Marilyn Jackson went further and told the website that since this was illegal they'd better do something about it. Nice one, Marilyn!
Here's the letter she got back:
Dear Ms. Jackson,
Thank you for your e-mail and for raising the issue of resident permits.
ParkatmyHouse.com is a registered company and it goes without saying that we have no interest whatsoever in promoting illegal activity.
We provide a means by which people (i.e. landowners) who have the legal right to decide how a piece of land is used, can rent it as a parking space. Thus, we are mainly concerned with driveways and garages attached to a piece of property.
Contrary to what you may have viewed on the front page of the website, we do not encourage the sale or lease of resident permits since the land concerned is council property. We have removed information stating that customers can rent a space in a resident's bay from the front page of ParkatmyHouse.com.
As with all user-content-driven web sites such as eBay, ultimate responsibility for the legal status of the product being marketed (in our case, parking spaces) lies with the user. We make this clear in our terms and conditions -
4.2. "The User must be legally permitted to advertise the parking space on the Website. It is the responsibility of the User to investigate the legality of licensing the car park space."
To rectify the situation, we have done the following -
- Contacted the individuals advertising resident permit bays explaining that it is illegal to rent them.
- Disabled the relevant listings.
We are also looking into any other necessary or advisable steps.
If you have any other questions or wish to discuss this further please do not hesitate to contact us.
Kind regards,
Katie Harvey
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