excel parking services...

[Perkins169]

Hi

Some time ago last Autumn I parked up at a car park at a place called Keighley in Yorkshire, I drove into the car park, purchased a ticket (which I still have in my possession) and then left 17 Mins later after using the local shop. A month later I received a fine stating I did not input my car reg number into the machine and was therefor required to pay the sum of £60. Things have now progressed over the following months and I have received a county court form, requesting my bank account details, how much is in said account, employment details, all of which are very suspicious considering nothing has gone to court yet, the sum has now reached £233. Giving that the machine dispensed me a ticket knowing that It was going to send me a fine in the near future, am I within my rights to pursue this ? And has anyone heard of this before? Any advice would be appreciated.

[ostell]

Re: excel parking services...

Phone up the court and ask what is happening. You should have a case number on the documents. I presume you have not received a N1 (claim) form.

Does your ticket have your car reg printed on it ? Did the ticket machine state that you had to enter the reg number?

[Perkins169]

Re: excel parking services...

My ticket does not have my reg number on it, but the case I am putting forward is that the ticket machine should not have dispensed me a ticket knowing I didn't input my reg number, all I did was put some money into the machine, pressed the big green button and was dispensed a ticket, with no immediate request to input my reg first, perhaps this is all stated on the machine in small print? But still, I don't think It's right to knowingly dispense me a ticket, setting me up to be fined.

[ostell]

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But still, I don't think It's right to knowingly dispense me a ticket, setting me up to be fined.

But then they wouldn't get so much money !

Did you get the original claim form from the court? Did you phone up the court to query at what stage the court claim is at?

[Perkins169]

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The court claim looks to have been sent from an official body, but after looking at the logo's on the form, the Her Majesties Justice symbol looks extremely blurred and hard to make out, and there is another logo that is just a black circle that says 'county court' in it. The whole thing looks a fake, but that's not for me to decide. To me it looks like they are trying to intimidate me into paying said fine.

But then they wouldn't get so much money !

Did you get the original claim form from the court? Did you phone up the court to query at what stage the court claim is at?

[ostell]

Re: excel parking services...

The court forms normally look as though they have been badly copied. Do you have a case number on the form? Any form.

What forms have you actually got? Did you get a N1 form, the start of the claim process? Post up the forms here, with identifying details removed.

If you have received form N1 have you acknowledged the claim, or even done anything with it, or just ignored it because it looked a fake?