Stitch_KTF Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Anybody got any advice on parking tickets..............Leeslover? :security: It’s a Euro Car Parks one, issued for being on Sainsburys free carpark for fifteen minutes longer than the two hours allowed. £50 or £30 if paid within a fortnight. Am I right in thinking it’s unenforceable? If so how do I go about avoiding being hassled? Should they chase it and I ignore them will they just go away? Any help appreciated..........knowledge of running a small business preferable, but not essential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futchers briefs Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Anybody got any advice on parking tickets..............Leeslover? :security: It’s a Euro Car Parks one, issued for being on Sainsburys free carpark for fifteen minutes longer than the two hours allowed. £50 or £30 if paid within a fortnight. Am I right in thinking it’s unenforceable? If so how do I go about avoiding being hassled? Should they chase it and I ignore them will they just go away? Any help appreciated..........knowledge of running a small business preferable, but not essential. Get the £30 paid you tight sod Unless there is an issue with signs not telling you, I would have thought you are better off getting the 30 notes off, before it goes up to£50!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch_KTF Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Get the £30 paid you tight sod Unless there is an issue with signs not telling you, I would have thought you are better off getting the 30 notes off, before it goes up to£50!! Unfortunatley me being quite the opposite of a tight sod has eventually led to me being broke this Christmas. And besides, I'm loathed to spend £40 in Sainsburys and then £30/50 to park outside - even if I hadn't only been in Sainsburys! I'm pretty sure these things aren't enforceable and the company just relies on people adopting your approach and paying out of fear of being pursued and paying additional costs. Not that I base my thoughts soley on this, but why else would they offer early payment discounts? £50 within 3 weeks or £30 within 2 hardly suggests it's a cashflow thing, and besides, it's pretty much all 'profit'! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorvik_latic Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Unfortunatley me being quite the opposite of a tight sod has eventually led to me being broke this Christmas. And besides, I'm loathed to spend £40 in Sainsburys and then £30/50 to park outside - even if I hadn't only been in Sainsburys! I'm pretty sure these things aren't enforceable and the company just relies on people adopting your approach and paying out of fear of being pursued and paying additional costs. Not that I base my thoughts soley on this, but why else would they offer early payment discounts? £50 within 3 weeks or £30 within 2 hardly suggests it's a cashflow thing, and besides, it's pretty much all 'profit'! Who has issued the ticket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch_KTF Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Who has issued the ticket? 'Euro Car Parks' issued it Jorvik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Never read this myself, but it may help. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/p...-ticket-appeals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 They can write you letters, phone you up and even knock on your door and asl you to pay it, but they can't do owt else. If it was a local authority one then ultimately it would end up with a bailiff with a warrant, but they can't do that with this one. Basically you can wipe your arse with it if you so choose. Most likely they will write you another letter and then go away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
help_shiny Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 They can write you letters, phone you up and even knock on your door and asl you to pay it, but they can't do owt else. If it was a local authority one then ultimately it would end up with a bailiff with a warrant, but they can't do that with this one. Basically you can wipe your arse with it if you so choose. Most likely they will write you another letter and then go away. or wipe your arse with it and then send it back to them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 or wipe your arse with it and then send it back to them You'd be amazed, or perhaps you wouldn't be, how frequently that and similar ideas do occur to, "customers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 £50 or £30 if paid within a fortnight Feck me Stitch a hefty 24 hours with this and the £55 Norton you paid out You must be loaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch_KTF Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 They can write you letters, phone you up and even knock on your door and asl you to pay it, but they can't do owt else. If it was a local authority one then ultimately it would end up with a bailiff with a warrant, but they can't do that with this one. Basically you can wipe your arse with it if you so choose. Most likely they will write you another letter and then go away. Cheers, I remembered you saying something along those lines in the past. Something to do with not entering/accepting a contract? Feck me Stitch a hefty 24 hours with this and the £55 Norton you paid out You must be loaded Isn't everybody who has 4 credit cards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Cheers, I remembered you saying something along those lines in the past. Something to do with not entering/accepting a contract? They aren't covered by either the civil laws which govern local authority enforcement (parking, bus lanes etc) or the criminal ones that police fines are based on (speeding and so on). You could put signs up on your wall threatening people with a fine if they entered your front garden but it would have no legal basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 You should have taken the bus you capitalist pig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 You should have taken the bus you capitalist pig. Never mind that. Did he see any footballers there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch_KTF Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 They aren't covered by either the civil laws which govern local authority enforcement (parking, bus lanes etc) or the criminal ones that police fines are based on (speeding and so on). You could put signs up on your wall threatening people with a fine if they entered your front garden but it would have no legal basis. I'm going to send them a fine for tampering with my windscreen wiper. £50 or £30 within a fortnight. It surprises me that the knowledge these things can't be enforced isn't more widespread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stitch_KTF Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 You should have taken the bus you capitalist pig. Never mind that. Did he see any footballers there? Don't be so ridiculous - it was a Thursday! Imagine the uproar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I'm going to send them a fine for tampering with my windscreen wiper. £50 or £30 within a fortnight. It surprises me that the knowledge these things can't be enforced isn't more widespread. If they manage to clamp you they are entitled to charge you to take it off so long as you were adequately warned (although not a punitive amount). I’m not a lawyer but I would imagine any case if they tried to push it would be struck down for the same reason as the bank charges decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Never mind that. Did he see any footballers there? He was in Sainsbury's stupid ! footballers hang around Tesco's or Asda, keep up man ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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