AIBU to ignore 'Parking Charge Notice' from Parking Eye

[ComposHat]

Just before Christmas I was travelling from England to Scotland when we stopped at a service station for a break at a service station just over the border just before midnight.

When we returned to the car after a loo break and a cup of coffee, the car resolutely failed to start. After a call to the AA we were told that it would be a three hour wait until a patrol would get back to me.

Anyway the patrolman showed up after about three hours and got me us underway again, colder, grumpier but none the worse for wear.

All well and good, until I got a letter from a company called 'Parking Eye' trying to get me to pay £100 quid for overstaying the two hour free parking period (in a deserted car park at midnight in a broken down car) complete with two blurry pictures of my car's number plate. The driver (who may or may not have been me ;-) ) isn't visible in their cruddy shots.

Having scanned a few forums, the consensus seems to be to ignore these money grabbing chancers and deposit the letters they send straight into the dustbin. However I am by nature quite nervy, so am a bit worried about the consequences, equally I don't have a spare £100 lying around to hand over to these cowboys.

Has anyone had any experience in dealing with 'Parking Eye' or other Private Parking contractors and what did you do? Any help greatly appreciated.

[ipaynobillsorfines]

they all end up paying me, plz email if anyone is in need of help!

[ipaynobillsorfines]

you need to research the english Bill of Rights. It makes it clear that all fines are illigal!!!
Also let me just ask a question, were you not given everything you need by the creator, so who are these companies and governments that tell you that you have to pay for the essentials of life,,,, they already belong to you ,,,,why are you paying again, plz go to youtube and search for Gas, water and electrtic are free and then look for the video that shows how it is done. peace mothers

[varoise49]

Check here:
www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/content.php?814-Parking-Eye-penalties-are-...-Penalties
and read the Court judgement against them.

[LiberalLibertine]

Bollocks I paid one of these last year, and had to borrow the money from my mum :( bastards.

[varoise49]

Hello,
I've deliberately registered to reply re:unenforceable invoices/parking scams. I wa seeking arkingpie's CEO name/geographic address to send an RD letter, trackable online, requiring signature. Googling showed your post, prompting my involvement and reply now.
Legislation changed 1 October 2012:
#DO NOT IGNORE NOTICES #
Instead, go to Martin Lewis's wonderful site and head for this Forumthread:Parking Tickets, Fines & Parking
Views: 15,190 View Announcement
New regulations came into force 1 October 2012
03-10-2012 MSE Andrea (Forum Editorial Liaison)

ALL OF THESE PARKING COMPANIES ARE SCAMMERS. Just read the Forum advice from outstanding expert posters, like coupon-mad,redx,unkommas,etc.

Enjoy the revenge/cancellations also well-explained on pepipoo
forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=46975&pid=740168&mode=threaded&start=#entry740168

• and the glorious parking prankster blog,

parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/

All are absolutely essential toolkits.
Most of all, don't worry, but DON'T IGNORE EITHER.
I may never post again, but want you to broadcast all of these facts and weapons against these low-life thugs far and wide.
-so speaks a long-ago Mum, 65 this Friday, with 2 arking pie speculative unenforceable 'invoices' on the go.
My kind wishes to you all.

[CrystalQueen]

you can appeal to the Parking on Private Lands Appeals (www.popla.ork.uk) if you have appealed to the company first and had your appeal rejected. The company are meant to tell yoou about this when they reject your appeal and give you a reference number. (This worked for me recently!)

[KatyPutTheCuttleOn]

Have a look at
this
and this

[KatyPutTheCuttleOn]

Ignore it. Don't appeal, don't engage in any dialogue with them and ignore it. They can't enforce it, they just try it and hope you will pay up. Look on the various money saving web sites for all kinds of threads about it.

[northernlurker]

Ignoring letters may not work now. It used to be that they couldn't proceed to court unless you confirmed you were teh driver. Now the givernment have stopped them clamping you (good) but changed the law so that even if you don't reply they can assume you were there (bad). It's not clear if this will mean more cases actually getting to court. Dh is refusing to pay one on the grounds that the charge is excessive for the loss incurred so we'll see. Personally I wish he'd just pay the reduced charge of £30 and be done with it but he says that's what 'they' want you to do. I shall be bloody cross with him if he is taken to court but I accept that's still unlikely.

[bassduck]

Thanks, I posted there.

[zipzap]

Try the honestjohn.co.uk website - he's really good in cases like this.

[bassduck]

Europcar obv gave them my name and address, so maybe it's better to pay this?

[bassduck]

Hi,

I got a private parking charge of £70. I rented the car at Europcar. Will I get trouble not paying in this case?


Thanks for the help!

[KeepTheFaithBaby]

I know...I'm too much of a scaredy cat to not pay but decided to take a punt at appealing and Lo and behold, got a cheque back!

[nomorecrumbs]

Wow, I'm amazed they read the appeal, much less refunded you.

Private parking 'companies' are all a load of cowboys. Ignore any letter, ignore ignore ignore.

[KeepTheFaithBaby]

I got one in June. I paid but appealed sending a copy of the statement saying I had my newborn baby with me and lost track of time. They refunded the fee and the debit card transaction fee (this was Parking Eye).

[idiuntno57]

sorry i can't do it from my phone but go to peepoo (need to check spelling but is mentioned on the moneysaving expert threads) and look at parking ticket/parking eye section.

[JustBecauseICan]

Can you link to latest advice? Because I've just spent 2 hrs ploughing through Money Saving Expert, watching Watchdog clips, reading threads on here and on my local consumer FB page and can't find anything?

[idiuntno57]

sorry at missing there

[idiuntno57]

all the people peepoo (sp?) have recently changed their advice as parking eye have started issuing court orders.

[JustBecauseICan]

Marking place as am trying to convince my elderly (and a bit freaked) mother who is on her 3rd letter as of this morning! (free car park, overstayed by 15 mins)

[Anna8284]

Help, I have had a the fine letter , 21minutes and I didn't even leave the car. I've appealed it witch meant I've confirmed I'm the driver and they have declined it. i Was just about to pay it and see this. As I've confirmed I'm the driver shall I just pay it??????????

[EhricLovesTeamQhuay]

I've just got a parking eye letter for a 13 minute overstay in Aldi. I was having lunch with a friend who lives above Aldi, the flats are part of the building and residents have agreement to park in the car park. I'm not planning to pay but should I not respond or should I appeal?

[nikkimale85]

hi i was just reserching parkingeye as i also have been stung by them, i havnt read through the whole thread but i can see the overiding opinion is to ignor but i am worried as on this site : www.britishparking.co.uk/AOS-Members
it says they are one of the few that use "debt recovery" :/ what does this mean? im scared to not pay but obviously dont want to