[Closed] Parking Eye PCN

If it's not a council ticket you can just ignore.

However, if they're going to keep hassling the lease company, who then in turn may start billing you for their time, it might be easier just to stump up the £30 or whatever.

Make sure your lease company don't pay this and charge you.

The lease company were under no obligation to divulge the drivers name to PE and may be in breach of data protection having done so

You need to make sure the lease company are totally out the loop and then ignore everything parking Eye send you, DON'T throw it away just in case..

Pepipoo is good for advice on this sort of thing. From what I know a strong e-mail to the lease company forbidding them to pay on your behalf and charging you back might be a good idea.

Had you overstayed in a carpark??

My dad had one the other week from the same company. Was it written in quite a threatening style?
Dont ignore it, the law changed recently which means you have to tell them who was driving (you used to be able to just say "I dont know so go shove it"). Unfortunately they are able to buy your details from the DVLA so know what address to send it to.
If you're pretty adament you put the right money in the machine tell them (thats what my dad did). They asked for witnesses to this to which he replied his wife witnessed it.
Their charges are also incredibly unreasonable. £100 reduced to £60 if paid quickly. If you stayed over by an hour then offer them a cheque for the value of that hour in full and final settlement. Even check other car parks in the immediate area to show how unreasonable their charges are.
Good luck, let us know how you get on.
P.s google them, there's tons on the internet about them

Chris,

your Dad is still safe to ignore the letters. Thats the point about PPCs and why its unenforceable. Its clearly a fine (the pay early for a reduction bears this out) you can't be fined by another civil body, only police and council can fine you. These charges don't represent the actual losses suffered by the carparks. They are only entitled to ACTUAL losses.

Yes the legislation has changed, they can only buy details of the registered keeper from the DVLA.. thay may not have been the driver at the time. The contract is with the driver..

go have a look at pepipoo, loads on parking eye..

Check out

http://www.pepipoo.com/

All you need is there! Including the chain of letters which you will receive.

If its leaseplan beware that the documentation that came with our company car suggests they will cough up on your behalf, then pass on teh charge + an admin fee to you.

Deffo ignore

Have done this twice with no ramifications

I have recently successfully ignored one of these......you will get 5 letters in total all increasing the amount you will have to pay....the last letter is from some made up solicitor.
All very formal looking and worrying....I was going to pay until I looked into it.
I wrote to my MP about it but apparently its all legal and above board...like the mafia!

The situation is complicated slightly by virtue of it being a company car.
Whilst the employee may be quite happy to receive a stream of threats, the employer may not be quite so understanding.
http://www.pepipoo.com/. covers this situation.

Its clearly a fine

It's not a fine, it's an invoice.

As above its an invoive not a fine and it is addressed to you as your name has been provided but you can write back to them an inform them you didn’t park there (assuming some one else is able to drive the car – my wife can drive mine) as they cant prove it was you or someone else that is where it falls down. Write back tell them it wasn’t you and you will be happy to see them in court if they persist and you will bill them for your time. They will not take any of this to court because it is flawed so that should be the last of it however they make there money out of chasing people so expect some follow up.

Its clearly a fine

It's not a fine, it's an invoice.

Its clearly MEANT as a fine..

I think the correct term is invitation to pay.
Either way, its not enforcable by law. We had similar where the OH overstayed in a local shop's car park by about 10 minutes.
Cue nice-ish letter offering a reduction if you pay quickly, followed more aggressive ones, then a couple of scary "solicitors" letters. Ignore them and they go away.
[b]DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE, RESPOND OR REPLY TO ANY CORRESPONDENCE AS THEY WILL HOUND YOU FURTHER[/b]
The only problem you're likely to have is that correspondence is via the leasing co, they are unlikely to be keen to be liable for the charges.

Ignore it. It's an invoice, which they are hoping they can frighten you into paying. If only one in three gets paid they are making good money out of the scam. This is a civil matter and has nothing to do with the law; they will not take you to court over it.