Brittania Parking fine

[cambridgealex]

Also yes they get your details from the DVLA which also must be legal.

[The Camel]

Why don't they clamp people?

Surely that makes more sense than sending uninforceable fine notices?

[vegaslover]

The police can also fine you but will be for violations on a public road not on private land.

All of these private parking companies should eff off!  I find it remarkable as well that they get your details from somewhere. Its not like you leave your name and address on your windscreen so there is a 3rd party involved selling your details on, which is probably the DVLA. Its one big scam.

I would say it depends on which Police force it is as most don't give a fuck. Constant battle between the residents near my Son's School and lorry drivers who block the road whilst parking on double yellows for hours at a time. Police have stated they are not interested and Council just say that residents should inform Police.

[exstream]

i got a fine christmas 2015 at grosvenor casino, forgot to put my reg number into the terminal
still receiving letters zzz
can ignore it until its court summons lol

[bobAlike]

It's not a scam, it's a farce that they can try and 'fine' you a disproportionate amount against the agrievance caused. And that is why I will not pay. Charge a reasonable amount such as the council do and I'm sure more people would pay up.

[RED-DOG]

I am running so good I shop at Waitrose

Coffee and/or newspaper?
If it is your only choice, do you pick up the daily mail?
Free range or corn fed chicken?
Is the Heston range worth the money?

Haha inwasnt shopping. Parked there for work!

Can I just get this straight. You parked on a Waitrose car park, not to shop but while you went to work, they issued a fine and you think they are out of order, yes?

Apologies in advance if I've got it wrong

[verndog158]

I am running so good I shop at Waitrose

Coffee and/or newspaper?
If it is your only choice, do you pick up the daily mail?
Free range or corn fed chicken?
Is the Heston range worth the money?

Haha inwasnt shopping. Parked there for work!

Can I just get this straight. You parked on a Waitrose car park, not to shop but while you went to work, they issued a fine and you think they are out of order, yes?

Apologies in advance if I've got it wrong

Well it was for an appointment. It's a car park attached to Waitrose but for general 'town' use too.

[nirvana]

Despite some advice around to the contrary you could probably get away with never paying for parking or for the charges that follow to a lot of these operators. I wouldn't do that because I'd equate not paying in the first instance with theft and I don't steal.

I'm sure we all have our own stories but I have refused to pay additional charges on a couple of occasions whilst also offering payment of a small admin fee to cover the cost of the correspondence necessary to clarify the situation. Both cases ended with the operator getting a letter from me saying that I wasn't going to pay and wouldn't answer any further correspondence. I could have probably ignored both but it made me feel better to explain myself.

[EvilPie]

I am running so good I shop at Waitrose

Coffee and/or newspaper?
If it is your only choice, do you pick up the daily mail?
Free range or corn fed chicken?
Is the Heston range worth the money?

Haha inwasnt shopping. Parked there for work!

Assuming you don't work for Waitrose then I'd say you deserve the parking charge.

Unless they have a sign that says otherwise then the car park's there for customers not your convenience.

[Junior Senior]

Why don't they clamp people?

Surely that makes more sense than sending uninforceable fine notices?

Clamping is now illegal

[Junior Senior]

It's not a scam, it's a farce that they can try and 'fine' you a disproportionate amount against the agrievance caused. And that is why I will not pay. Charge a reasonable amount such as the council do and I'm sure more people would pay up.

Ok scam may not be the right word. I certainly don't think the DVLA should be allow to pass on your details to anyone other than the police or insurers though. As you say, these private car parks should make their charges fair. £60-80 for going over by a short period of time is just not reasonable.

[muckthenuts]

It's not a scam, it's a farce that they can try and 'fine' you a disproportionate amount against the agrievance caused. And that is why I will not pay. Charge a reasonable amount such as the council do and I'm sure more people would pay up.

Ok scam may not be the right word. I certainly don't think the DVLA should be allow to pass on your details to anyone other than the police or insurers though. As you say, these private car parks should make their charges fair. £60-80 for going over by a short period of time is just not reasonable.

Pretty certain there'd come a point in the tussle where you could offer £10-20 and they'd snap accept.

[bobAlike]

It's not a scam, it's a farce that they can try and 'fine' you a disproportionate amount against the agrievance caused. And that is why I will not pay. Charge a reasonable amount such as the council do and I'm sure more people would pay up.

Ok scam may not be the right word. I certainly don't think the DVLA should be allow to pass on your details to anyone other than the police or insurers though. As you say, these private car parks should make their charges fair. £60-80 for going over by a short period of time is just not reasonable.

Pretty certain there'd come a point in the tussle where you could offer £10-20 and they'd snap accept.

The reason I got in to all this not paying the fines started many years ago when my wife thought she paid £1.20 at the machine for 3 hours parking. When she got back to her car after 2hours and 10 min she had one of these parking charge notices. On closer inspection of her payment receipt she only paid £1.15. The charge for 2 hours parking was 80p. So I photocopied the parking receipt to show she under paid by 5p and actually as she paid £1.15 this should cover the 10 minutes over the 2 hour period. As a gesture of good will I would pay £10. It took them 21 days to respond to my email request. The response stated appeal denied and now you owe £140 as it's gone over 14 days since the 'offence'. My response was okay I withdraw my offer of £10 and screw you. Ever since I have not paid any of these so called fines.

[AdamM]

I am running so good I shop at Waitrose

Coffee and/or newspaper?
If it is your only choice, do you pick up the daily mail?
Free range or corn fed chicken?
Is the Heston range worth the money?

Haha inwasnt shopping. Parked there for work!

Assuming you don't work for Waitrose then I'd say you deserve the parking charge.

Unless they have a sign that says otherwise then the car park's there for customers not your convenience.

^^^this

[verndog158]

I am running so good I shop at Waitrose

Coffee and/or newspaper?
If it is your only choice, do you pick up the daily mail?
Free range or corn fed chicken?
Is the Heston range worth the money?

Haha inwasnt shopping. Parked there for work!

Assuming you don't work for Waitrose then I'd say you deserve the parking charge.

Unless they have a sign that says otherwise then the car park's there for customers not your convenience.

^^^this

for what its worth i wasnt after people saying 'ahh youre so unlucky'! I paid the fine, was just wondering what peoples experiences were with them, as you hear people all the time dodging them