Get Geared Leeds - Two year old+ parking charge

[_mjs_]

Good evening BCF,

I received a letter today demanding the sum of £275 for parking at Get Geared in Leeds over two years ago.

At the time in question I had parked my bike (long since sold on) in a marked bay, went into the store, bought some tyre plugs, exited the store and then visited on foot the J&S store which is directly over the road.

When I returned approximately 5 minutes later, I found a parking charge notice demanding £60 or else stuck on my petrol tank by a company called UKCPS.

I went straight back into Get Geared and spoke with a staff member who assured me it would cancelled.

Two years plus change go by without hearing anything further and this drops through my letterbox:

https://i1323.photobucket.com/albums/u587/mjs1066/20141001_192128_zpsbac3d49d.jpg

Initial Googlings indicate these letters have gone out en masse to motorists around the country.

As I understand it the law recently changed so wiping my arse with it then posting it back is no longer the standard response to such barefaced Jewing money out of people and some sort of reply in writing needs to be made.

Can you guys offer any advice? I think going back to Get Geared tomorrow and asking them to intervene might be a good place to start?

Thanks in advance for any advice.
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[dydey90]

But Get Geared have always had free customer parking?
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[stinkwheel]

How do they know it was YOU.

You are the registered keeper but can they show you were the driver with whom they have a contract?
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[_mjs_]

[_mjs_]

[Rogerborg]

#1 PePiPoo

#2 Have fun with it. I'd go with this response as a template.
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[mattyfattyboo...]

The law has changed recently but this is 2 years old? Are they now able to get all the old tickets out from years ago and start hassling people for them? Doubt it.

[Llama-Farmer]

pepipoo is more likely to have people who can help.


Can you prove that you did use the car park to go to Get Geared?
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[Rogerborg]

[Llama-Farmer]

[MattEMulsion]

2 years ago??? I don't think the more recent change in the law can be retrospectively applied to 'offences' that old. I'd ignore it.
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[Rogerborg]

[SQL]

I'd file it under B for Bin

[-Matt-]

[talkToTheHat]

Isn't j&s next door to get geared? Shared carpark between them and I think a maplins?

Does that mean that if I go to a retail park I need to work out which spaces belong to which store? Absurd much?

Watching with great interest and not going to get geared again until I find out how this pans out.
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[_mjs_]

[Ste]

I'd do as Roger says and get on pepipoo. I'd also be contacting the Get Geared just to try and get them on side as well, not that it'll make all that much difference if the car park policing is contracted to an external company but it can't do any harm.

[Snorty]

[Rogerborg]

[ScaredyCat]

I sent a tweet to @GetGeared They responded:

[arry]

Looks like the Miah Solicitors have some dirt in their storeroom

https://www.ftadviser.com/2011/10/04/regulation/regulators/fsa-fines-firm-over-m-boiler-room-scam-OxBhKHfJzBlhOHeOuJaI7J/article.html

https://www.facebook.com/miahsolicitors

[map]

As above goto pepipoo and post a link to your thread back here.

They seem to have got you for leaving the car park.
FWIW there was a landmark judgement about that (I didn't see Rogerborg post about it, he may have done in the past). It appears the parking company has to have the agreement of the shop(s) to impose the fines.

Anyhow, see here and here for an overview of the story.

It was also mentioned in this thread with a pdf of the judge's comments. Worth a read

As it was 2 years ago I'd think the law changes don't apply.

Also IIRC that car park serves a number of shops. Two years ago might even include Hein Gericke (when did they go bust, resurrect and die again?). This parking company would have to have had agreement from all of them
HTH

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[DrSnoosnoo]

Shit I ALWAYS park there and nip into town. This missus has recently copied that habit. I might have to tell her to watch it now.

I've noticed more recently they have put up a new sign which is cleaner than the last one but the writing is still stupendously small. If I got a ticket I would argue that the car park is never full, therefore I have created no loss to the businesses by deterring a potential customer.
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[monkeybiker]

So it's not a parking fine from the council? I'm pretty sure you can just ignore it. From what I've heard it's only the council who have any power to enforce a parking fine.