Getting Private Parking Tickets cancelled (DON'T PAY!)

[Kingy]

You will no doubt have Private Parking Companies (PPC's) operating either in your town or where you shop/park. They offer free parking and usually have a very complicated sign with lots of small print. Many people end up with an invoice for £60 if paid within X number of days because they have either unknowingly outstayed the 'free' parking time, put their registration number in wrong or parked with a wheel outside the white line.

First off - These PPC's cannot issue fines. Only the Police and Council can issue Parking FINES. You have to pay those, or else appeal through their official process.
Also, in some cases the Private Parking companies operating do not even have permission to operate on the land. It's often complicated tracing the landowner, so the companies just set up and start to issue tickets/ invoices.

The Private Parking Companies are issuing speculative invoices with threats. they make them look legal but they are not. PPC's also have to abide by an industry code, which allows an appeal process. They ALWAYS reject your first appeal, but if done correctly that is irellevant.

DO NOT ignore the tickets and correspondance.
Many Private Parkng Companies are taking people to County Court and getting default judgements as people blindly ignore their mail. This happens because they are trying to get payment of an invoice which you have not disputed. So, get it sorted straight away and get this invoice cancelled.

There are two ways to get a Private Parking Invoice cancelled:

1) Do it yourself. Before doing anything go and register on Pepipoo forum. They have a section for this which gives advice and templates for your email appeal. Follow their advice and you will get the ticket cancelled. Your specific circumstances are often not worth including in an appeal - as it needs to be in a specific format to guarantee success. It's all about the charge being levied not being a genuine pre-estimate of loss.
This is the forum: http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?s=ed...owforum=60

2) Let a company do it for you. They charge £16 and guarantee to get the ticket cancelled or pay any fine themselves. I know you can do it for nothing, but for anyone who finds dealing with these parking parasites daunting then this is a much better option than paying the +/- £60 they demand which grows with every threatening letter.
This is the company: http://www.parkingticketappeals.org.uk/

The more people that get these ridiculous private parking invoices cancelled, the more chance they might come inline with Council and Police charges and systems. (Mind you, pigs might fly too! ).

Bottom line - DO NOT PAY PRIVATE PARKING TICKETS. It's a scam, pure and simple.