grrr so called parking ticket …………………

[simonm]

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My Mrs drove me to luton airport for me to pick up my hire car.

We stopped very briefly to drop me off,  it was dark and we were unfamiliar with the airport and it's roads etc ……

Yesterday in post we get a letter, fine of £80 for not parking in the correct zone.

Is it actually a legal parking fine (Penalty Charge Notice, I think) or a "demand for payment" or similar? If the latter, ignore it. See http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/show...?t=3027572

It's very probably not a legally enforceable but just an invoice that they send you and follow up with various threatening letters, but you most likely have no obligation to pay.
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Grahamm is giving good advice, I can recommend reading up on the moneysavingexpert site too:


If it's a private company (which I would think it is):


http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim...ng-tickets


otherwise:


http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim...et-appeals
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The letter is a "PARKING CHARGE NOTICE"  how does that effect things? (not quite the words that were quoted above......)
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If it says Parking Charge Notice then it's a Private Parking Company and the recommendation is that you no longer ignore these but send a dispute any charge due and prove you have authority to charge and bog off letter.

Do some reading on Consumer Advice Group forum private parking charges (google cag forum) and you will see that these charges are unenforceable invoices.

I have had plenty and ignored them all and after an ever increasing in desperation letter chain they simply go away.

I'd say it's a private company.  The MSE page will cover the options anyway, I'm sure.  It's an excellent site.