General Discussion
Parking ticket confusion
Can anybody work out the following, as NO money has been paid yet. This para has been pasted from the letter received from TDC
How professional are these people
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"The penalty charge in respect of this parking contravention was £50.
Don't understand that at all 4549. Guess somebody made a mistake.
Like the idea of "pasting" a paragraph from a letter onto a message board though, suppose that was a bit messy?!!
So what do you think Phillip? do they owe money? or are they owed money? Messy? no, no glue involved
This might clear the whole thing up for you
I saw a trailer for sale reasonable price,
I went to have a look (he was a farmer)
When I got there it was twice the price
I gave the farmer the money and he gave me my change
I told my wife this tale and she asked rather confused, so how much did you pay for it then
Well I said £100 less than advertised
I to this day do not understand what happened (but it's a good trailer)
So the morale of the story
Maybe the council worker used to be a farmer,
or maybe not
Hoped that helped clear things up for
Just blame the farmers, it's easier that way
No its the farmer that does the milking.
User 4549 you could send them a copy of your receipt and a letter demanding the immediate repayment of your overpayment see what that throughs up.
Yes i had realised you hadn't paid, I was making an attempt at being funny (didn't work)
But for a laugh you could try asking for the non existant overpayment to be returned.
They'll probably give it to you
My tale about the trailer wasn't true, I made it up to make you laugh ( I guess that didn't work either ) sorry
Andysport, I guess I am a bit slow, brain cells dropping dead daily.
My concern is these people are supposed to be professional and are taking money from the public for unlawful parking which if they are correct is ok. But how many other mistakes are they making and being misssed.
I agree unproffessionalism within the civil servant arena has always been common place, and it costs the tax payer hugely the only upside to this is that 58% of the working population are civil servants so effectively they are paying for their own mistakes. (thats quite funny)
Wriggler, I know its an error. You state "are not produced manually" are you saying they -the figures are automatically added to the letter, thats ridiculous. You also state " or read by a person, totally unrealistic to do that".
That does not make any sense either, as you will see there are two of them.
I could write and ask them for a refund of £7 on the first one and £32 on the second even though I have paid nothing, now thats unrealistic.
How many other people have received these automatic demands!!!!!!!!!!
1)
The penalty charge in respect of this parking contravention was £50. As the penalty charge has not been
paid within the relevant period the penalty charge in question is now increased by 50% to £75.
To date £82 has been received. £75 is outstanding.
2)
The penalty charge in respect of this parking contravention was £50. As the penalty charge has not been
paid within the relevant period the penalty charge in question is now increased by 50% to £75.
To date £107 has been received. £75 is outstanding.
You are really making a mountain out of a molehill and totally confusing yourself.
If you can't understand such a simple error I give up.
I dont think its a case of not being able to understand, its the incompetance of our civil servants within the council, if they can cock this up how many more mistakes do they make? and to what cost us the taxpayer!!!
Brazilnut thank goodness you understand. I dont think wriggler would think its a simple error or a mountain out of a molehill if it happened to him/her, re understand a simple error that it is pathetic. could wriggler be someone else I am thinking of using a different post name.
Wriggler is me, aren't you Wriggler.
For someone to think that computer systems don't automatically create letters, well that person would only be showing themselves up for being out of touch with the modern world.
Mistakes happen, e.g. twice parking illegally and twice forgetting to pay the fine. Easily done, to be fair.
How the computer has made this mistake is best answered by whoever sent the final demand.
Ok, if we are going to be serious about this ticket lets start at the begining,
Where were you parked as on street parking (not in a bay) is only enforceable by local authority if they have adopted civil enforcement powers, I am unable to recognise TDC as an adopted authority.
Firstly establish whether your parking contravention is a civil matter or police enforcement matter, Local authority will not consult with you, so you will need to attend court, merely by stating you are questioning their authority to issue will (should) result in you paying the original figure £50
As a note it is illegal to park on any road, highway etc in the uk 1908 law and its never been changed, though this is only enforceable by police as obstruction.
Andysport,
Devon CC are the enforcing authority but TDC employ the CEO's and enforce the Teignbridge area as acting agents for DCC, they (CEO's) also enforce TDC's off street car parks, the Police only enforce it you are parked dangerously somewhere on the highway.
PCN Issued. if after 28 days you have not appealed TDC issue NTO (Notice to owner) if you then appeal and that is rejected you have the opportunity to go before an Adjudicator either face to face of by telephone, if you win that is an end of it, if you lose you are obliged to pay the fine if non payment is received they then ask the court for a judgement against you ( you do not have to appear) then the baliffs get involved.
The point I have been trying to make is the incompetence of TDC saying they have received monies -which they have not- and yet the fine is less than the monies they say they have received.
Wriggler states its a error and the letters are automated and not read before posting that makes no sense.
Nelson of course many letters are automated but in this case (three different amounts of money three different letters hand delivered) has to be put in manually, don't they proof read what they put in? Obviously not
That may explain why TDC don't show as civil enforcement officers, an adjudicator probably won't have jurisdiction to make judgement on whether the ticket was lawfully issued.
Wow just think how much it has cost to produce those letters and hand deliver them, your £75 won't cover their costs,
Quick get on and pay the bill before us hard done taxpayers have to subsidise your criminal lifestyle any further Lol
Hi AndyMac same old silly remarks.
But I have said enough on this subject and you still dont get it. so adios until the next time
Well done Andy, you've finally stopped him from writing on here about legalising parking on double yellow lines! A BIG welcome to Dawlish! :)
Your "said enough on this subject" promise to Andy and the rest of us lasted less than 2 hours. Though I would imagine a lot had enough of it 2 years ago lol.
AndyMac/Nelson/Andy strange how you congratulate yourself. if I am wrong with the names I am sure the webmaster will remove them, he/she has always been fairminded.
AndyMac/Nelson/Andysport.
About Andysport
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I think though is confused, I though not thee one whom posted your quotation, nor am I aware of it's consequence.
My posts are meant to be light hearted, I am so sorry that you do not follow my humour.
If you look closely you will see that myself and nelson have different personalities,
I've not had the pleasure of Andy Mac so unable to comment
I don't think wriggler and nelson are the same person (they maybe)
Oh and I'm sure we all understood your post quite clearly, realistically what would you like us to have said ?????????????
Question If I were Nelson, would I need to ask about a cafe with wifi?
Would I have had to go to tourist information to recommend a restaurant??
Would I have asked for contact details for such like as sea cadets, badminton??
If I already lived in Dawlish I assume I would know hese things.
Chill out