Got a parking ticket... not so like a boss.

[Willson]

Dropping the missus at work today, popped in with her for a bit, came out and... Parking fine. . Signage is there... but high up, and I'm short, so didn't see it.

£75 if paid within 7 days, otherwise £125. And: £4.50 charge if I want to pay by debit card.

I'ma guessing there's no wriggling out of this one? Even if I make up some bull shit about her being late, me offering to give her a lift and coming in to fetch her leathers because I needed to take another passenger that day? [/bullshit].

Willson
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[Quornholio]

Private company?

[Willson]

Yep. Elite Management (Midlands) Ltd.

Willson

Edit: Ooh hello! Ticket says seven days for a reduced rate... website says:

[Snorty]

[Jim Mc]

Did they not recently change the law so that private firms cannot charge parking fines? I may be wrong, maybe it was just clamping.

[Willson]

What about the bull shit about them going to teh DVLA? Or is that just to make me feel scared?

Willson
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[WannaBeDude]

The cunts might have more success if they charged the samr as the council there in !
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[johnsmith222]

Do NOT pay them and do NOT contact them.

Bin it!!!

Like a boss!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAIcdi9niHA

[Sload]

Agreed with above, bin it and don't respond to any letters. Only if you get a fine from a council will you have to take due action, private companies are unenforceable.

[.....]

Do they give you a prepaid envelope? If they do put a cat turd in there and send it to them.

Oh, put the letter in the bin and forget about it.

[Willson]

No envelope...

At any rate I lovingly ripped this off another forum:

[Ingah]

[Villers]

This was big locally recently with 'parking eye'. They tried it on in a local carpark without much notice and changed it from all day for free to a 1 hour stay. Cue loads of people getting tickets etc. There were a fair few who paid them too.

I think if you look around for the name of the company on google and places like moneysavingexpert etc you will find a list of the letters they send you and what to do.

Normal course is: Initial letter with ridiculous fee (note fee, not a fine), another letter asking for more, a letter threateninglegal action, a letter from debt collector (normally from the same company under a different name and no legal powers) then normally peace.

Dont sweta it, dont pay it and dont even try the usual baiting (which is very tempting) as contacting them will suggest guilt and they'll get the bit between their teeth and send you even more toothless correspondance!
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[b0ss]

I can only echo what has been said DO NOT PAY IT and also do not have any contact with them. If you get any letters bin them.

[mr-inteligent]

Yeah do no pay they will send a few letters and then give up.
The fine actually goes down the more desperate they get lol.

[Villers]

You could always send them a load of empty envelopes with no stamps on, meaning they would have to pay to get them from royal fail, thinking they were idiots paying up, only to find 'Wanker!' written on the inside of each one!

Couple of hundred should do it!
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[GREENI3]

Just ignore it.

They can't do fuck all.

If it was the council, you'd really have no choice but to pay it, but with private firms you don't have to do anything.

They all act on scare tactics to get people to pay them, nothing else.

If everyone decided not to pay parking tickets from private companies, most of them would be out of business.

[colin1]

[Irn-Bru]

My brother got a parking fine from a random private firm when he forgot to put his college parking badge thing in his car. First they'd send a letter every week, then the letters even came in red envelopes! Ohhh, scary stuff! Fast forward to now and they must have given up as haven't heard a thing in months
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[Quornholio]

[colin1]

no, this was another company not sainsburys, as the car parks at this shopping centre are managed by the shopping centre not the stores
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[95Theses]

+1 to the 'Just Ignore it' camp

I've had a couple and just ignored the fuckers and they just go away after a while.

They threaten all kinds of stuff to do with your credit rating, but they never actually put their money where their mouth is and take you to court.

[Willson]

Does it make a difference that I got a nice sticky plastic pouch with the ticket in it stuck to my windscreen? That... might I add has made a fine mess of it. Adeshive is a pain to clean off!

Willson
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[Marmalade]