Parking charge notice

_Dragon_

That's a good idea but I don't think they would help out as there is other shops around.

Only had two coffees.

Thanks I was thinking it might of happened to other people but there is other shops plus mc Donald's.

I am going to request all information.

_Dragon_

As i am going to request those things in the letter should I say i don't believe i was in the car park for that long?

noiseboy72

I would say something along the lines of that you believe that the Invoice for parking has been unlawfully issued and it will be fully investigated before considered for any payment.

Make sure you only ask for 1 item in each letter. If you can use an anonymous address, all the better and do not give them your name. Tell them to respond to "Investigator on behalf of the owner" or similar.

wiz

It took that long to list all the options.

G a f f e r

I think i'm missing something here. The photo evidence they have shows your car with your number plate entering/parked up at 10:14 26s and then leaving at 13:40 41s the same day ------ a difference of 3hrs 26min 15sec.
The car park has a max stay of 3 hours.
The parking company has issued an "invoice" based on your 26min 15sec "overstay" as per their rules.

^^^^ Surely this is all the evidence they need to issue you the notice? Are you saying that they deliberately altered the time on the camera so as to entrap you? That is, it isn't just the time being generally wrong which would be the same innacuracy for both pictures, but that only one is mysteriously out of sync whilst the other is correct? In which case that's a WHOLE lot of evidence you'd have to provide to prove it (you are asserting it's wrong, you'd have to prove it).

If I were you, I'd pay the reduced £60 fine, avoid the stress and hassle of arguing over looooooooong periods of time, the threat of court action, this hanging over your head at Chrimbo etc etc and simply pay it and put it down to experience (I had similar when I didn't realise the local park had reduced the free stay from 3hrs to 2hrs so simply paid the reduced £50 and got on with my life - others might relish the long drawn out arguments and letters and threat of court etc etc but I just haven't got the time --- all imho).

IronGiant

You're not. Their evidence is incriminating and unfortunately the OP has no supporting evidence that he couldn't have been there that long.

nvingo

So, assuming the OP isn't bending the truth or forgetting large chunks of his life;
Return to carpark, robustly prove the time of entry, wait for 2hrs 50 minutes, exit car park and again robustly prove vehicle has left.
Sit back and await invoice.
None arrives, pay the existing invoice.
New invoice received, take the evidence and totally screw over the parking company to return all monies taken for this car park and compensate all invoiced parkers for their inconvenience.

IronGiant

That would do it

psychopomp1

OP,
Was the notice issued in Scotland by any chance? If so, notices issued by private parking companies there mean diddly squat, ie unenforceable. Living in Scotland I must have had at least a dozen parking notices issued over the years and I simply ignore them.

wiz

In best Dad's army voice op is: 'doomed' !

Pay up and move on with your life