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Posted by: cimbom123 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 14:58
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Hi

I also got a ticket from the same place last week and having read this post am interested in if you have continued to ignore letters from Parking Eye or have paid the penalty charge.

I was 30 minutes over from the 2 hours free stay limit. The worst thing is I'm not sure if I have another one on the way! This is only because I didn't realise the time and also was not aware of the cameras at the entrance and exit.

Also I was taking my mum to the shops there whom has a blue badge. Are blue badge holders still liable for these charges?

Your help is very much appreciated and thank you in advance.

Posted by: southpaw82 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 15:01
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1. Don't hijack other threads.

2. The thread you hijacked was over three months old so I don't know why you were expecting a response.

Posted by: ManxRed Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 15:03
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No one is liable for these charges.

Do not pay, do not contact the parking company. File it all away in a drawer and ignore it.

Read the sticky thread about PPCs and the Watchdog one as well.

Posted by: cimbom123 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 15:23
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Sorry, did not mean to hijack thread I was just interested to see if the person who posted it has chosen to ignore or pay, seen as I got one in the same place.

Its my first time using this forum so need getting used to.

What about the photographic evidence that they have, surely this can be used as evidence? The cameras are well appointed at the entrance and exit.

Posted by: orford Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 15:33
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They have a photo of a car. They can't sue an inanimnate object only a person, who they cannot identify

Posted by: bama Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 15:34
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No. Unattested photographs prove diddly squat.

if you disagree then just
name these people and tell me their addresses
http://www.123rf.com/photo_6338406_businessman-leaning-on-desk-explaining-business-plans-to-four-colleagues-sitting-on-the-other-side.html

Posted by: dave-o Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 15:36
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It doesn't matter what the other member did. The ticket is all hot air, designed to make you think it's legitimate.

Ignore it. Parking Eye are one of the more technology-based PPCs but they have never done anything more than send out a few letters and hope to fool a few mugs.

When dealing with "tickets" from private parking companies (PPCs) our advice is to ignore them. For more information about this recommendation and private parking companies, http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=46975

Posted by: southpaw82 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 15:38
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Put a defendant in a courtroom and show a photo of them doing something. Then tell me it proves diddly squat.

Posted by: cimbom123 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 15:48
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Whats the chances of Parking Eye taking me to court?

If there is a chance then I would like to avoid even getting to that stage.

Posted by: southpaw82 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 15:50
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I can't recall parking eye ever doing court but since anyone can take you to court and you don't want to do court... send me £1,000 by the end of the week or I'll take you to court.

Posted by: bama Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 15:52
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identifying the defendant in the court room on the day. psshtt

and of course for a civil claim the defendant doesn't need to be there anyway..

and here's one to ponder
which one of these two different women is Linda Hamilton

http://www.eeggs.com/images/items/3350.full.jpg

Posted by: dave-o Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 16:09
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None.

Southpaw is only playing devil's advocate.

Posted by: southpaw82 Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 18:28
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No, Southpaw was being facetious

Posted by: SchoolRunMum Thu, 1 Jul 2010 - 18:32
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Stop taking the piece of paper so seriously! You really must ignore it.

Watchdog covered this last month, and their legal bod helpfully confirmed just what we tell everyone to do with private parking tickets (even if you have 'contravened their rules' and even if they have a pretty picture of your car):

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



The registered keeper will receive a few debt collector letters telling you to pay. Do not panic, do not believe the claims about Court/CCJs/dire consequences! See example pictograms and scans of the letters on MSE here of what you will receive. Parking Eye letters are shown in detail on there:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2214803

Ignore ALL the letters in the absence of Court Papers (which will never come because that's not how these companies work). If they tok you to Court they'd lose if you turned up and defended it. That's won't happen though.

If the daft letters get tiresome you may like to also report the company and their debt collectors for harassment:

http://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/england_wales/factsheet.php?page=03_harassment

But don't forget this is NOT a debt, NOT a fine, just a mickey mouse ticket, a piece of bog roll.

Nothing happens, your credit record is NOT affected, so don't fall for it. Tell your friends never to pay a private parking ticket; spread the word.

Posted by: cimbom123 Tue, 6 Jul 2010 - 15:04
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I know I am probably worrying about nothing but what is the difference between private parking fines and council parking fines?

At the end of the day, they both take pictures of the cars and yet i hear councils can take you to court and private companies don't but some do! Is this true?

How much would it cost a private company to take me to court? Is there any cases out there where people have been taken to court?

Posted by: Gan Tue, 6 Jul 2010 - 15:28
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Councils are backed by legislation.

There is nothing in British law that allows private companies to sue for anything more than their loss.
For 30 minutes parking you didn't pay for, that is how much ?

Very few of these ever get near a court. Even if papers are issued the PPC will run at the first sign of a defence. If you check the threads you will see that on the rare occasions that a case does come before a judge (Excel, OPC or Minster usually) they lose.
When this happens another lot of drivers know not to pay. That's why a PPC won't risk it.

On the only occasion that the PPC won it was because the driver told blatant lies and annoyed the judge.

Parking Eye are even less likely than most to go to court because quite often they don't even run the car park.

The Chairman of the British Parking Association, the PPC trade organisation, gave evidence to Parliament that private tickets have no legal status. What more advice do you need ?

Posted by: cimbom123 Tue, 6 Jul 2010 - 15:35
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This is the first time this has happened to me so just trying to do my research!

On the only occasion that the PPC won it was because the driver told blatant lies and annoyed the judge.

So this driver was taken to court, can you tell me where I can read this article?

If I get taken to court, do I need to attend? If I don't attend will that turn against me?

Posted by: SchoolRunMum Tue, 6 Jul 2010 - 16:35
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It will NOT go to Court because like most PPCs, Parking Eye don't 'do' Court. They know they'd almost certainly lose.

Did you watch the Watchdog excerpt I attached above, and did you look ahead at the letters you will be sent (on the moneysavingexpert link)? That's all you need to know:

1. from the Watchdog programme, that these tickets are paper-aeroplane material and

2. from the scanned letters on the MSE thread, a preview of what letters you will get (so you don't panic).

You WILL NOT be taken to Court. In those very, very rare cases when a PPC has tried Court (not Parking Eye because they don't, it's not part of their modus operandi) the PPC has lost where the person has shown up. THe defendant would have to show up, but it won;t come to that in your case.

The well-known exception is a set-up case where the motorist told lies about who was driving and the judge seemed to want to make an example of him. It's not worth reading as it wasn't a normal case.

Much more relevant is the Hetherington-Jakeman case, read this:

http://www.tpuc.org/node/231

HTH, please treat the ticket and the letters that follow, with the disdain they deserve. It's similar to receiving a series of phishing emails and you wouldn't worry about them would you?

Posted by: orford Tue, 6 Jul 2010 - 16:36
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Yes and yes, but it won't happen. Parking Eye have never issued acourt claim. Their business plan does not include wasting money losing court cases

Posted by: Gan Tue, 6 Jul 2010 - 16:46
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Instead of trying to find the isolated couple of cases where a PPC did have a lucky win, you would be much better off putting phrases like "Excel spanked", "Minster Baywatch","OPC" and "watchdog paper plane" into the search box in top right corner of the pages.

Then take a look at all the typical letter chains.

PPCs make enough money out the mugs that take them seriously and panic after a few letters. They don't bother throwing time and money at the few who know basic law.

It's always best to attend a case because it prevents a PPC win by default. It's very informal anyway, solicitors are discouraged and Parking Eye have no more experience of it than you have.

Posted by: bama Tue, 6 Jul 2010 - 17:10
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research...


http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=46975

and

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?autocom=ibwiki&cmd=article&id=56

and
http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?autocom=ibwiki&cmd=article&id=102

Posted by: cimbom123 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 - 14:15
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Hi all

Just got back from holiday to find a letter from CCS Collect debt collectors dated 21st July informing me now I owe them £120 up from the initial £90.

The thing is I was expecting the second letter to be the photograhic evidence which I read on these forums. Does anyone know why my second letter from them was from CCS Collect? Shouldn't they have sent me the photographic evidence before getting the Debt Collectors involved? Has Parking Eye changed the way they operate?

I am still choosing to ignore them but was confused as to why this has happend. Any ideas will be appreciated.

Posted by: ManxRed Mon, 23 Aug 2010 - 14:20
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Maybe they didn't actually have any photos so skipped a step.

Its no more legitimate by going straight to CCS Collect. The debt still doesn't exist.

Carry on ignoring.