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This is an experience I had once when helping out a friend.
We had gone to town to do some shopping. We shopped at Sainsburys and then walked the 5 minutes to the town centre for some lunch.
When we got back, there was what appeared to be a parking ticket on the windscreen because we had been longer than 2 hours.
The company issuing the parking "ticket" was called Euro Carparks. Some digging around online found a few forums which all seemed to point to one thing.....the "ticket" is not a parking ticket at all. It's an invoice for breach of contract. The driver of the vehicle enters into a contract when parking.
The driver is not necessarily the owner of the vehicle, as was the case with my friend. Her other half had driven because she was feeling unwell.
After much reading, I advised my friend to ignore the ticket to start with. Eventually in the post came a letter saying something along the lines of "We got your details from DVLA and you owe us X amount".
She wrote to them saying that whilst she is the owner of the vehicle, she was not the driver at the time the invoice was issued and therefore had no obligation to pay it.
Another letter arrived saying they would take her to court if she did not pay up and would incur further costs. She then wrote to them saying again that she was not the driver and that she had lent it to her partner. She also said that she had asked us who was driving but neither of us could remember.
She had yet another letter turn up giving her one last chance to pay or face legal action.
She replied, telling them to stop harassing her and she looked forward to seeing them in court where she would be claiming legal fees and loss of earnings.
Now, I am not saying you should do this, but it did work. The only thing that could have scuppered her would have been cctv, luckily, there was none
The invoices are made to look almost like a parking ticket issued by the local authority to try and fool people into thinking some sort of law has been broken. Should you get one, read it carefully and have a good look online for information on the company that issued it.
mick
We had gone to town to do some shopping. We shopped at Sainsburys and then walked the 5 minutes to the town centre for some lunch.
When we got back, there was what appeared to be a parking ticket on the windscreen because we had been longer than 2 hours.
The company issuing the parking "ticket" was called Euro Carparks. Some digging around online found a few forums which all seemed to point to one thing.....the "ticket" is not a parking ticket at all. It's an invoice for breach of contract. The driver of the vehicle enters into a contract when parking.
The driver is not necessarily the owner of the vehicle, as was the case with my friend. Her other half had driven because she was feeling unwell.
After much reading, I advised my friend to ignore the ticket to start with. Eventually in the post came a letter saying something along the lines of "We got your details from DVLA and you owe us X amount".
She wrote to them saying that whilst she is the owner of the vehicle, she was not the driver at the time the invoice was issued and therefore had no obligation to pay it.
Another letter arrived saying they would take her to court if she did not pay up and would incur further costs. She then wrote to them saying again that she was not the driver and that she had lent it to her partner. She also said that she had asked us who was driving but neither of us could remember.
She had yet another letter turn up giving her one last chance to pay or face legal action.
She replied, telling them to stop harassing her and she looked forward to seeing them in court where she would be claiming legal fees and loss of earnings.
Now, I am not saying you should do this, but it did work. The only thing that could have scuppered her would have been cctv, luckily, there was none
The invoices are made to look almost like a parking ticket issued by the local authority to try and fool people into thinking some sort of law has been broken. Should you get one, read it carefully and have a good look online for information on the company that issued it.
mick
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