Overstayed my welcome on council run onstreet parking by 20mins and am being charged £30 for the privilege woohoo (which I discovered when I went out to top-up my parking ticket).
Now have just tried to pay my fine online and it seems I have been given an invalid Penalty Charge Notice Number. I have been given
RP1500112A, this is printed very clearly and unambiguously. When I enter this on their website it is invalid, and their help section says:
Parking Fine Serial Number
Enter the serial number displayed on the parking fine, this will always start with the letters RO followed by seven numbers ending with another letter. eg. RO6001909A or this could start with the letters RP followed by eight numbers. e.g RP12345678
Ignoring the daft lack of common sense in this number being called something different, my number is RP followed by seven numbers and ending with another letter, which is neither of the above, hence being invalid.
Best way to contest this?? I have no qualms trying to weasel out on a technicality, I pay my parking like a good little mensch, this was just being slightly late to pay for more of it. Should I ignore it, or respectfully point out and say I can't possibly pay?? Ta in advance
