Alan-G Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 Went into Glasgow for lunch with Fab 1 today. Parked in a parking zone, purchased an over priced/taxed parking sticker from an automated ticket dispensing Feckin traffic wardeny type machine, peeled the sticker off strip and stuck it to the inside of me windscreen. (£3.10 for 1½ hoors !) Went to lunch. (Lurvly - Sizzlers in the merchant City - and pretty cheap) Came back to the motor to find a £60 penalty parking ticket under the wiper ! We were well within the time limit ? The sodding little sticker fell off and landed upside down on he dashboard, so the parky couldn't see the times etc. Automatic - you didn't display, so youll effin'pay - ticket was issued. First thing was to use the mobile phones camera and take a picture of aforementioned Dalek wardens time read out with the ticket it formerly puked at me. It showed I had paid, was within parking time limit, and basically legally parked. Spotted the 'Real' warden that issued the ticket, ran after him, and managed to be polite. He said - it happens all the time. I said, well make the stickers a bit more sticky - problem solved! Anyways, am rambling on as usual. End result (still unknown) is that the photo from me phone of the time displayed on the ticket dispenser along with the ticket that Dalek gave me show that I was within the time limit for the parking. After downloading the pics (also of the Parky's shoulder number - which he gave quite gladly and actually posed for the shot) the situation of whether I was legally parked is quite clear. (but you Really have to use the zoom function to see the times on both the Dalek and the ticket mind) Will Glesga council waive the 60 nicker ? [:$]
thewelsho Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 Went into Glasgow for lunch with Fab 1 today. Parked in a parking zone, purchased an over priced/taxed parking sticker from an automated ticket dispensing Feckin traffic wardeny type machine, peeled the stick of strip and stuck it to the inside of me windscreen. (£3.10 for 1½ hoors !) Went to lunch. (Lurvly - Sizzlers in the merchant City - and pretty cheap) Came back to the motor to find a £60 penalty parking ticket under the wiper ! We were well within the time limit ? The sodding little sticker fell off and landed upside down on he dashboard, so the parky couldn't see the times etc. Automatic - you didn't display, so youll effin'pay - ticket was issued. First thing was to use the mobile phones camera and take a picture of aforementioned Dalek wardens time read out with the ticket it formerly puked at me. It showed I had paid, was within parking time limit, and basically legally parked. Spotted the 'Real' warden that issued the ticket, ran after him, and managed to be polite. He said - it happens all the time. I said, well make the stickers a bit more sticky - problem solved! Anyways, am rambling on as usual. End result (still unknown) is that the photo from me phone of the time displayed on the ticket dispenser along with the ticket that Dalek gave me show that I was within the time limit for the parking. After downloading the pics (also of the Parky's shoulder number - which he gave quite gladly and actually posed for the shot) the situation of whether I was legally parked is quite clear. (but you Really have to use the zoom function to see the times on both the Dalek and the ticket mind) Will Glesga council waive the 60 nicker ? Hahahaha! That story was worth the 60nicker!!!!
st3ph3n Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 lol, John, your missus obviously doesn't read the forums. Alan, I parked on a street outside the Stand comedy club in Glasgow 10 minutes before the parking permit time ended. Did a quick scout around and couldn't see any of the wee hitlers. Came back out a few hours later to find one had ticketed me 3 minutes before it ended. I only paid £30 though as it was half price for early payment.
thewelsho Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 lol, John, your missus obviously doesn't read the forums. Alan, I parked on a street outside the Stand comedy club in Glasgow 10 minutes before the parking permit time ended. Did a quick scout around and couldn't see any of the wee hitlers. Came back out a few hours later to find one had ticketed me 3 minutes before it ended. I only paid £30 though as it was half price for early payment. Correct Stpehen, she doesn't. I did the obigatory Scoobie 2-space parking in a council car park jsut off Byers road and Hitler hit me with a ticket. It was 10 at night and the place was half empty. £30 early payment also.
andy Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 You should be okay with this. Send them a photocopy of your ticket - NOT THE ORIGINAL!!! - along with the parking ticket and a nice letter of explanation. It's happened to me a couple of times (although admittedly not in Weegieland) and both times they've dropped it once they had proof of payment.
Alan-G Posted March 23, 2007 Author Posted March 23, 2007 Thankx Andy - well I'm fecked noo. Every original sent off 3 hours ago... You have a way of depressing people who have not leared the art of andywrx and his lessened wallet for others to learn. Ok, will just have to put the pics up. Got them all, starting the ticket itself, the Dalek meter that I paid it for - and get this, the wardens lapel number. That should do the ticket eh ! I'll load the photos soon but. Got to sleep. Early ship the morn eh !.
andy Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Thankx Andy - well I'm fecked noo. Every original sent off 3 hours ago... You have a way of depressing people who have not leared the art of andywrx and his lessened wallet for others to learn. Probably not a problem sending the original, but if it gets lost in the post or they then turn round and tell you to sod off you've no proof you paid. I'm just a cynical old sod who doesn't trust the Gestapo.[^o)]
Alan-G Posted March 31, 2007 Author Posted March 31, 2007 You should be okay with this. Send them a photocopy of your ticket - NOT THE ORIGINAL!!! - along with the parking ticket and a nice letter of explanation. It's happened to me a couple of times (although admittedly not in Weegieland) and both times they've dropped it once they had proof of payment. Well you were right Andy after all. As mentioned, I DID send them the original ticket dispensed (by recorded post the same day it was issued) but they mysteriously didn't receive it ! They received everything else. Photo of the ticket, photo of the ticket at the dispenser showing I was legally parked, the traffic wardens ticket issued - but not the dalek produced ticket ?!?! Why would I exclude this ? ? Me and Fab 1 were maticulous when arranging this ! We DID include the dispensed ticket but Glasgow Parking said it wasn't in the letter ! Its a F*****g scam I think. Our word against theirs ? Anyways, I emailed further pics and they are ' investigating ' the incident with the Parky that booked me. Nice chap BTW. I take these trivialities by the Horlicks if I think there is injustice and will continue to. Before the wee one was born, we were at the pram centre on a Sunday and they lifted the car. And dropped it heavily in their compund breaking the exhaust ! Now they are saying I didn't include the original parking ticket ! Thats a Joke. This has now been passed to a Mrs Ward of Glasgow parking so - lets see how it continues. I will keep you all posted. (It's a scam). I am gonna send Mrs Ward a link to this site shortly for her perusal too. http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/su56aru/th_Jensarenot.jpg'>
Alan-G Posted April 1, 2007 Author Posted April 1, 2007 Unfortunately, the resolution of the photos could't be shown on the site, so,If you click on the links it shows a better image. http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/su5...nt=Image013.jpg http://s149.photobucket.com/albums/s60/su5...nt=Image014.jpg Notice the PA (Parking attendant) openly displayed his uniform number. (He said this happens all the time) I also have two independant witnesses that I had showed the ticket to the PA. So, the letter I received from Glasgow Parking was a standard letter (ie. the signature is photocopied / standard letter / one that is issued frequently and conveniently signed by a computer). Sounds a bit Photoshop to me ?
Alan-G Posted April 6, 2007 Author Posted April 6, 2007 I know it makes difficult reading but does anyone wish the second letter ? I'll try to make it more legible next time round [:$]
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