[TheSpireite1866]

Anyone else recieved a parking fine from the home game 21/4/25 for parking behind asda?

Been parking here for years with no issues. Looking at the photo’s it looks as though a parking warden has walked around and physically taken a picture of the front and back of the car rather than being pictured by a camera.

Ignore it or pay?

[spireitecraig]

I have seen a warden in the car park when I’ve walked through ASDA car park for the last few games.

This post has been edited by spireitecraig: Yesterday, 12:49 PM

[60s 70s Spireite]

TheSpireite1866, on 01 May 2025 - 12:26 PM, said:

Anyone else recieved a parking fine from the home game 21/4/25 for parking behind asda?

Been parking here for years with no issues. Looking at the photo’s it looks as though a parking warden has walked around and physically taken a picture of the front and back of the car rather than being pictured by a camera.

Ignore it or pay?

Walk around the car park and take photos of information signs, ensuring they comply with the private parking code. The code has recommendations around
Entrance signs and the information they must include
The size and positioning of all signs that display terms and conditions
Text choices to aid readability (font, size, colour in relation to background)
Maintenance of signs so that they remain legible

I have won an appeal on contraventions of the code a couple of times.

Ignoring it is always dangerous, as it will likely eventually be passed to a debt collection agency who will continue to pursue.

[Cactoise]

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[stainlessstephen]

 60s 70s Spireite, on 01 May 2025 - 12:56 PM, said:

Walk around the car park and take photos of information signs, ensuring they comply with the private parking code. The code has recommendations around
Entrance signs and the information they must include
The size and positioning of all signs that display terms and conditions
Text choices to aid readability (font, size, colour in relation to background)
Maintenance of signs so that they remain legible

I have won an appeal on contraventions of the code a couple of times.

Ignoring it is always dangerous, as it will likely eventually be passed to a debt collection agency who will continue to pursue.

Don't ignore it as these things can (and do sometimes) escalate but challenge it.

Last year I picked up a fine for inadvertently parking over a drop kerb on Bank Rd. Even though there was no ticket on the car I challenged it but still lost. But it was worth a try.

I'd worry more though if it was the authorities that issued a fine rather than a private company. Councils are more likely to increase the fine, go to Court and send bailiffs in if you go dark on them.

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[Westbars Spireite]

Appeal it. Parking Eye signs went up recently and though there's no fixed cameras timing entry and exit there's a guy there taking pics of cars. What the photos don't prove is how long you've been there unlike those timestamped ones.

[stainlessstephen]

 Westbars Spireite, on 01 May 2025 - 02:35 PM, said:

Appeal it. Parking Eye signs went up recently and though there's no fixed cameras timing entry and exit there's a guy there taking pics of cars. What the photos don't prove is how long you've been there unlike those timestamped ones.

Parking Eye manage Aldi in Leek and the stories of ridiculous fines that do make the local news always seem to get squashed on appeal.

[DIFH]

 TheSpireite1866, on 01 May 2025 - 12:26 PM, said:

Anyone else recieved a parking fine from the home game 21/4/25 for parking behind asda?

Been parking here for years with no issues. Looking at the photo’s it looks as though a parking warden has walked around and physically taken a picture of the front and back of the car rather than being pictured by a camera.

Ignore it or pay?

Pay and learn.

[born in 1866]

 Westbars Spireite, on 01 May 2025 - 02:35 PM, said:

Appeal it. Parking Eye signs went up recently and though there's no fixed cameras timing entry and exit there's a guy there taking pics of cars. What the photos don't prove is how long you've been there unlike those timestamped ones.

Don't know the time limit but if it's a hour and there's two photo's showing the car, one at 3pm and on at 4.10pm. They can prove the photos are genuine with meta data. No need for time stamps

[Johnnyspireite7]

Considering how half the people park in the Asda carpark I'm surprised there aren't more fines, People park on the ends on the front where there aren't parking bays marked out, go in the wrong way on the one way system marked by the arrows. it's a freaking free for all!

[Westbars Spireite]

 born in 1866, on 01 May 2025 - 03:39 PM, said:

Don't know the time limit but if it's a hour and there's two photo's showing the car, one at 3pm and on at 4.10pm. They can prove the photos are genuine with meta data. No need for time stamps

It's 90 mins. There's only one pic on the letter I've seen only.

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[born in 1866]

 Westbars Spireite, on 01 May 2025 - 03:57 PM, said:

It's 90 mins. There's only one pic on the letter I've seen only.

One photo can't prove how long the car was there. They are devious so and so's. Probably waiting for the OP to challenge it and lose the early settlement discount and then produce a second photo as proof of length of stay.

[Westbars Spireite]

 born in 1866, on 01 May 2025 - 04:13 PM, said:

One photo can't prove how long the car was there. They are devious so and so's. Probably waiting for the OP to challenge it and lose the early settlement discount and then produce a second photo as proof of length of stay.

If you appeal and lose the charge is kept the same for a period of time. This one will be challenged on the basis the stay was less and see what happenens if no future evidence offered.

[DIFH]

 Westbars Spireite, on 01 May 2025 - 04:55 PM, said:

If you appeal and lose the charge is kept the same for a period of time. This one will be challenged on the basis the stay was less and see what happenens if no future evidence offered.

I’m interested as to how your going to contact the parking company, it is impossible by phone and don’t be surprised to receive an increased charge whilst all this appeal time takes. Don’t forget you are in their hands in respect of responses. Don’t anyone say otherwise I had this situation and had to go down the solicitor avenue, luckily all my charges came out of the business because my first notification charge began at £170.00 with them disputing payment.

Cut your losses and frustration pay any initial charge.

You can’t get Tesco to help because they have non shopping charges in place.

[Westbars Spireite]

You appeal online.

[JonB]

 DIFH, on 01 May 2025 - 05:19 PM, said:

I’m interested as to how your going to contact the parking company, it is impossible by phone and don’t be surprised to receive an increased charge whilst all this appeal time takes. Don’t forget you are in their hands in respect of responses. Don’t anyone say otherwise I had this situation and had to go down the solicitor avenue, luckily all my charges came out of the business because my first notification charge began at £170.00 with them disputing payment.

Cut your losses and frustration pay any initial charge.

You can’t get Tesco to help because they have non shopping charges in place.

Tesco will be no use because it was in Asda!

[ArcticSpireite]

Challenge it to the max and they'll give up. Parking Eye are gimps who just try to bully people into paying. They tried to fine me for parking in Ashgate Manor car park even though I go every week and always put my details into the terminal for parking. Told them that and sent them an email from my therapist backing me up, and they reduced the fine to 20 quid. Didn't pay it, the "discount" expired then they emailed me saying they wanted the full amount. Sent an appeal to POPLA which is the independent appeal service and they told me they didn't even need my appeal because Parking Eye had withdrawn the fine without even telling me. They just think people will brick it and pay it, kick up enough of a stink and they'll get bored.

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[BeastMode]

Went to park in there myself and saw a jobsworth in high vis watching through car park so moved up the road. God knows why they're arsed ar that time of the evening.

[Westbars Spireite]

Interestingly if you enter the car park via the petrol station forecourt there are no 'entry' signs with terms. They are only positioned on the entrances on Sheffield Road.

[ronpowellsbutler]

stainlessstephen, on 01 May 2025 - 02:39 PM, said:

Parking Eye manage Aldi in Leek and the stories of ridiculous fines that do make the local news always seem to get squashed on appeal.

Oranges get squashed. Fines get quashed. Sorry …..