How would telling my local newspaper make a difference?

Hello, I recently received a charge for £30 for not being able to pay my standing order as I was 50p short! I have been told that they will not refund my charge as they have refunded a charge before. I am currently unemployed so £30 is 1/2 a weeks money to live on. Any suggestions anyone?

Hello, I did write a letter to them but Miss jobsworth replied by suggesting I go to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal. This is a lengthy process and I am still not sure how this works but apparently my fine will go up by this time and I may be forced to pay more! Surely this is not a fair way of dealing with my dispute?

...... Is there anything I can do...... :?

Hi I left my keys in a shopping basket in Tesco. I retraced my footsteps and eventually got to the baskets at the check out and there they were! Other than that I had popped into a shop where my sister works to see if I had left them there. The only person I spoke to about it was my sister and that would look suspicious if my sister writes to them. I cant believe all this fuss over 10 mins!

Hello everyone, a while ago I was parked in a 30 min waiting bay as I just needed a quick shop. During my shop however I lost my keys, went back to my car left a note on my screen explaining and continued searching. I found my keys but ws 10 mins late returning to my car, as a result the council gave me a parking ticket. ! I am told : While you state you have decided to write to the Local Government Ombudsman, he is unlikely to review the case as the opportunity exists for motorists to take their appeal to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal. This is an independent body that adjudicates where the motorist feels the Council has not dealt properly with their case. An appeal is made against a Council's decision to reject an appellant's challenge (formal representations) against the penalty. To reach this stage, a Notice to Owner has to be issued to the person the Council believes to be the owner/registered keeper of the vehicle and this information is obtained from DVLA. On receipt of the Notice to Owner the owner/registered keeper of the vehicle can make representations against the issue of the Penalty Charge Notice. If those representations are not accepted, a Notice of Rejection is issued and it is only at this point that an appeal can be made to the Traffic Penalty Tribunal. The adjudicator bases their decision on the submissions of both parties and look at whether the Penalty Charge Notice was correctly issued and the Council has followed due process. We have neither the ability nor the discretion to progress to that stage without going through the above process. I also have to advise that if an appeal is made, and it fails, the full charge is payable as the Notice to Owner can only be issued after the discount period has expired and not less than 28 days after the offence occurred. The opportunity to pay at the discounted rate is no longer available. Any advise as to the best thing to do? Thanks!

Hello I don't understand what relevance this case has to me? I looked at the info you provided, section 66 of Road Traffic Act 1991 & this does not back up my argument at all. Was your link sent to me by accident?

Hi I am not very good on the computer but will have a go at sending them [ATTACH]8217[/ATTACH] Let me know if you have received ok

I have called herefordshire council and it's without doubt the council.

Hereford Council

Yes it's a council ticket I recognised the name and the number. (Have paid a few in my time!) THE REASON IT'S £75 is because the fine went from £25 and eventually £75 :-|

Hello, I wander if you can help? I arrived back from holiday to find a bill from the council for £75 along with a letter informing me that I had incurred a penalty charge for parking too long in a parking space. I was not driving the car at the time and the person driving said they hadn't received a ticket. I wrote to the council explaining that i wasn't the driver and had not received anything. They wrote back with 'tough pay up! Your the owner and we say you have a ticket'. I wrote back saying I would be prepared to pay the initial £25 as this was the first I had heard of it and I considered cashing the cheque as closer on the matter. I received another letter saying 'no pay up!' I was in the middle of getting back to them when I realised they had cashed the cheque but what's more, I didn't have any money in the bank so the cheque bounced. I wrote to them explaining that they had in fact cashed the cheque even though I had had a reply from them to say they would not accept the payment and now I have charges from my bank. There reply has been, 'well all right then we will just charge you £50!' This is crazy, they have no photographic evidence of the ticket being on my car and despite my attempts to explain that I hadn't received anything they still haven't accepted my offer of £25. Does anyone have any idea what I should do now? Thanks!

Hello all, Have been reading your letters about Parking Eye Ltd thank you. My friends daughter has had one, but they have sent a photograph of her in her car as well. Does this change anything?

It worked! don't be confused by the fact have scanned the one letter 3 times there are 2 different letters. Thanks for your help!

Hi I've had a go at sending the letters using photobucket. I hope this has worked. http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt16/andreaarty/th_Hparking.jpg' alt='th_Hparking.jpg'> [/img]