26 Feb 2015

A question about : Private parking fines UKCPS Ltd

Yesterday my daughter, daughter in law and four children went into a retail park and parked two cars. I believed we could park for two hours ( however I was wrong, it was 1hour 45 minutes ! )
We walked around the shops, looking and checking prices of school uniforms and clothes for ourselves. How ever there is a Pizza Hut on site and the children wanted to go for lunch. We waited approx 20 minutes to be seated and have our order taken. We waited a further 25minutes for the food and drinks. ( they were busy and getting busier all the time )
We had two toddlers under two who, as anyone with children that age would know it's diffcult to rush. The older two wanted desert, but we said no as we had to get back to the cars.
When we got back to the car , both my daughter and daughter in law had parking tickets with a Ј60 charge and if not paid in fourteen days goes up to Ј100 !
We were absolutely gutted, Ј120 charge because Pizza Hut was busy !
I have spoken to the parking company who say they can't do anything for 48 hours as they don't have the information until then.
The car park was half empty when we arrived and the same when we left.
Please help ???

Best answers:

  • I wonder who set that stupid time limit of one hour and forty-five minutes? Could it be UKCPS so that they could be sure of entrapping as many motorists as they can? It's about time that shop keepers and landowners wake up to the fact that they will be losing customers because of the activities of these PPCs (Parasite Parking Companies).
  • Minniehaha
    Dont even bother phoning the company, nothing will happen they will tell you to appeal.
    The is no such thing as an appeal, it just saves them Ј2.50 on getting your address details from the DVLA
    You will over the next few months get various threatening letters, but if you look on the stickies at the top of this board you will see what to get and be able to play snap.
    So follow this advice and no need to feel gutted.
    You wouldnt fall for email scams would you?
  • Many thanks for your replys. It is not me that will get the court summons, but my daughter and daughter in law. We were booked 7 minutes over the allotted time. I spoke by phone to one of the retailers when we got home, they said the man is there all day every day sat waiting in his car.
    If this is the same as a scam e-mail, how come they can get away with this ? Ruined our family day ! But will take your advice. Thanks again.
    Letters in the post to Pizza Hut and other retailers in the retail park.
  • Last year UKCPS were thrown off a retail park in the Manchester area for "aggressive ticketing and harrasment of customers".
    As for a court summons that won't happen, especially if no contact is made with the parking company. On that note please be careful what you say on here as staff from UKCPS monitor this forum hoping to glean information regarding the identity of the driver.
  • Expect a PM from Peter Haswell spouting some guff. Ignore him.
  • Thanks again, for your help. I don't understand why they don't put parking meters in these places, at least everyone knows where they stand.
    Pizza Hut customers were queued out on the pavement when we left, so I hope no one else got a ticket !
  • But why have that artificial time limit when, as you said, the car-park was only half full? Once again that this proves that PPCs are not there to "manage" parking, but to con money out as many people as possible over silly made up "rules".
  • You only get a summons for a magistrates court. You have dine nothing illegal.
  • Is peter hasbeen still hanging round trying to fool people?
  • EDITED FOR NEW READERS (2014)




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  • Many thanks again for your replies. I had a very sleepless night with worry over this and I won't be going back there again !
  • Send a letter to the manager of that Pizza Hut & any other shops on the retail park that thanks to harassement from a contractor acting on their behalf (the PPC) you shall no longer be spending your money there instead at (name local rival) where they don't harasse paying customers with made-up parking invoices.
  • EDITED FOR NEW READERS (2014)

    SEE MY SIGNATURE - THE ADVICE HAS CHANGED FROM 2013 ONWARDS. THIS THREAD IS ANCIENT - HAD YOU NOT NOTICED IT'S FROM 2011???
    DO NOT IGNORE A FAKE PCN, PLEASE CLICK NOW TO PAGE ONE OF THE FORUM:

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163
    DO NOT REPLY HERE, GO TO PAGE ONE AND READ THE NEWBIES THREAD AND IF YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS YOU WILL THEN BE ON PAGE ONE AND CAN START A NEW THREAD
    This thread is ancient - use the forum jump on the right and read the current advice instead!
    DO NOT IGNORE A FAKE PCN, PLEASE CLICK NOW TO PAGE ONE OF THE FORUM:
    YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
    DO NOT IGNORE A FAKE PCN, PLEASE CLICK NOW TO PAGE ONE OF THE FORUM:
    YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!
  • No private messages so far ! Thanks everyone !
  • Update : Both girls have recieved letters saying they can still only pay Ј65 if they pay in the next few days or the charge will increase to Ј100 ! I have told them both to ignore the letters which are not very professional looking anyway. I will try and scan one on for people to see. Thanks for all your help.
  • They have now recieved 2nd letter, It's now Ј100, next letter is them being taken to court !!