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.

[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.

[KatyPutTheCuttleOn]

Have a look at
this
and this

[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!)

[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.

[LiberalLibertine]

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

[varoise49]

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

[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

[ipaynobillsorfines]

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