martinblueprint
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Hello all,
I really need some advice from someone as I don't know what I should do.
I was visiting my mate in town and he lives in a large building of flats with its own carpark. The roads were rammed so I assumed that, as a 'patron' of the building, I'd be allowed to use the small carpark.
Yes, there were signs warning of tickets, but in a secluded part of town in an empty, dark carpark, I assumed it'd be fine as I was a visitor and was only gone 20 mins or so!
I come back to my car and to my fury, there was a ticket, but not from the council, from a Private Company. They've charged me £80 and I only have 7 days!
The time on the ticket shows it was pretty much exactly as I arrived, so they must have seen me, but I saw no-one! Could it have been a resident?
I really don't know what to do! Is this worth the paper its written on? Should I contact the property owner as they have the power surely to break the contract?
Has anyone else got any experience of fighting these fraudsters? From what I've read, they won't pursue it to court, just send threatening letters to do so.
Any help at all please...I don't have £80, I'm a student!!
I really need some advice from someone as I don't know what I should do.
I was visiting my mate in town and he lives in a large building of flats with its own carpark. The roads were rammed so I assumed that, as a 'patron' of the building, I'd be allowed to use the small carpark.
Yes, there were signs warning of tickets, but in a secluded part of town in an empty, dark carpark, I assumed it'd be fine as I was a visitor and was only gone 20 mins or so!
I come back to my car and to my fury, there was a ticket, but not from the council, from a Private Company. They've charged me £80 and I only have 7 days!
The time on the ticket shows it was pretty much exactly as I arrived, so they must have seen me, but I saw no-one! Could it have been a resident?
I really don't know what to do! Is this worth the paper its written on? Should I contact the property owner as they have the power surely to break the contract?
Has anyone else got any experience of fighting these fraudsters? From what I've read, they won't pursue it to court, just send threatening letters to do so.
Any help at all please...I don't have £80, I'm a student!!
