Court orders woman to pay £24,500 to private parking company

[nomadking]

Originally Posted by Kursk

After half a dozen they might have tried something else: clamping would be more likely to get the fines paid and she wouldn't be saddled with a life-changing debt.

They're not allowed to clamp cars in Scotland.

[Kursk]

Originally Posted by nomadking

They're not allowed to clamp cars in Scotland.

That's that then. Being nice doesn't suit me anyway

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Kursk

After half a dozen they might have tried something else: clamping would be more likely to get the fines paid and she wouldn't be saddled with a life-changing debt.

And also be illegal...

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Originally Posted by nomadking

They're not allowed to clamp cars in Scotland.

Or anywhere else in the UK for that matter if you're a parking company

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by pip08456

From the report.

I wonder if the garage was empty?

If it's like recently built garages in developments near me, it's probably too small for most modern cars.

And here she is

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Courtesy of the Dundee Courier.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news...articleisfree/

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by BenMcr

If it's like recently built garages in developments near me, it's probably too small for most modern cars.

i don't know about recently built i had a garage for my flat 30 odd years ago my Austin Allegro estate fitted but i had to escape and enter through the rear hatch as the doors only opened a couple of inches

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Chris

And here she is



Courtesy of the Dundee Courier.

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news...articleisfree/

Love the standard crossed arms pose for the newspaper.

If you haven't seen it yet, then this site is worth a laugh -
Angry People in Local News http://apiln.blogspot.co.uk/

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Kursk

Might also make her less employable and less able to pay the fines etc


How can you be so cruel?


Fair point. But if they'd just clamped her car early on and not released it until she paid a fine, she wouldn't have accumulated an horrendous debt. Or was that the plan?

The circumstances are indefensible; I just feel there could have been a different approach and resolution. It's not as if she was parked in an otherwise usable space.

I'm not sure anyone in their right mind would have have planned for or predicted that things would escalate to this level. If this woman can't pay the debt then the company concerned will be considerably out of pocket - not much of a plan that lol. The fact is she got the tickets, disputed their legality for a considerable time and lost the ensuing legal battle.


https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@56.46...8i6656!6m1!1e1

Is this where she parked I wonder? Looks like a pavement to me.

[Kursk]

Poor Carly, I feel sorry for her. A good ol' David Moyes slap could have nipped all this in the bud. My heart bleeds for the 'out-of-pocket' company.

[Osem]

Originally Posted by Kursk

Poor Carly, I feel sorry for her. A good ol' David Moyes slap could have nipped all this in the bud. My heart bleeds for the 'out-of-pocket' company.

I'm not sorry or happy for the company concerned just pointing out that I doubt it was some form of 'plan' as you'd implied. Not sure what David Moyes being a dick has to do with any of it frankly but the woman in question is an adult, made her decision to ignore dozens of tickets and paid the price. Regretful yes, deserving of my sympathy no.

[heero_yuy]

Originally Posted by Osem

the woman in question is an adult, made her decision to ignore dozens of tickets and paid the price. Regretful yes, deserving of my sympathy no.

Unfortunately she's from generation snowflake. They think rules don't apply to them. If she had disputed the first ticket and lost she would only have paid a small penalty and known what the state of play was. By being arrogant and just ignoring the piles of tickets she has been rewarded for her attitude.

[Kursk]

Originally Posted by Osem

I'm not sorry or happy for the company concerned just pointing out that I doubt it was some form of 'plan' as you'd implied. Not sure what David Moyes being a dick has to do with any of it frankly but the woman in question is an adult, made her decision to ignore dozens of tickets and paid the price. Regretful yes, deserving of my sympathy no.

S'obvious, they're both Scots . My next move would be to find out who is the owner of the Company and where he parks his Bentley

[duncan.stevenson]

I don't object to the fight against private parking companies and their 'fines' where the company doesn't signpost the conditions correctly or makes the terms misleading in some way through lack of signage or overly complicated signage...

However in this case the woman was clearly chancing her luck and knew perfectly well what the rules were. It's difficult to feel much sympathy for her. That said, it seems pretty unlikely that the parking company will see much of the fine - is she likely to be able to pay?

I'm sure I read that she had the option of a £50/mo permit? Might have sounded expensive at the time, but probably seems like a better option now! 😂

[nomadking]

Regardless of any signage, people know they are parking on private land and that there would be chaos, if all and sundry were allowed to park there. The only issue might be where there is a time limit.

Originally Posted by BenMcr

Love the standard crossed arms pose for the newspaper.

There is a picture of here in our Metro paper, stood next to her car, but exactly the same crossed arms pose.