Any org lawyers

[Bluepete]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

I've got one of these "demands" on the go at the moment. Apparently the ANPR system at a motorway services reckons I was in there for three hours when I'm only supposed to be there for two. Each letter gets more and more threatening towards legal action against me, the latest is warning me that any court finding will affect my ability to get credit.... Bring it on, I can't wait.

The enforcement company gave up after sending me fourteen letters!

Such fun reading the "could" do this, "may" do that style of threats...

Pete

[Pete7]

There is some great advice on Martin Lewis's Money Saving Expert website:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...chid=151712523

I am fighting two of them at the moment for parking on private land, which I and the other residents own

Remember, the PCN is just an invoice from a private company. Read the follow up letters carefully and do ask for the POPl code if they want to persue it. Costs them each time and its still not binding on you if you loose.

Pete

[yorkie_chris]

The popla appeal stuff is worth getting right and doing every time as they get charged (iirc) £27 for it!

If you lose a popla appeal then it's still no more "enforceable" than it was before... contract regulations... trespassing... no actual loss or damage etc etc etc. And you won't lose a popla appeal if you phrase it right.

To appeal to popla you first need to appeal to the PPC (won't get anywhere, you can appeal saying you met chuck norris if you want)



As for the tax disc style sticker it's just as enforceable as whatever crap you were about to attach to said vehicle

Why don't you hand out a flyer stating peoples rights to appeal/pointer to various advice forums at the same time?

[Grant66]

Just sent my POPLA appeal in. Gave them every opportunity to stop the harassment, which they ignored. When the appeal is successful I'll be sending them an invoice for wasting my time

[Red Herring]

I just haven't responded to any of their letters....period. They'll get bored eventually and I'm certainly not going to get worked up over it.

[BanannaMan]

Originally Posted by Matt-EUC

I honestly could summon up a f*ck to give about what people do with their tickets after I issue them. I have a job to do, so I do it. As long as I'm getting paid to give out meaningless pieces of paper, I'll give out meaningless pieces of paper.

The fact that you make a living giving them out gives them some meaning.

Of course the real question is, do you work for some dodgy company making a living off hidden signs or a decent company trying to keep the public from parking on their property?

J/K there mate.
(don't feel you need to dignify that with a response)

[TamSV]

Originally Posted by BanannaMan

Of course the real question is, do you work for some dodgy company making a living off hidden signs or a decent company trying to keep the public from parking on their property?

It's a fair point. I've paid through the nose for town centre parking for staff and have had problems with the parking freedom fighters exercising their "right" to park on my property as long as they like.

I had a bloke park diagonally across 2 spaces, left his car there for three days and got arsey because I'd blocked him in when he deigned to return. How inconvenient for him.

[Grant66]

Originally Posted by Red Herring

I just haven't responded to any of their letters....period. They'll get bored eventually and I'm certainly not going to get worked up over it.

Current advice is not to ignore. Several companies will issue court documents. See pepipoo site.

[Red Herring]

That's not strictly true. They have had quite a lot of discussion on what is the best advice to give and they have agreed that due to the 60% success rate they are having at appeals then this is the best advice to give to the "general population" because they recognize that a large number of people feel intimidated and threatened by the succession of letters that arrive if you do nothing.

I'm not in the slightest bit threatened and indeed am rather hoping they do try and take me to court.....

[yorkie_chris]

It's better to appeal (they'll refuse, obviously) then do a POPLA appeal as that costs the PPC more money than it does to send snotty letters.