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Good Grief! It's Crieff
The Prankster has discovered that car park operators are brutal in Scotland. Don't forget to park correctly in Crieff or you may be 'fined' up to £1000.Happy ParkingThe Parking Prankster
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Rachel Ledson advocates appealing to POPLA and checking the disability act
The Parking Prankster was pointed to a web page on the http://www.disabledmotoring.org web site. Although the page is gone now, there is still a copy in the google cache here.Later on down the same...
View ArticleParkingEye's legal team caught out trying to pull a fast one
The Prankster has been made aware of recent sharp practices by ParkingEye's legal department.ParkingEye's bungling legal team were caught out when they tried to pull a fast one on an unsuspecting...
View ArticleParkingEye file 1,000 claims in one day
ParkingEye filed over 1,000 claims on 8 July 2013, making this their biggest day yet. Perhaps this was because their solicitor Rachel Ledson was going on holiday, because they only filed 2 claims in...
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UKCPS accuse defendant of 'Internet Forum Scam'
The Parking Prankster received a copy of a letter which UKCPS has written to a judge accusing the defendant of participating in an internet forum scam.The Prankster considers that Trev Goodwood must...
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Smart Parking two, Prankster nil (half-time)
Now that the football season has started, Smart Parking will no doubt be pleased to go into a two-nil lead against the Prankster at POPLA. Here is the match report on their latest successful POPLA...
View ArticleRichard Reeve goes Runabout. Can POPLA still call itself independent?
Richard ReeveRichard Reeve is Tribunal Manager at POPLA. In the recently published April minutes of the British Parking Association Limited AOS Board, it transpires he has been making visits to Parking...
View ArticleNCP fork out £87,000 after towing car illegally
Long thread on pepipoo, so get your coffee ready first.Post #569 gives the breakdownSolicitors costs £45000Barrister £12500After the event Insurance £24000Disbursements £4500This is only the motorist's...
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UK Parking Control pursue dead motorist
The Prankster has received a copy of a letter from UKPC who are intent on pursuing a dead motorist for parking charges.We write with reference to your recent correspondence in relation to the above...
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British Parking Association Limited 2011 Impact Assessment report to...
The Impact Assessment for introducing keeper liability for parking (compiled in 2011) considers the financial impact of changing the law.One of the key benefits is listed asA reduction in the number of...
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Cat found not guilty
Today POPLA ruled that a registered keeper's cat should be found not guilty of all parking charges.The appellant asserted his cat had driven to Staples. The Staples parking attendant, despite searching...
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Highview Parking spurred into immediate action - for real!
For once, Highview Parking came good on their threat to be spurred into immediate action, as this Parking Charge notice shows.Highview Parking issued this charge one minute after the free parking time...
View ArticleBPA allow operator to ignore appeal reasons they have lost with in the past
Previously, The Parking Prankster won an appeal at POPLA against CP Plus when their Notice to Keeper was delivered outside the required timescales. CP Plus withdrew the charge rather than supply any...
View ArticleAOS board minutes from FoI request removed
The AOS board minutes which were formerly here have been removed. The Prankster has no idea why.The Prankster blogged about these minutes here.
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ANPR on naughty step again?
The Parking Prankster has been following this thread on moneysavingexpert.A summary of the thread is as follows.A motorist rented a car from Hertz. Hertz are the registered keeper. The motorist is also...
View ArticleParkingEye removed from The Range, St Helen's
ParkingEye have apparently been given the push from The Range, St Helen's, according to this post here.A manager at Tesco stated that the landowner had ordered ParkingEye to remove all their...
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CP Plus disregard Smart Parking. Quadruple dipping stand-off.
In the most exciting game of parking poker to date, CP Plus have decided to disregard Smart Parking, as they have no relationship with that company.This follows their decision to disregard The Parking...
View ArticleParkingEye back at the Range, St Helen's?
A different post on Pepipoo states that ParkingEye are only temporarily gone from the Range, St Helen's.Apparently the cameras are only down while the electrics to the new McDonald's are connected.
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BPA Ltd retain control over POPLA web site
Evidence that further weakens POPLA's claim to be independent has emerged following the completion of an FoI request.The Parking Prankster had previously run a campaign to urge POPLA to update their...
View ArticleIn out, in out, shake it all about (1)
The FoI request for the BPA Ltd AOS minutes that was pulled from the website has now reappeared.The Prankster first blogged about this here.Then he noted they had been removed......and now they are...
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