To not pay this parking ticket from Total Parking Solutions because its a scam?

@Ange38 - You would be better off starting your own thread rather than reviving an old one. People may respond to the original post from 2013 without realising this is an old thread.

Your partner does not have a case to appeal. There is a short grace period of 5-10 minutes when you enter a car park to allow you to find a space, park and pay. If you stay longer than that, you must pay. The fact he was not in a bay or on any lines is irrelevant. The fact he was waiting to pick you up from work and you were late is also irrelevant. He was in the car park for 51 minutes and should therefore have paid. Any appeal will fail.

Hi, my partner has just had a letter from Total Parking Solutions saying he was on the premises for 51 minutes and not paid to park the carpark entrance/exit had the camera where they clocked the car come and leave.
My partner was not parked in a bay or on any lines he was waiting to pick me up from work at a hospital and I was running late does this warrant a ticket or a good case to appeal?

There is a loop whole

What is the date of the parking offence and what date did they send you the first letter?

You can't ignore these anymore. The law changed and they will enforce it by taking you to court.

Hi guys I've just received my 2nd letter from premier parking solutions. The fine has increased from £100 to £130 now. I am getting very anxious as they've told me they may use enforcement action which could include county court proceedings. I am ignoring as per this thread and all other reviews Ive read on line but a lot of those are dated 2014 with nothing more recent. Has anybody had more recent dealings with the company?

Hi. I know this is an old thread but interested to know what happened to you. I have the same company chasing me for a fine which I feel is unfair
Thanks

the problem with the changes to the law there is no come back against true arsehole parkers whom park on private properity (aka house owned parking bays / staff parking at universities etc)

as I have experenced at my housing estate which all have allicated parking to houses with clear signage but since its close to a popualar train station people now park on MINE and neighbours propierty and there is nothing we can do to stop them (we cannot get concil permits in our area due to the local area loop hole for private property not falling under the permit schme)

We cannot take every single car owner to court inderpentaly and we cannot physically restrict access to our parking spaces as it connects to a public road

Oh and police do not get involed as its a civil case as all it amounts to is trespass

They won't bother.

Send their rubbish back in an unstamped envelope. Add some blank paper to make it heavy.

wow these companies are ridiculous.....
thanks for these responses

Also, don't expect these people to be reasonable - writing and asking to pay a reduced fine will do no good. I got a ticket for parking on my OWN land! I told them this so many times, pointed out that they had no right to impose terms and conditions on my right to park there, I had no contractual relationship with etc. They just ploughed on regardless until they finally gave up.

My grandmother got a ticket once at the hospice where my grandfather was, on the day he died. She wrote to them to ask them to retract the penalty as she was in the hospice with her dying husband. Did they care? Did they hell.

These people are sick and greedy.

Amun - I didn't use them because I didn't know about them! Wish I had. Yes I think they will deal with it at pretty much any stage.

And don't be scared by these so-called 'solicitors'. I got a letter from one of them full of absolute, total nonsense (I knew that because I am a solicitor myself - a good one!).

These shysters work on a business model where they frighten enough people into paying with official letters and bogus threats. Taking every case of not paying their invoices to small claims court would cost them an arm and a leg.

I'd still just chance my arm and ignore. Parking Eye (who are the biggest firm of this type) have issued hundreds of thousands of invoices each year, but in 2014 less than 300 made it to the hearing stage. I'd just sit tight until the unlikely event that you get official county court papers.

I ignored but got scared when I was threatened with court. I had no choice but to go over the allotted time (I was breastfeeding my ds who was 6 weeks old at the time). I had parked outside b and q so I rang that branch and a very kind employee rang the company and had it cancelled within seconds.

No I have no permit
I was not granted a permit even though i applied...

although i shouldnt have parked i had no choice as i had to collect my daughter from nursery and parking further meant i would be late to collect her every time i had a lecture beforehand...

im contemplating writing back to the solicitors proposing to pay the original charge of £30 each as the rest is excessive and arbitrary and no loss was actually incurred

Are you allowed to park there?

xiaozhu have you used the company you sent the link of and can they deal with charges that have progressed to the solicitor's stage or not?

thanks for the responses

i believe its POPLA but i'm not 100% sure...
really confused and stressed about my best course of action, don't want to end up paying more money than this

how can i dispute this?

PS: Are their 'appeals' people POPLA or ICP? Because if ICP then they are a total joke, not independent at all. POPLA are a lot better.

Be careful about giving them your personal details by the way. How did they get your address? From DVLA I assume? Do NOT give them DOB or any other details, as they have no right to ask for them and could use them against you in the future.

Almost the exact same thing happened to me. They are very unlikely to take you to court, as this is an unenforceable penalty charge. I would ignore until you get an actual court summons - do NOT ignore this. If you are taken to court then the penalty is unenforceable anyway, as long as you raise this as a defence.

One thing you can do if you want to lessen the stress is call these guys: www.appealparkingticket.co.uk/ They will fight the ticket on your behalf and guarantee you won't have to pay it, for a fixed fee of £16. It think that's a small amount to pay to avoid the stress! (PS: I'm not one of their representatives! Just a suggestion).

Don't ignore them! That's old advice. Best place to start looking is mse forums. They have all the letter templates etc and links to pepipoo and the official ombudsman. Ignoring means you'll miss deadlines and you may end up having to pay.

The advice to ignore is now out of date.

The law HAS changed since this thread started in June 2013. - go to PEPIPOO and Martin Lewis's MoneySavingExperts websites for info.

Ignore them.

They could take you to small claims court but in my experience they won't. Don't respond, not even with an explanation.

ignore ignore ignore.

I also have received many PCN'S from TPS
I am forced to park there on the university campus as I have to collect my child from nursery following lectures etc.

They have now just sent me 3 letters (all in one) for 3 different parking fines saying I must pay by 6.04.2015 or they will take further action.. slightly worried now as I am just a student and cant afford to pay £300 in parking fines...

HELP!