MET Parking Charge Notice

[vomitcomit1983]

I am the Driver of our family veh & my husband is a disabled person we are a family already living on the breadline. He was earlier this year Diagnosed with Terminal Lung cancer at the age of 38 & we decided to scrape together what we could & take our 8yr old daughter to a local theme park in a neighboring town for a few hours we had never been to before as it was the week before his next chemotherapy & being that we had never been we did our research & decided that we would park in the sea life centre car park as it was our nearest car park for wheelchair & toilet access for my husband to the car. However unbeknownst to me at the time it was also carnival day & the town was heaving so when we got there I was totally thrown as it was packed full so had to change plan & drive around to find alternative parking.
We are new to the disabled badge scheme having only had it for a month & not used it very often as my husband has been in & out of hospital so if he is not with me i dont use it. So when a car park space in the ‘Marine parade car park’ became available i parked displayed my badge & time that i arrived thought i was abiding by the rules of my badge as required by law & we were away. It was only when i returned to find i had a parking charge notice that i found that there was something wrong. When i looked at the charges board it said disabled badge holders were to clearly display their badges & use designated bays (there were no lines for anyone it was a glorified piece of waste land) but in smaller writing in brackets there was the wording: (PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE NO CONCESSIONS).
DO I APPEAL, IGNORE, or PAY???? Help???

[Amethyst]

Re: MET Parking Charge Notice

Definitely appeal, hopefully [MENTION=5354]mystery1[/MENTION] will be along later to give you a bit more (some) insight but didn't want to read and run, you sound like you have enough on your plate without narky traffic wardens. I hope you had a wonderful day out at the theme park regardless

You couldn't park in a designated bay if there were no lines/designated bays in the car park...for starters.

Did you take a piccie of the sign board by any chance?

[vomitcomit1983]

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I do have pics of boards & the state of car park & my car parked with time stamps of me leaving my car. ive been caught out before & told i could have put it up after the ticket was produced.

[mystery1]

Re: MET Parking Charge Notice

Was it a ticket on the vehicle ?

If so file it and wait for a notice to keeper which will come at least 28 days after th date of parking but before 56 days. Then post up the notice so we can appeal. (suitably sanitised of personal info)

M1

[vomitcomit1983]

Re: MET Parking Charge Notice

Was it a ticket on the vehicle ?

If so file it and wait for a notice to keeper which will come at least 28 days after th date of parking but before 56 days. Then post up the notice so we can appeal. (suitably sanitised of personal info)

M1

Hello, I appologise for my earlier rudeness, thank you everyone for taking the time for helping me, Yes it was a ticket on my windscreen, Thanks you, I will put it in my car file & await the red letters to flow. :doggieyes:
Kindest regards

Tanya

[vomitcomit1983]

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Hello I have today received a Notice to Registered Keeper in the post. As predicted by By Mystery1. They have several photos of my veh & know i am a disabled veh. How do i post up the notice i have taken a photo of the notice & emailed it to myself so that it is on the comp. this is the photo's of the car they have taken: http://www.paymetparking.com/
the charge notice is x & index is x..
I cant seem to add the pic of the charge notice onto here.

[Kati]

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How do i post up the notice i have taken a photo of the notice & emailed it to myself so that it is on the comp.

email it to me and I'll post it up (kati@legalbeagles.info)

[vomitcomit1983]

Re: MET Parking Charge Notice

thank you Kati i have sent you an email

[Kati]

Re: MET Parking Charge Notice

thank you Kati i have sent you an email

got it xx

The letter:


and a couple of pictures:

[mystery1]

Re: MET Parking Charge Notice

Dear Sirs,


I, as registered keeper, wish to invoke your appeals process. The driver did not see any signs . I note your notice to keeper is fundamentally flawed when compared to PoFA 2012 schedule 4 para 8 in several aspects .


Should you reject my appeal please supply a popla code.




Yours etc




If popla is need let me know.

M1

[vomitcomit1983]

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[MENTION=5354]mystery1[/MENTION] will this work seeing as the car was clearly parked infront of the sign as shown in one of their pictures.

[Kati]

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@mystery1 will this work seeing as the car was clearly parked infront of the sign as shown in one of their pictures.

It's definitely worth a chance!! If they (MET) reject your appeal then POPLA usually works xx

[vomitcomit1983]

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Thanks. for all they know the disability could be partially sighted phahahaha. what a thought. thanks will send & give it a try. Thanks.

[vomitcomit1983]

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Hi all. I sent the Reply suggested the following day, but sent it normal post, not recorded or tracked but have heard nothing since. I thought after i should send another recorded but didn't as it was a PO BOX. was i wrong not to. How long do these things normally take i am getting worried or do they do that on purpose.
Kind regards

[mystery1]

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http://www.metparking.com/contact_details.html

Ask them if they've accepted your appeal (really you just want to confirm they got it )

M1