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Re: WJ Parking . Charge ticket scam

Posted By: AC
Date: 22 Apr 2008 at 09:45

> A rather belated update regarding the car park opposite the railway
> station!
> After having written several letters to WJ Parking and failed to get
> a satisfactory response (specifically details/proof of how the car was
> incorrectly parked) we have now written to Oxfordshire Trading Standards.
> Hopefully others have/will do the same and they'll take action.
> Our main points are these :
> 1. The greater part of the car park has no marked bays so at any time
> the majority of cars are parked outside of them, yet parking tickets are
> being issued for parking in such a way
> 2. There is usually a parking attendant on site and he watched me
> park on the second occasion I was issued (moments after leaving my car)
> with a ticket. Why did he not inform me I was incorrectly parked?
> 3. As a privately operated site, the ticket issued levies a charge,
> not a fine, and as such the charge should be proportionate. How can a £40
> (rising to £80) charge be fair on an all-day ticket costing £5?
> 4. It is unfair to refuse to enter into any correspondence until the
> charge is paid as this company does. Once the charge is paid, there is no
> incentive for the company to investigate the matter further and one is
> left with no redress.
>

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