| Topic: | Park Direct - a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing | |
| Posted by: | Andrew Mcauley | |
| Date/Time: | 04/07/13 12:40:00 |
| A private company has no right to fine an individual or a firm. If they maintain that you have entered into a contract it has to be a reasonable one under various consumer protection laws and certain provisions need to be met. Nobody considers it reasonable to be charged £60 to drop off a person for 30 seconds. So if Park Direct wish to sue they can only sue for their losses. What were their losses? Well, not the cost of running Park Direct or employing their staff - that is a cost of doing business and implies if they had no one to fine they'd go out of business. Hardly a sustainable model. OF course only the landowner can sue for this OR the agent IF THE CONTRACT WITH THE AGENT SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS FOR IT but most landowners don't want to grant agents these rights. It's all bluster - check out http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=46975 for a reasoned discussion. Checkout the usual Park Direct threatogram chain here - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2329119 although they may have changed it slightly post POPLA. |