Car parking query

[kat321]

If you pull into a carpark with number plate recognition but can't park up because all the spaces are full then you go back later on and park up still within the 3 hour time limit of the parking but under the one hour no return can you still be issued a parking ticket?

[jackthehat]

Is this actual, or hypothetical ?

[kat321]

actual

[NazNomad]

It's happened with a taxi driver here ... dropping passengers in the car-park.

Just ignore them if you get a letter ...

[jackthehat]

Did you get a ticket ?

[kat321]

It would be a bit quick it only happened today!

[snowyball]

this was on watchdog few months ago.

[NazNomad]

Is it Paid Parking Company

If so, it's well documented that the best thing to do is ignore them. Don't even acknolwledge that you received a letter.

[kat321]

Will have a look at their website then thanks snowyball

[jackthehat]

Well, if you get a ticket you'll have the answer..............

[NazNomad]

Weird ... I typed '' P A R K I N G E Y E'' and the filter changed it .

[Daily-Editor]

kat. Was it a council or private car park?

[NazNomad]

Also, have a scan through this ... http://forums.pepipoo...x.php?showtopic=52530

[kat321]

It was a private carpark thanks naz nomad

[welshlibranr]

happened to me about 13 months ago, they sent me a notice, looked official! was not!, they said pay now costs £60 after one month £90, I searched the internet! took the advice not to contact them!........got another notice with a photo of my car entering the car park, again I ignored it!............Haven't heard another word!...best to ignore them, if you respond they will hound you, if you ignore it willl cost them too much to recover the money they charge!..............

[snowyball]

heres one article:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/...cdonalds_parking.html

[Daily-Editor]

Private car parks cannot issue fines. They send you an unenforceable invoice, and you do not have to pay. Council or police tickets are fineable offences and you MUST pay; private tickets are civil matters. You will probably receive three demands for money - ignore. Then maybe a debt collector's letter - ignore. Then most likely a letter from a scam company trading as Graham White Solicitors, threatening legal action - ignore. This is well documented in NazNomad's link. Do not be intimidated, you owe them nothing. Look at this definitive answer to your question kat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIcdi9niHA


Remember - do not contact them.

[NazNomad]

Just to reinforce D-E's post ...

DO NOT CONTACT THEM ... EVER!!!

... once they have you hooked, they'll be a pain-in the-arris to get rid of.

[Daily-Editor]

Additionally, you may receive a PCN which looks very much like a police PENALTY Charge Notice, when in fact it is really a PARKING Charge Notice and as I said earlier, an unenforceable invoice. Another ploy is to threaten bailiffs. Bailiffs can only visit you if ordered to by a magistrate. Considering that Private Parking Companies never do court, that is not going to happen. Just relax, ignore anything and everything you may receive in the post. It is a scam.

[NazNomad]

They will use 'official looking' symbols on their letters and also the black/white check that most associate with the Police ... all bull-doo-doo

[ChuckFickens]

Private parking firms can and do take people to court for not paying their invoices.

By parking in the carpark you enter into a contract, if you overstay or have not paid you are in breach of contract and they can take you to court and several people have been done for it.