[Misc] Parking Eye- Liars

[fruitnveg]

Just don’t pay them, they won’t take you to court.

This is my experience too, though a different car park, under different management, in a different place. Got charged for making two trips into a McDonalds within their return period to collect items paid for but not given via drive thru (a lesson learnt). I just ignored all their increasingly bellicose letters until they stopped sending them. It was over 10 years ago now though, so do not know if enforcement has any more legal backing behind it now than it did then.

 

[Eeyore]

I'm confused here. If the clock is set to GMT it would still record the elapsed time correctly just an hour out at begging and end.

Depends, there are two separate cameras. So one may have the incorrect setting.

 

[Papak]

I'm confused here. If the clock is set to GMT it would still record the elapsed time correctly just an hour out at begging and end.

Not if there is an entry and exit camera and they are set to different times - unless I'm misunderstanding things.

 

[Mustafa II]

Just don’t pay them, they won’t take you to court.

Terrible advice.

Parking Eye are one of the companies that can and do take people to court.

If you want to potentially go to court, or destroy your credit rating, or answer to bailiffs asking for money multiple times what they're currently asking for - ignore the letters and refuse to pay.

Parking Eye operate for Brighton & Hove City Council. They aren't a small cowboy firm - they are a big firm that take these charges very seriously and they do pursue them, successfully.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Depends, there are two separate cameras. So one may have the incorrect setting.

As somebody else pointed out, that would result in a helluva lot of tickets. Anyways I wouldn't worry unduly. Your Whatsapp exchange with your friend provides ample proof of timings. Unless of course you and your friend were in cahoots to swindle Parking Eye out of an hour's parking

 

[abc]

On Saturday I went to meet an old work friend at the Marina. I was aware of the two hour parking rule.

I arrived just after midday and was out with a couple of minutes or so to spare just gone 14.00

Today, a notice arrives claiming I entered the car park at 11.08, and hour earlier than I did. This is a blatant lie. It says I parked for 2 hours 57 minutes and not 1 hour 57 minutes.

So this is not just a case of wanting to get off a fine. This is a case of a false accusation being made. What to do ?

Yours,

Very Miffed of Queen's Park.

About 5 years ago I received a letter demanding a payment from Parking Eye. I disputed it but they just continued to send more and more letters threatening legal action. I started writing similar ones back! After c. 2 years they gave up and I never heard from them again.

I guess you need to be sure you are in the right though!

 

[Coach_Carter_92]

Just go into the store, Asda are generally pretty good and understanding of the parking situation, I believe many of the individual stores have issues with parking eye but as its a company wide decision they have no choice but to use them

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Terrible advice.

Parking Eye are one of the companies that can and do take people to court.

If you want to potentially go to court, or destroy your credit rating, or answer to bailiffs asking for money multiple times what they're currently asking for - ignore the letters and refuse to pay.

Parking Eye operate for Brighton & Hove City Council. They aren't a small cowboy firm - they are a big firm that take these charges very seriously and they do pursue them, successfully.

No have your day in court. Show you evidence if it's obvious and then sit back and await costs etc to be awarded. I've enjoyed a few court cases, never lost one.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

1) Just stop being angry and go and sort it out with Asda as they have agreed.
2) If you ignore it, Parking Eye will take you to court. Please just follow option 1.
3) Ignore the other advice on here that the Marina car park doesn't issue tickets for exceeding 4 hrs. They do as my son will testify!

 

[Super Steve Earle]

No have your day in court. Show you evidence if it's obvious and then sit back and await costs etc to be awarded. I've enjoyed a few court cases, never lost one.

Really? When Asda have offered to cancel it? That's just wasting everybody's time and money. Court's are paid for out of taxpayers funds.

 

[DJ NOBO]

If there’s a problem with their clock you won’t be the only one to complain .ask them in an email (in words that do not allow any ambiguity ) if others have complained . They won’t want to lie in writing

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Very highly rated on Trustpilot

 

[Baldseagull]

Write them a letter saying that they have the incorrect entry time recorded.

 

[Bry Nylon]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I spoke to the store manager who said to bring it in and they will cancel it. I said thank you, but raised a wider issue about the clock timings. I'll go over there tomorrow.

When you return tomorrow simply drive in backwards, thus creating a vortex in the space-time continuum, meaning you’ll leave 57 minutes before you arrived and then you and Parking Eye will be all square.

 

[Wardy's twin]

Thanks for the suggestion.

I spoke to the store manager who said to bring it in and they will cancel it. I said thank you, but raised a wider issue about the clock timings. I'll go over there tomorrow.

don't go in their car park though

 

[Wardy's twin]

My daughter got a few tickets in London even though she was no where near it because the Reg was misread, some one with a very close registration number was at fault , they had a screw in their number plate that changed the number (might have been 3 to a 9) . Carin photo was completely different make & colour.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Really? When Asda have offered to cancel it? That's just wasting everybody's time and money. Court's are paid for out of taxpayers funds.

Yes.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Yes.

That's a wonderfully impressive level of pettiness that I am fully supportive of.

In the supermarket I once put down a "next customer" thingy and the bloke who watched me do it didn't say thankyou. I picked it back up and put it back. His face was a picture. Yours is next level.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

That's a wonderfully impressive level of pettiness that I am fully supportive of.

I would have tipped my brow years ago until I was put under immense pressure financially to rectify a wrong. It was over a contract by previous owners of a pub I bought. It was likely cost me £15000 to allow them to keep me to a contract I'd never signed. I won, since then I say no to anyone who tries it on. 100% record 5 court appearances.

 

[BNthree]

Going off topic but this week I’ve seen a few nice clean cars with very dirty numberplates. Looks like they’ve splashed milkshake on the plate so dirt sticks to it. I’m guessing this is confuse ANPR systems? Is it legal?