure that you have £20 to waste on a scam, so be it. If you honestly believe that you are in the right, then let us know.
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My daughter received a PCN from Euro Car Parks for having breached their contract in a car park in Cheltenham. They run it for Gloucestershire County Council.
She paid the correct amount, didn't overstay and parked correctly, displaying the ticket. Unfortunately only 1 digit of her Reg showed on her ticket. She didn't check the ticket at the time and it was only when she received the notice from Euro Car Parks that she realised.
She appealed, saying that she'd paid, the credit card transaction had been made with Euro Car Parks and the machine must have been faulty.
They rejected the appeal via a letter dated 18/11.
What's not clear is as follows:
1. Does she still have 14 days from that date to accept the £20 admin charge which closes the matter?
2. If she goes to POPLA will they accept her appeal and look at the case? Their web page suggests that they won't because she has declined the £20 offer.
3. I've contacted the Council about possible malfunctioning machines but they say only Euro Car Parks can deal with it which is fair enough. I think we are unlikely to get anywhere trying to go down that route. Anyone have any thoughts?
In conclusion, I'm thinking that she'd be best advised to go for the £20 option if still available especially as she gets very wound up with long drawn out matters like this ( an ongoing one about a PCN for not displaying her permit in her own designated spot at home, it fell off apparently).