I RECENTLY used the car park operated by CCP on the site of the old Mr Smiths.

It was £2 for parking all day.

A bargain. I put my £2 in, paid and displayed the ticket but I didn’t read the sign which stated that the full registration needs to be inputted.

It issued a ticket anyway which I put on the dashboard.

We’re all busy people. Who else doesn’t read these signs in full?

A week later I got a penalty charge notice for £100 or £60 if I paid straightaway.

I have read all the online advice about these private car parks and what to do.

But I still had the ticket. I found it in my black bin. The ticket was issued by ANPR cameras.

No-one comes round and checks your dashboard for tickets.

I appealed, showed a copy of my ticket and they reduced my penalty charge notice to £30.

Their machines issue tickets without registrations but it’s my fault.

If I ignored the demand for payment I could be faced with legal proceedings.

Here’s the bad bit which will infuriate some of your readers. I paid it and am ashamed a little bit.

My time and the worry about keeping letters and appeal information for months on end was worth paying £30. How many more people are like me?

Pay and display and get a ticket and pay for it to avoid hassle.

It’s not fair, it’s not right and these people are preying on nice people who want a quiet life and are intimidated by debt recovery and legal proceedings.

People of Warrington – Read the terms and conditions very carefully or better still, avoid this car park and others like it.

They are based in Exeter, nothing to do with Warrington so they won’t read this.

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