I met up with a Wollaston couple who have had their £100 parking ticket cancelled after I intervened on their behalf.
I am warning people to seek advice if they are sent a ticket by private parking firms and they believe it is unfair, following the experience of Graham and Valerie Beckley.
The couple had returned from holiday in September last year and stopped off in Huntingdon.
When they found somewhere to park and went to pay the only machine was out of service. They were not greatly concerned as they assumed the operators would be aware the machine was broken but they took a picture anyway.
A couple of weeks later they received a parking charge notice of £60 by post from ParkingEye. Graham emailed the company explaining the situation but the fine still remained. He appealed but that was unsuccessful.
The couple then got in touch with me after Christmas to share their frustrations. I raised it with the chief executive of ParkingEye and within two hours they responded and said the company would cancel the ticket.
It was lovely to meet up with Graham and Valerie and I was glad I could get this parking charge notice cancelled for them after weeks of worry.
When someone cannot pay at a machine then it cannot be right they receive a ticket and I am pleased Parking Eye saw sense and acted so quickly to right this wrong.
The rules and regulations around private parking and parking fines can sometimes be difficult to understand or simply stacked against the person who has been fined.
If you feel you have been wrongly fined for parking, always seek advice. Martin Lewis’s Money Saving Expert website is a good source.
More information about parking tickets or fines and how you could contest them is available here https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-tickets/
