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[david036]

Council and the police are still going to be allowed to clamp as are the DVLA.
This law still isn'; in force yet, but could be sometime soon!!!

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Private clamping firms are ime thugs and extortionists. They are not the guardians of private property they would like us to think they are.
They used to operate in the parking area of the flats where my daughter lived. She paid hefty rent which included her own parking space. Anyone parking in the space ( her included) had to display a permit issued by these cowboys. One day a friend of hers drove off and forgot to return her permit, so in the week it took to get it back she had 3 visitors who neede to park in her space. She wrote out a notice which was placed prominently in the windscreen on each occasion, stating that the car was parked in her space with her consent and if they wished to query this they could ring the doorbell or phone her number.
On each occasion the notice was completely ignored and the cars were clamped. They had all the facts given to them, but they simply refused to even listen. The clamps never came off until £125 was parted with -legalised theft, pure and simple.
On one occasion I parked in the space and hurried into her flat to get the permit to put in the car. When I came back they were just getting out of the van with the clamp and looked very disappointed when I got the permit in the windscreen before they got the clamp on my car.
Personally, I would gas them.

Flying pigs.......I actually agree with Albs...

[Steve 1564]

Had the same deal at south western house in southampton - went in to get a permit & Got clamped ! - paid up & wrote a stinking letter to the company telling them that the guy offered to remove it for £50 cash and how intimidating he was (got a refund)... 3 weeks later i got clamped by the same company in swindon - only this time he put the chain around the shocker & not through the wishbone... 3 mins & a 17mm spanner later I'm free... dump the clamp & associated sticker against a wall & bugger off... 20 mins later & i get a pull going into leigh delamere services - the only thing the police were interested in is weather i had damaged the clamp or not - had a coffee with the cops & waited till another went to see the clamp - The police told me if i take one off again (without damaging it) i should keep it & write a letter to the clamping company telling them where they can collect there property from and - get this - How much i will be charging them for storage !!! 

[Martin_1962]

I have cold chisled one

[feeutfo]

Had the same deal at south western house in southampton - went in to get a permit & Got clamped ! - paid up & wrote a stinking letter to the company telling them that the guy offered to remove it for £50 cash and how intimidating he was (got a refund)... 3 weeks later i got clamped by the same company in swindon - only this time he put the chain around the shocker & not through the wishbone... 3 mins & a 17mm spanner later I'm free... dump the clamp & associated sticker against a wall & bugger off... 20 mins later & i get a pull going into leigh delamere services - the only thing the police were interested in is weather i had damaged the clamp or not - had a coffee with the cops & waited till another went to see the clamp - The police told me if i take one off again (without damaging it) i should keep it & write a letter to the clamping company telling them where they can collect there property from and - get this - How much i will be charging them for storage !!! 

So that would be 500 an hour payable in advance via cheque by post.....to a po box

[Vamps]

I shall be putting this to the test on Tuesday...

Work Wise I have to visit a home on a private estate that is residents only parking, so I am told, interestingly the 'landlord' is the same one as my office..

I intend to make a sign for my window to say 'Duty    unit' I shall also display a 'Blue Badge' so I can not, by law, be clamped. It will be interesting to see the result of any parking ticket..
I have had 2 in my office car park, no disabled parking, which is illegal, challenged both and got off.. I love a challenge....

I have no intention of paying any ticket, my employer has offered to pay past ones at work, but I am reliably informed that such 'private' tickets are unenforceable in court so I refused the offer......

[3.2 CHARLIE]

Parking across the white lines in an empty car park ? Do you need a bigger Space ??

BBC repotting a well covered subject, but, seems clamping is being outlawed in the uk as it is already in Scotland apparently

....seems the clampers are moving to ticketing instead, now I have personal experience of this, they take your reg and chase you via post, vey important and official looking letters, in fact mine was so official looking it raised my suspicions confirmed by a post of mine on here that the whole thing is 'dangle berries', you may remember the thread I got a ticket for parking across the lines in an empty BQ car park.

You all advised to ignore the whole thing iirc, ESP excellent advice from Kevin Wood. Meaning I just binned the letters, they where persistent, but nothing ever came of it. So what ever you do, official company or not, do not pay them, ever. Although some may prefer to just pay up, but that's what they bank on, literally....

There have been very few cases of companys taking people to court, they know there is no many in it going down that route.....

[scimmy_man]

Boot on the other foot, my mate has a small carpark behind his shop, he runs a florists so the vans are in and out all day, often they come back to find someone parked to go to the shops or the local bank, he gets tickets for them parking on double yellows while looking for them,
he has been told he cannot clamp them but is considering dragging them out of the way.

some people take the p*ss, as they wont pay to park in the council park 200 yards away.

[Martin_1962]

Drag them onto DYLs

 

[Unicornrider]

Boot on the other foot, my mate has a small carpark behind his shop, he runs a florists so the vans are in and out all day, often they come back to find someone parked to go to the shops or the local bank, he gets tickets for them parking on double yellows while looking for them,
he has been told he cannot clamp them but is considering dragging them out of the way.

some people take the p*ss, as they wont pay to park in the council park 200 yards away.

Wouldnt think twice...smash front and rear windows.

When the owner complains point them in the direction of a pay and display car park.

Regards clampers or really anyone you dont like...phone them up,when they answer place the telephone handset under a fire alarm or blow a whistle down the phone.

Im told the effects are most unpleasent....

[scimmy_man]

Wouldnt think twice...smash front and rear windows.


but then his vans get done?