scottsdad Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 (edited) Got one today. £90 for the B&M car park in Falkirk. Max stay was 2 hours. We were a bit over that (maybe 20 minutes), though the letter says we were there for 3 and a half hours. Planning to ignore the letter. Unless any of the guys who posted years ago now comes on with tales of destitution... Edit: the charge is £90, but they'll drop to £50 if I pay within 14 days. Edited September 26, 2022 by scottsdad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 45 minutes ago, scottsdad said: Got one today. £90 for the B&M car park in Falkirk. Max stay was 2 hours. We were a bit over that (maybe 20 minutes), though the letter says we were there for 3 and a half hours. Planning to ignore the letter. Unless any of the guys who posted years ago now comes on with tales of destitution... Edit: the charge is £90, but they'll drop to £50 if I pay within 14 days. The correct course. Ignore the dirty b*****ds completely. The “3 1/2 hour” lie is probably a standard round-up designed to coax you into disputing it (thus establishing contact, which they’ll hope will end up with you handing *something* over). Now expect intermittent periods of heavy incoming mail, increasingly threatening in tone, with names of dodgy “legal counsels” and reminders of landmark cases that bear no relation to your parking. Ignore these too. These fuckers are simply extortionists - gangsters hired to “manage” bits of land. f**k them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 If you want to avoid all the increasingly threatening letters and you actually spent any money at B&M, it could be worth showing proof to the shop manager or somebody at B&M, along with a prepared excuse for being late, elderly mother or whatever. Done it at Morrisons and Lidl three or four times, and no more letters. If not, in the bin obviously, and zero contact. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 2 hours ago, scottsdad said: Got one today. £90 for the B&M car park in Falkirk. Max stay was 2 hours. We were a bit over that (maybe 20 minutes), though the letter says we were there for 3 and a half hours. Planning to ignore the letter. Unless any of the guys who posted years ago now comes on with tales of destitution... Edit: the charge is £90, but they'll drop to £50 if I pay within 14 days. Write back and claim the Prof had borrowed your car that day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
effeffsee_the2nd Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 3 hours ago, welshbairn said: If you want to avoid all the increasingly threatening letters and you actually spent any money at B&M, it could be worth showing proof to the shop manager or somebody at B&M, along with a prepared excuse for being late, elderly mother or whatever. Done it at Morrisons and Lidl three or four times, and no more letters. If not, in the bin obviously, and zero contact. don't waste your time, this may have worked on the odd occasion but i'm betting that 99 times out of 100, wherever the car park is will simply state (correctly) that they do not manage the car park, that parking is managed by a 3rd party company and they have no control over tickets and cannot accept, dispute or waive payments. you'd be as well calling the Samaritans. recycle the letter in the appropriate bin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 26, 2022 Share Posted September 26, 2022 5 hours ago, scottsdad said: Got one today. £90 for the B&M car park in Falkirk. Max stay was 2 hours. We were a bit over that (maybe 20 minutes), though the letter says we were there for 3 and a half hours. Planning to ignore the letter. Unless any of the guys who posted years ago now comes on with tales of destitution... Edit: the charge is £90, but they'll drop to £50 if I pay within 14 days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 21 hours ago, scottsdad said: Got one today. £90 for the B&M car park in Falkirk. Max stay was 2 hours. We were a bit over that (maybe 20 minutes), though the letter says we were there for 3 and a half hours. Planning to ignore the letter. Unless any of the guys who posted years ago now comes on with tales of destitution... Edit: the charge is £90, but they'll drop to £50 if I pay within 14 days. If this is going to go the same way as your Prof. story I'm sure we would all be willing to chip in and pay the fine now and put it to bed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 21 hours ago, welshbairn said: If you want to avoid all the increasingly threatening letters and you actually spent any money at B&M, it could be worth showing proof to the shop manager or somebody at B&M, along with a prepared excuse for being late, elderly mother or whatever. Done it at Morrisons and Lidl three or four times, and no more letters. If not, in the bin obviously, and zero contact. He was in getting some stuff for the prof. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 Been rattled with two charges for Aberdeen city centre for driving through about 20metre of road as a Bus Lane as to get to where the job was (Marischal Square) would be about a 20 minute reroute because of their stupid fucking one way streets. Can't even rubber it as it's the work van. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Mr. Alli said: Been rattled with two charges for Aberdeen city centre for driving through about 20metre of road as a Bus Lane as to get to where the job was (Marischal Square) would be about a 20 minute reroute because of their stupid fucking one way streets. Can't even rubber it as it's the work van. Aberdeen City Cooncil used to be utter shite at chasing up parking fines, not once did I get chased for multiple window stickers. Dundee City Cooncil, different ball game. When I lived in Balmedie, on the way back from IKEA in Edinburgh we stopped in past Dens to catch the game, just made it in time so had to park on the Provie Road, got a ticket. They sent multiple letters and eventually sent someone round for me to pay. This is going back about 12 years now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted September 29, 2022 Share Posted September 29, 2022 2 hours ago, johnnydun said: Aberdeen City Cooncil used to be utter shite at chasing up parking fines, not once did I get chased for multiple window stickers. Dundee City Cooncil, different ball game. When I lived in Balmedie, on the way back from IKEA in Edinburgh we stopped in past Dens to catch the game, just made it in time so had to park on the Provie Road, got a ticket. They sent multiple letters and eventually sent someone round for me to pay. This is going back about 12 years now. A wee bird tells me these days that unless you owe DCC about 500 quid it's not worth their time and effort to chase you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 26/09/2022 at 14:46, scottsdad said: Got one today. £90 for the B&M car park in Falkirk. Max stay was 2 hours. We were a bit over that (maybe 20 minutes), though the letter says we were there for 3 and a half hours. Planning to ignore the letter. Unless any of the guys who posted years ago now comes on with tales of destitution... Edit: the charge is £90, but they'll drop to £50 if I pay within 14 days. Now up to 160 quid and passed to a debt collection agency who are threatening to add solicitor fees if I don't pay up soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 5 hours ago, scottsdad said: Now up to 160 quid and passed to a debt collection agency who are threatening to add solicitor fees if I don't pay up soon. Ignore it. You'll get a new letter each time they sell the debt to someone else, but there is a near zero chance they will ever pursue 1 ticket. It's not worth it for them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 5 minutes ago, Todd_is_God said: Ignore it. You'll get a new letter each time they sell the debt to someone else, but there is a near zero chance they will ever pursue 1 ticket. It's not worth it for them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 8 hours ago, scottsdad said: Now up to 160 quid and passed to a debt collection agency who are threatening to add solicitor fees if I don't pay up soon. In Scotland they currently have to identify the driver as the keeper isn't liable, though I think that's meant to be changing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 (edited) On 29/09/2022 at 21:27, johnnydun said: Aberdeen City Cooncil used to be utter shite at chasing up parking fines, not once did I get chased for multiple window stickers. I briefly worked in/around that office around 10 years ago - there was such a big backlog that often you'd get off as they couldn't turn the appeals around within the statutory deadlines never mind chase the fines themselves. Not sure how they are now. On the other hand, the bus lanes are done on automated CCTV capture and have far less 'admin' to them so chances of getting away with those are very slim. Edited February 4, 2023 by Scorge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Had 8 tickets for the wife waiting in a leisure centre car park for the school run (I know, c***s on the Road thread for this pish) for eight almost consecutive days in 2021. Ignored them until I got a letter threatening court for £170 a ticket and the wife was about to just pay them. Not Scotland, so apparently just ignoring them isn’t likely to work. Sent “representations” to their email, not the shitey appeals system which was timed out anyway. Included photos of the inadequately signed area and included some mitigating factors. All cancelled! The wife is taking me for lunch tomorrow with her winnings. Vietnamese, should be good. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Edinburgh/Hearts people - got a parking notice in for the big Sainsburys near Tynecastle, we parked there the day of the Hearts/Sellic cup game (no big team found, we were at a thing in Tynecastle HS and weren't allowed down the street to park at the school). Anyhow, the important thing is - is it or isn't it one that can be safely binned and ignored? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 37 minutes ago, Boghead ranter said: Edinburgh/Hearts people - got a parking notice in for the big Sainsburys near Tynecastle, we parked there the day of the Hearts/Sellic cup game (no big team found, we were at a thing in Tynecastle HS and weren't allowed down the street to park at the school). Anyhow, the important thing is - is it or isn't it one that can be safely binned and ignored? A bit of light googling suggests bin and ignore? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: A bit of light googling suggests bin and ignore? Unless it's issued by the council you can fairly safely ignore it. Completely, don't acknowledge it in any way. You'll get a few follow up threatening letters, but these can be ignored too. They're extremely unlikely to actually take you to court. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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