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Hello, I read through how to post, so sorry if i do it wrong.

Yesterday I got a ticket for exceeding the parking time limit at tesco. I was parked in a disabled bay, and my blue badge was on display. I checked the signs previously, as I was worried it would be longer than I intended, and there was no time limit on the signs.so i knew id be ok.

Yesterday I went out, took some pics, there is still no time limit on the signs.

Yesterday I lodged an appeal, i sent them the pics, and explained the above.

they refused my appeal, saying the time limit is clearly stated on all signs, and i breached the rules.

i called cab, who told me i can contact popla and launch an appeal. im so stressed and upset, as i didnt do anything wrong.

i dont want to send them my disabled badge front and back, as its none of their business, and its about a time limit. if it comes to it and it makes the ticket go away i will, but its the principle. they are telling me the photo i sent states a time limit, when it doesnt.

im gonna go later today and see if there are any signs on the way in that state a time limit. even if there are, surely the signs by the disabled bay should say that?

thankyou in advance for any help. theres so much other stress going on, and this was the final straw, ya know?

hopefully i can add attachements, thankyou

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hi, ty for the reply.

yeah, i honestly didnt think last night as i was so upset. i stupidly thought sending a pic of the sign with no time limit would make them go, oops, youre right, you win the appeal.

i dont recall verbatim what i said, but i said i checked the sign by the space, there was nothing about time limit, i displayed my badge the whole time, and heres proof the sign doesnt mention time. i sent them two pics of the sign. the ones i posted here.

theres a photo of me in the space sat behind the driving wheel which they used as evidence, so they can see there was no one else, so i dont think i can say it wasnt me.

i looked for the receipt last night, i didnt think id find it, and couldnt, as annoyingly last week i finally cleaned my bag out, and chucked a mountain of receipts. idk if itd be on my clubcard?

i wasnt in tesco the entire time. id parked in one of the furthest spaces, even tho there were bags of spaces, as i didnt want anyone who was just nipping in to have to walk too far. they could just say i should've moved, which i wouldve done had i known there were a time limit.

the tesco is in england.

turns out there's a sign on the way in, that mentions the time limits, but none of the signs by the bays where i parked do.

thankyou

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The initial sign you posted asks you to comply with the conditions on that sign.

It doesn't mention a time limit. It also doesn't seem to ask you to refer to other signs for additional conditions.

hi,

no it doesnt have either of those things. i checked both sides of the sign too just incase. thats why i thought the appeal would work, but nope. 

hi,

thankyou.

i have just taken a screenshot of the tesco transaction from my credit card statement. do i just go in and ask for the manager, and hope they dont ask about where i was? idk what to say. i dont wanna make it even worse.

if this had happened any other year, id be right, lets go to court, but i dont think i have the strength or energy with everything else going on. especially if i get a grumpy judge.

i havent done the popla form yet, as i was waiting for any advice. i already messed up once by appealing without thinking, so dont wanna mess up again.

also to add, the sign at the front is rows and rows away from the disabled area where i parked, so theres no way someone with mobility issues couldve gone looking for it. also, it was in a really dodgy location, on a corner, with no pavement, and i had to walk into traffic and climb into a hedge to get the pic. got some funny looks clambering in with my walking stick in the pouring rain lol

thankyou for all your help 

hi,

thats brilliant, thankyou. i dont think i can get in today, especially as feeling wiped out from the stress of it, and going up there twice on rest days. i dont think my brain will do well with it, maybe after a nap. if not will try tomorrow on the way to visit dad, or on the way home.

so if the manager agrees to cancel the fine, do they contact horizon, or do i with my proof? or do they contact head office, who contact horizon?

thats excellent info about it being an invoice, and the equalities act. i would never have known.

thankyou so much

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so if the manager agrees to cancel the fine, do they contact horizon

That is what you want them to do, yes...

brilliant, ty.

i understand your points. if i had known i would be that long, or couldnt leave it there atall, i wouldnt have done it. ppl leave there cars there all the time, so i honestly thought it was ok, as i also shopped there.

lesson defo learnt.