Parking ticket 'reminder' 6 months after event - No notice received at the time!!!
14 May 2005, 10:53 AM
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Parking ticket 'reminder' 6 months after event - No notice received at the time!!!
What to do about this?
We received a document from 'Parkwise' informing us of an 'alleged offence' in November! - Neither of the drivers of the car had seen a Parking ticket on this car ever!
6 months later they write to us telling us that the opportunity to pay £30 had passed 14 days after the notice was issued!
I made 'representations'...
I have today received a letter back saying I have 'till 20th May to pay £30 or it will go back up to £60...
Should I just pay up or argue the case?
Cheers
Mick
We received a document from 'Parkwise' informing us of an 'alleged offence' in November! - Neither of the drivers of the car had seen a Parking ticket on this car ever!
6 months later they write to us telling us that the opportunity to pay £30 had passed 14 days after the notice was issued!
I made 'representations'...
I have today received a letter back saying I have 'till 20th May to pay £30 or it will go back up to £60...
Should I just pay up or argue the case?
Cheers
Mick
14 May 2005, 11:59 AM
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14 May 2005, 12:30 PM
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I'd ask to see a copy of the original ticket. Make sure that your tax disc number is clearly written on the ticket.
Its likely to be a scam if they have written "tax disc obscured". That is when a parking attendant sees that you have parked illegally, but has not been able to issue a ticket legitimately. Eg, he sees you in the distance, parked illegaly, takes your reg and just issues the ticket without ever approaching the car.
There was a documentatry on TV about this recently. Not sure how you fight it though. I suppose you just ask for proof, see what they send, and then make a defence case. Let them take you to court, and hope that they cannot be bothered to do so.
Its likely to be a scam if they have written "tax disc obscured". That is when a parking attendant sees that you have parked illegally, but has not been able to issue a ticket legitimately. Eg, he sees you in the distance, parked illegaly, takes your reg and just issues the ticket without ever approaching the car.
There was a documentatry on TV about this recently. Not sure how you fight it though. I suppose you just ask for proof, see what they send, and then make a defence case. Let them take you to court, and hope that they cannot be bothered to do so.
14 May 2005, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by andrewdelvard
Blimey they've got their own website www.parkwise.org.uk
Weasels!- Like the 'parcel' idea
Actually parking is much improved in the town now due to stricter enforcement! - You can pop in to the bank or whatever and quite often get a free 30 min parking place quite close - makes those sort of jobs MUCH easier!
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14 May 2005, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by CooperS
Send them a parcel with some dog poo in it
When I was 18 I went through a stage of 'collecting' peopls parking tickets from their windscreens after football matches and placing them lovingly in local litter bins... Whilst not a common game this may have happened to you...
If it did - it wasnt me for I am no longer such a menace
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