keizer_soze
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 17:11
Hi,
My fiancée and I parked our two motorbikes on a small triangle of tarmac on a back street in Chester on a bank holiday Monday. Although there was a sign on the wall nearby saying no parking and explaining the fines we thought that we would be safe as it was a bank holiday and the bikes were tucked up next to each other in the very corner of the piece of tarmac, not even taking up a car’s space.
We went off for a walk and returned to find a ticket on EACH of our bikes, £90 each if paid within 7 days or £140 each thereafter up to 14 days.
The issuer was
Direct Parking Solutions
158 - 164 Price Street
Birkenhead
Wirral
CH41 3PR
Looking at the majority of the threads in this forum the general idea is to ignore all tickets and correspondence from private parking companies. Would this be your recommended approach in our scenario?
Thanks,
Keizer
bama
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 17:20
yes. you sure it is a PPC ticket. very unusual that they give out their real adress.
southpaw82
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 17:27
QUOTE (keizer_soze @ Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 18:11)
We went off for a walk and returned to find a ticket on EACH of our bikes, £90 each if paid within 7 days or £140 each thereafter up to 14 days.
I've never seen a council get it
that wrong. Virtually certain to be a PPC.
Teufel
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 17:34
unenforcebale
ignore
a scam
bama
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 - 17:38
I agree. would be good to see the paperwork though - scrubbed of course - sounds like we have a player here who will be walking all over multiple statutes and so could well be vulnerable.
And I never knowingly underestimate the ability of councils to fkuc things up ( Not the logic of Barnet but the logic of Barnum).
dave-o
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 10:00
Must be a PPC.
No council tickets have those amounts or timescales.
Still, post up a scan/photo, they sound like particularly greedy little scummers.
keizer_soze
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 16:51
Thanks for all your advice so far, here is the front and back of my ticket:
southpaw82
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 17:50
"Penalty charge" lol.
DIRECT CARPARKING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Registered No. 06526548
TOWNGATE HOUSE 116 -118 TOWNGATE, LEYLAND, LEYLAND, LANCASHIRE, PR25 2LQ
bama
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 - 18:52
incredibly they have put a full postal address on the invoice as well.
google earth comes up with a ice-cream place at that postcode...anyone in the area ????
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