Meadowhall Retail Park car parking megathread

[mazeppa]

same thing happened to me and a friend last year! u can argue it with them but we still ended up having to pay! centertainment really need to get a bigger car park!

 

Why did you "HAVE" to pay, because they said so in numerous letters?

Ignore them, they have no more right to demand money from you than I do.

[bumpyroads]

Nag the shops about it as well, remind them that they're losing custom over this. I'm sure the more people who complain to them, the more likely they will be to complain to the owners of the car park.

[sparklygem]

There was something about private car parking fines on the jeremy vine show on BBC Radio 2 last week ( on friday at 1pm), they said something about the fines are illegal....I SUGGEST YOU GET IN TOUCH with him, or martin lewis on moneysavingexpert.com, after what we heard on the radio!!!

[sparklygem]

I am going to get in touch with them as we have been affected with a parking bay not paying the ticket but being charged........anyone have a similar thing get in touch with me, im getting in touch with radio 2 in the next couple of days about it

[sparklygem]

return to sender as it's completely un-enforceable

 

I would agree either return as sender not available or gone away, im sure they have no legal force and only rely on the honest people getting back in touch with DVLA......and have they have screwed me over once before......take the dumbest route...

[manaman]

I just got one of these "fines" today, after parking in there last Saturday, apparently for 289 minutes, when their limit is 180 minutes. I had no idea there were any enforcements over parking, I saw no signs. I am totally in shock even after reading all the posts about this, it seems it is a scam but I do worry about things like bailiffs. I was parked there the whole time, in Toys R Us, B & W, and McDonalds, so I was not abusing the system in any way as I was shopping in their shops! Looking at some of the posts on other forums however it seems this company keep re-wording their notices. On mine it says I "exceeded the maximum free parking time permitted" and that the "parking terms and conditions are clearly displayed at prominent locations" - but I wasnt looking for any such thing. I certainly never noticed anything. My "fine" is for £50, but says I can pay £25 if I pay within 14 days instead of 28 - after which if I do not pay it will be forwarded to a debt recovery agency. I just rang Toys R Us and the staff member said they are fining loads of people and you have to pay!

What does anyone else think? Im a single parent and just dont have the spare cash but should I enter into negotiations with G24 or just keep quiet do you think?

 

See my post #62. Still nothing up to now.

As stated many times previously, the initial letter is an invoice, i.e. a request for payment NOT A FINE, and like any request it CAN BE REFUSED.

DO NOT CONTACT THEM IN ANY WAY, just retain all the letters received.

 

Regards M.

[Chloe091]

I still haven't heard anything after my last letter over a month ago saying they may take me to court if i dont pay, that was my 4th letter i think. I've had letters from G24, CCS collect and DWF.....

[Oddgitt]

I would agree either return as sender not available or gone away, im sure they have no legal force and only rely on the honest people getting back in touch with DVLA......and have they have screwed me over once before......take the dumbest route...

 

How can you justify returning it to sender/not known at this address if you've opened it? I thought these guys were getting these details of the DVLA so it won't be sent to 'the owner/occupuier' will it?

[just moi]

How can you justify returning it to sender/not known at this address if you've opened it? I thought these guys were getting these details of the DVLA so it won't be sent to 'the owner/occupuier' will it?

 

I dont understand why people want to waste time on these scroats,just ignore them and they will go away.

[nicholls5]

Has anyone from the forum had the same problem -

I have recently recieved a parking ticket from Park smarter whilst attending the car boot in Chesterfield City center. I had pulled my car onto the grassed area to collect an item which was rather large to carry across the road. When I returned to my car - within 10 minutes - the warden was just issueing the ticket and I explained to him that due to no signs - I was not aware that I could not park there.

I contested the fine due to no signs around and they stated that they had been issueing parking tickets there for over "6 months". If this is the case then why have no signs been erected to state no parking allowed?, this would make people aware and would save on the large amount of fines paid by us - with the cost of one fine they could buy a sign - why has this not been done - I wonder.

Has anyone received a ticket and what was the excuse for issueing it/ outcome?, I would be interested to find out.