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Private parking tickets / £800 Parking tickets - completely unjust - where do i stand? (England)
« on: September 07, 2025, 05:06:07 pm »
Long story short, I am being charged 8*100=£800 for parking tickets which I completely disagree with and want to know where I stand and if anything can be done.
What happened: I purchased a monthly season ticket for the month of July for use of a car park (saba parking) at a local train station via an app. As July was coming to an end, I was looking forward to August and therefore chose the autorenew option on the monthly season ticket. I was sent an email (attached pic) to confirm that I don't need to do anything and the monthly season ticket would renew for august.
It was only until around the 20th August I started to receive a number of parking tickets in the post (because these scumbugs wouldn't send them out straight away would they, as to bend you over even more) that I was being fined as i didn't have a monthly/weekly ticket or didn't pay on the day.
To me, I was sent an email confirmation that categorically stated i didnt need to do anything and that it would auto renew. I did not receive any further email or correspondence from saba parking since.
In this time and checking through my banking, it doesn't look like a payment was taken. I believe this is because in the last week of july sometime, the app unexpectedly shut down and a new saba app was launched and there must have been a technical hitch.
Either way, this is not my issue and second, there should at least of been another email or correspondence to say a payment wasn't taken and needs to be made. I was left to believe that it was confirmed that "I did not need to do anything" and the season ticket would be autorenewed.
I have made appeals on all of the tickets and have just received a rejection on all of them. The letter basically stated it was my duty to check that a payment was made and that because a payment wasn't made I am being fined.
I really don't feel I have done anything wrong here, I was led to believe, and it was confirmed that it would just autorenew and I don't need to do anything. I am not sure of the legal term but surely this is along the lines of false advertising/ entrapment.
Moving forward they have given me 3 options.
Pay a reduced rate of £60*8= £480 within 14 days to clear the tickets.
Make a further appeal to "ASparking" - which claim to be independent, but look anything but. And if they uphold the decision (which they most likely will as they basically run a cartel) then I would loose the "reduced rate" and have to pay the full 8*100=£800 fine.
Make a complaint to the Ombudsmen service - However, they note: "we have not chosen to participate in their alternative dispute resolution service" (LOL) and basically refer back to making an appeal to "ASparking".
This feels like an absolute racket, and as mentioned i really don't feel i have done anything wrong. I was made to believe something that wasn't true.
Do I have a leg to stand on, what should I do?
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What happened: I purchased a monthly season ticket for the month of July for use of a car park (saba parking) at a local train station via an app. As July was coming to an end, I was looking forward to August and therefore chose the autorenew option on the monthly season ticket. I was sent an email (attached pic) to confirm that I don't need to do anything and the monthly season ticket would renew for august.
It was only until around the 20th August I started to receive a number of parking tickets in the post (because these scumbugs wouldn't send them out straight away would they, as to bend you over even more) that I was being fined as i didn't have a monthly/weekly ticket or didn't pay on the day.
To me, I was sent an email confirmation that categorically stated i didnt need to do anything and that it would auto renew. I did not receive any further email or correspondence from saba parking since.
In this time and checking through my banking, it doesn't look like a payment was taken. I believe this is because in the last week of july sometime, the app unexpectedly shut down and a new saba app was launched and there must have been a technical hitch.
Either way, this is not my issue and second, there should at least of been another email or correspondence to say a payment wasn't taken and needs to be made. I was left to believe that it was confirmed that "I did not need to do anything" and the season ticket would be autorenewed.
I have made appeals on all of the tickets and have just received a rejection on all of them. The letter basically stated it was my duty to check that a payment was made and that because a payment wasn't made I am being fined.
I really don't feel I have done anything wrong here, I was led to believe, and it was confirmed that it would just autorenew and I don't need to do anything. I am not sure of the legal term but surely this is along the lines of false advertising/ entrapment.
Moving forward they have given me 3 options.
Pay a reduced rate of £60*8= £480 within 14 days to clear the tickets.
Make a further appeal to "ASparking" - which claim to be independent, but look anything but. And if they uphold the decision (which they most likely will as they basically run a cartel) then I would loose the "reduced rate" and have to pay the full 8*100=£800 fine.
Make a complaint to the Ombudsmen service - However, they note: "we have not chosen to participate in their alternative dispute resolution service" (LOL) and basically refer back to making an appeal to "ASparking".
This feels like an absolute racket, and as mentioned i really don't feel i have done anything wrong. I was made to believe something that wasn't true.
Do I have a leg to stand on, what should I do?
https://postimg.cc/CZSn7Ddg
https://postimg.cc/3k7wQhhj
https://postimg.cc/N25d0Zwp