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My wife and I were issued a "parking ticket" which I believe was unlawful. We had stopped in a parking bay which we believed to be owned by the adjacent shop in Camborne. There were plenty of empty bays, including the one next to ours, and I stayed in the car with the keys in the ignition while my wife popped inside quickly, and within a minute or so an unmarked van had pulled up close behind our back bumper blocking our car in. The driver who was not in any sort of uniform but was a rather large chap covered in tattoos jumped out and took a photo of the car, and when I asked what was going on he said I was getting a parking ticket. I said I would move and asked him to move his van which he refused to do. No matter what I said he refused to move his van while he wrote out the ticket, then he handed me a "Charge ticket" for £60 and then left. The parking bays to my left and right were empty, and by delibarately parking on the road so as to block me in he was the one causing an obstruction, double parking a silver mini-van opposite and preventing any other vehicle from passing.

The ticket states that we have 7 days to pay, otherwise the price increases, and that "If you have reason to appeal a £5.00 administration fee will be charged."

After searching online I've found many forum threads about this company which appears to bully people into paying these "charges". They have no website, the 0871 phone number is a redirect which isn't linked to a physical address, and the address on the ticket is a rented mail service (i.e. not the physical address of the company).

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