So we played a gig on November 15th in Swansea and Ive just had a parking charge notice letter sent through. We (as in three other members of the band as well) had all parked in a loading area around the back of the building as they access was easy and ther was space. HOWEVER, a guy turned up as I was parking (around 8pm) and I was talking to him to about parking and he said he as working tonight doing the ticketing for that part of town. I asked if I should move and he said "no, its fine, you and the band can park here as long as you do not obstruct fire access or fire doors" which we didnt.
Its £60 if I pay it now or £100 if I appeal and fail.
There are no telephone numbers for Alliance Parking and you can only submit an appeal, nothing else. What would you do?
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Ignore and move on.
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I now always buy a ticket, photo the ticket in my cart, and keep the ticket. Stops claims months after.
If they’re part of a trade body, then you can appeal as to why it was an unfair ticket. They cited reasons such as insufficient signage or the fine is out of proportion with the offence.
If they’re not part of a trade body you can treat it like an invoice (which is all it is). Simply reply to them stating that you won’t be paying.
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There was no ticket machines as it was an alley way behind the venue.
I'll see if I can get a picture of the sign by the venue.
The alley way had gates to close it and lock it and the guy advised us of this.
Other people had actual tickets on their vehicles issues by a different person as this guy's shift started about the same time as I arrived.
3 years ago I broke down coming home from a gig in Cardiff. I had to pull into a hotel car park to be safe, and wait for the AA. I never received a ticket, nor a court order, and have ended up with a CCJ affecting many aspects of my financial life. I can't pay it as the reference numbers on my credit file don't tally with those of the parking company. The Hotel won't help me out. The parking firm don't have any way to contact them aside from paying, which you can only do with a valid reference, which I don't have. I could appeal but this would cost a fortune and quite possibly be unsuccessful, and not fix the CCJ problem anyway. It can go very wrong!
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The problem is that the appeals process doesn't freeze the date on the original ticket, there is a proposed change in the law but it hasn't gone through yet. Stupid loophole that works for the parking companies.
I'd re-read what the notice is for ( for example failure to display a ticket is different than failure to buy a ticket) and appeal if you think you are in the right rather than in the moral right. I appealed one not that long ago and it was sorted quickly ( ideally I'd have had some kind of apology from the parking company for wasting my time). I did try appealing one MrsTheWeary got on Asda car park by asking Asda to intervene, they did respond but they wouldn't help.
Anyone here who has said "ignore it" is completely wrong, and not only has this been proven in court, but the judge in question made particular reference to incorrect, unqualified opinions on the internet saying "ignore it".
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/04/03/britains-biggest-parking-fine-motorist-told-must-pay-24500-ignored/amp/
So it seems that ignoring it is the worst option, but that's not to say you shouldn't argue against it first.
With private tickets, often contacting the landowner is a good way to go. I was given an unfair ticket on a piece of land owned by a Marriott hotel, and I wrote to them demanding that they cancel the ticket. They can lean on the firm to do it, and then you don't have to go through the rigmarole of the appeals process. I told Marriott that I'd never stay in one of their hotels again, or something to that effect. Thankfully they didn't ask how many times in the past I've stayed in one of their hotels.