At this time the clamper called the Police who would arrest us for Theft!! When the Police arrived he asked what had happened and what were we going to do. We informed him that we wanted to recover our property (My van) and could he obtain an address to which we could return the clamp, undamaged, to the clamping company. Jed Clampit said if we did that it was theft but the copper said that as we had made it plain from the outset that we wished to return his property and had no intention of depriving him of it it wasn’t theft. Next thing we know, he has removed the clamp and driven off!! Result. OK I lost an hour or so at a busy time of day but it felt GOOD!!

For what it is worth I see that this Richard Mussell character is now (or also) clamping for an outfit called ‘Ethical Parking Management’ in Brighton. Ethical??!! – Doncha just love it! – see http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showtopic=66384.

If you (or any other victims of these scoundrels) want to have a crack at getting your money back just start your own thread on pepipoo to ask for advice. In a nutshell the advice is to compose a formal letter to both the clamping outfit and the landowner who instructed them demanding the return of your money [don't 'appeal' to the clamper - the response to appeals is always and obviously 'no'; they have no interest in giving you back your money!] failing which court proceedings will be issued. NB: If you do have to sue you should include the clamping operative himself as a third named defendant. As and when a CCJ is obtained (which is usually pretty easy as most clampers can’t be arsed to defend proceedings) you can just contact the SIA and ask that the individual’s “licence to clamp” be revoked or suspended. I would expect that should produce payment pretty swiftly: without his licence to clamp he’s no use to his employer and he might even be forced to find honest work . . . which is normally something that the average clamper would have great difficulty doing given their lack of wit, charm or qualifications.

Roll on to now …. I get a “Final Reminder For Payment” despite the evidence.

What a disgrace. Think I shall talk to Waitrose and tell them.

Disabled? Surely not!!

Am at the nail-biting stage, so am hanging onto some of that luck you offered!

I enjoyed his hospitality in Lewes yesterday. A 78p jar of horseradish sauce cost me £130.

I was parked on no lines outside Laura Ashley for between two and three minutes. I have a couple of photos and a brief video of the little darling.

He had the cheek to tell me it was illegal to photograph someone without their consent.

I had to keep getting him to repeat what he was telling me as it all came out in such a montonous rush I couldn’t understand him first time round.

I had sent them an appeal to which they haven’t bothered to respond (despite their paper work which mentions that they will respond to all appeals within 14 days). I’m now going to be sending them a court notice

regards
Abrar

Also when my friend got the parking permit from the issuing office it contained some informational material which only talked about how to use the permit and highlighted the parking bays in the complex. There was (and even now) NO mention of the fact that the parking permit is not transferable.

My argument is that if the authorities had any problems with tenants lending or sharing their permits then they should have either clarified that in writing or at least warned the tenants.

Finally there are several warning notices in the parking complex which have been put up by C2S. They only say that a valid parking permit should be displayed at all times. In my case a valid parking was displayed so C2S argument that they clamped because an invalid permit was displayed is invalid.

Thanks again
Aby

However, there are certain Business Parking Permits which are transferable. However, they do not have a vehicle registration number indicated.

Gavin was correct on this occasion. Unfortunately, that means that the chances of getting back your £100 are approximately nil.

I would suggest that you should try and appeal to Gav’s better nature. However, I’ve tried that myself but unfortunately, he managed to resist my charms.

Sadly I too have now joined the ever growing list of unfortunate victims of this con.

Today my car was clamped in the Martlets Parking in Burgess Hill. My friend lives on the high street and has been given a residents parking permit. Since he doesn’t use it, he has lent it to me. The residents parking permit was displayed clearly on the dashboard.

When I called C2C (phone answered by Gavin), he told me that the residents parking permit cannot be used by anyone else apart from the tenant. I thought this was wrong because the tenant is paying his rent and thus is entitled to use his parking space they way he wants (within legal boundaries).

Does anyone here know if it’s illegal for a tenant to share his residents parking permit? I’m anyway going to be speaking to the parking permit issuing office as well as my friend’s landlord to check if they have any such clause.

If there’s no such clause, then what are my chances of getting back my £100 (which I paid to Richard Mussell) to unclamp my car.

Many thanks
Abrar

Via companies house, I got their registered office, their accounts, I went their, they were most upset at their clents actions, as we all know, Capital2coast hide behind a mail box address, well here you go, here from their own accountents is their true address:

Written Answers — Home Department: Immobilisation of Vehicles: Private Land (26 Jan 2011)
Lynne Featherstone: The Government intend to include in the Protection of Freedoms Bill, to be introduced by February, provisions that will make it an offence to immobilise or tow away a vehicle without lawful authority, with the intention of preventing the motorist from moving their vehicle. This will not prevent landowners from using other forms of parking control which remain legal: for example, ticketing or…

I had been reasonable now they can get stuffed and I’ll see them in court.

Please DON’T pay this. This is the new scam which these sad con men are trying now that clamping is more difficult (though sadly not yet quite abolished). You can buy these kits via the internet and they come with little plastic bags etc included. Anyone can leave them on your car and they hope that if one in ten people actually pay the “fine” they are well into profit. You can even get a kit with an official looking jacket! Of course they have no more right than you or I to issue these. Does anyone know if you can do these people for fraud?

Weight is not so much gained from quantity consumed as by eating the wrong things, food which are moreish sells, and is therefore readily available. Fruit is far better than biscuits for instance. Baked Beans are superb for keeping pounds down in a way that chips will never know, although not the best choice if going on a date!

It isn’t fair to expect ambulance crews to lift anyone oversize and those who are should have to accept that they are putting themselves at great risk rather than having ambulances built like tow trucks, with cranes.

“Sorry mate we can’t lift you” could mean your number’s up earlier than hoped, a fact that shouldn’t come as a complete surprise to anyone carrying an overample girth.

I spoke to someone in the Planning Department who believed any penalties were paid direct to the council, who I understand owns the site. This person is going to check if there has been any change of policy. My question really is concerned around general practice, as I have kept all details.

Is there a law that allows C2C to impose penalties and terms as a private company and to threaten bailifs if the amount is not paid? The penalty is clearly exhorbitant, even if I did not have a valid ticket, and the content of the note is quite intimidating with the “hidden message” that one would have to go to a lot of trouble, expense and take a risk that the courts are hopefully sensible just to avoid pay a lot more later. I really cannot afford to pay this penalty, even less a higher cost later if not successful. I have been advised to ignore it altogether and it will all go away but your forum suggests that is not a good idea.

The council member was surprised that this penalty had to be paid to C2C and could not be paid to the council. I also find this surprising, as I presume the site is not private and paid for out of our council taxes and all such penalties should be paid direct to the council, who should be the body to listen to any appeal in an unbiased “democratic manner and not those who stand to fill their back pockets and possibly even avoid tax.

I stand to be corrected in all of this and wouldn’t be surprised if these parasites have the protection of the law. I have long since stopped believing in the Lone Ranger.

In order to remove the clamp from the wheel, the clampers had to cut through the clamp, thus rendering it useless. The idea spread through the country and it became common practice for people to carry a tube of superglue and use it on ANY vehicle that they found clamped.

The rogue clamping industry folded because it became “not economically viable” to clamp a vehicle, cut off the (expensive) clamp and then have to buy another one.

I am NOT condoning such practice because it is illegal.

I am merely pointing out that there are no longer private clampers working in French towns.

http://bit.ly/cJ4L8E

This page is for people who have been clamped – it is not either a Small Ads page nor an opportunity for clampers to create links for their own benefit.

And just to let you know capital 2 coast do read this site alot.

I belive they currently have one extra clamper that not a director.

Gavin price said there target is 70 clamps a week and they usally get it.

I wonder if their previous accounts declaire that amount?

If you lot have that much of a problem with this company you need to stop chatting and start taking them to court and warn people the area is protected/supply leaflets on how to take them to court.

All clamping companies rely on release fees expecialy with four greedy directors.

The compound where they store the cars is unsecure and is used by lots of people who all have keys.Which is in breach of the BPA code.

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