ParkingEye Parking charge notice in service station Options

[alpacamad]

Advice please.

I have received a PCN from ParkingEye for exceeding the 2 hour free parking allowance. It has 2 photos of the car on entry and exit to the car park. It is for £100 reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days.

The driver did not see any signs on entering the car park or ticket machines etc as they had no idea it would be a car park that needed a ticket purchased. The driver was in a hurry to meet people and on slowing down from the motorway they completely missed any signs, and it looked like a free carpark.

There was no knowledge that the car park required a paid ticket after 2 hours and the driver would gladly have purchased one. The website states that the cost of parking after 2 hours is £10, and would be happy to pay this to the landowner. From the research on the forum threads, can I consider the PCN excessive for the landowner to compensate for their lost revenue?

Should I appeal and then ignore as suggested in other threads? Do you have a template letter for an appeal or advise on what points to appeal under?

Many thanks

This post has been edited by alpacamad: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 - 23:48