Parking Eye are vultures praying on the weak and making a fortune unfairly

Pepipoo is the place to go. You must NOT ignore the notice now. I fought mine, let them take me to court. They ended up paying for my court attendance and had to pay for my parking in the council car park I used to attend court.

It is a great shame that at the point of parking you did not use your mobile phone to photo the notices of the machine out of order etc. Its now harder to prove, but you will not be the only one, so you should be able to find others with the same issue.

One obvious route for your appeal is that you never parked. ANPR of you going in and then leaving does not prove you parked. Nor does it mean you did not go into and out of the car park more than once....

Be aware that they will try and make you jump through endless hoops wasting your time so you don't fight it. I did not play their game. I stated my points very briefly, and only once. Then made my case to a judge. Don't give them endless ammunition for one of their clever barristers to hang you (yes, they do actually use a barrister if it goes to court)

 

As above, Find out who owns the carpark, I got a PE ticket in a shop carpark, Then kicked off at the store who said they did not own the car park but they did, Then the store manager, Then the regional manager then the divisional controller and also requested the MD's phone number and email for a formal complaint, It got dropped in a few days after reading up on it and a had a letter saying no further action to be taken, He who shouts loudest etc....You have to make contact don't just ignore it but don't lie down and take it either

 

I'm fighting a ParkingEye one at the moment and the first letter back said that the case was on hold so the "reduced if paid in 14 days" isn't going to auto roll over the the 28 day fee. Don't really trust them, but it says that in black and white so if it goes to court we're still talking about £60 not £100.

Some useful info on these pages to help me too, so ty all.

 

I really hate the sneaky way in which PEOPLE operates; like the Gatsos of the parking World.

Just as clamping got banned, these parasites step in to make motorists lives a misery.

 

Just don't take any $hit off them, You can only appeal within the given timeframe in most cases it would be refused/denied anyway...There is some good info on the web..including templates for letters which would guarantee a win in court if you want it to go that far.

I have quite an argumentative nature with authority so took it as a challenge...but they buckled!!

 

Pay it.

£60 is a small price for piece of mind. I know this is like giving in to bully's, but i'm fighting a fine i got 15 months ago. They just dont give in. Totally wrong, but are you prepared for one letter every 6 weeks, with more and more threats of court action. My fine is up to £150 plus any court costs.Too late to back out now, but given my time again, i'd pay, then next time i visit Welcome Break ..........(well, you work it out).

 

Keep the letters, counter claim for harassment. Charge about £10 to deal with every unnecessary letter they send. Don't get drawn into arguments, that is what they want so that you give up. Say what you want to say and let it head to court, or see if they drop it.

 

Whats the point. You will just be wasting your time. Pay it and live your life.

 

Just been through it myself and I agree with Paul, unless you are 100% in the right, I'd say it's not worth the stress.

 

And even if you are 100% in the right - it does not always go your way (unless you have good professional legal representation)

Long story, but i once took a guy to the small claims court (I was absolutely in the right) it was for a relatively small amount of money - but a "principle" thing

Anyway he did some daft counter claim, which meant I had to travel the sh1thole that is Leeds - the end result was a crap and muddled verdict .

Afterwards, when I spoke to a very good friend who is a lawyer - he looked at me rather sardonically and simply said

"Very few legal cases get finaly settled in the Supreme Court at the Royal Courts of justice"

 

Interesting in the news currently about Wonga sending 'fake' solicitors letters to clients to scare them into paying..... wonder where they got the idea from?? parking eye have been doing exactly this for years!.....

 

that news broke a few weeks ago

since then it has been found that all the banks have been doing the same too

 

A little tip, If you ever feel like having a good few hours in a welcome break, Most of them have a 'Days Inn' travel lodge type thing, Just pop into them and put your registration in the machine on the desk as you are "doing a bit of work there", You can park all week for free

 

Update!
The appeal went in our favour therefore no fine to pay

 

Well done that man

 

Nice one

 

 

Small victory for us but I'm sure there'll be plenty of victims in their sights by close of play tomorrow