Number plate cameras

POFA2012 allows for up to 14 days to notify a keeper (not driver) of a charge, a pcn , where ANPR cameras are used (and where no windscreen ticket was issued, had that happened they would notify a keeper between day 29 and day 56 according to POFA2012 - so an even longer delay)

this info from four months ago tells people about keeping tickets for say 3 months , so you missed that too

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/team-blog/2017/05/30/throwing-pay-display-ticket-away-use-cost-100/

and this parking prankster blog a few years ago explains ANPR cameras

http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/how-parking-operators-use-anpr.html

that point is not "irrelevant" because anyone else searching this forum for information may not keep tickets and may learn from the info provided

and discrepancies like the VRM typos feature a lot in this particular field

you said you could not find the info you needed so I pointed you (and anyone else) at the correct info (partly because you brought up those 2 points). I have posted those links and the info many times before on here, which is why I found the info again so quickly (so despite your quick search , the info was on this forum in previous threads)

nobody is bothered about you being a newbie, there is a lot to learn and you have grasped most of the issues here , I was filling in the blanks with my 5 years of experience , bearing in mind that the ANPR issues were covered years ago as that prankster blog is over 3.5 years old, plus POFA2012 is now a 5 year old law

and you are quite right that these sc@mmers should do "due diligence" checks and should have seen that a ticket was purchased, even if some of the info was incorrect (you say its correct info , they beg to differ because they sent you an NTK that says no payment was even made , never mind typo issues)

they seem to do stuff like this all the time , PLUS its also a fact that those machines are flawed and despite any human checks they are alleging non-payment

http://parking-prankster.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/peel-centre-machine-failure-transcript.html

There are a number of known errors with parking machines, and it is not the motorists fault when these errors occur. The Peel centre is particularly prone. It is probably the worst run car park in the whole country, as a disproportionate proportion of The Prankster's mailbag is taken up with complaints about this car park.

a different car park - yes, but the faults apply to all p & d ticket machines

and to err is human , hence the failure of any human checks (or greed) - I suppose the sheer numbers of pcn,s issued means its all roboclaim territory

so as long as you appeal AS KEEPER (not as driver), using the template appeal and also adding a paragraph that THE DRIVER paid for a ticket and attached is the proof of payment (a scan or pic of the ticket) , then you are rebuking them for their incompetence and lack of due diligence and trying to shame them into submission espite their website claims

if they were honourable , honest people , they would cancel the pcn , if not , you could have them for a DPA breach when you win , due to the incompetence you have pointed out being compounded by a refusal to accept it in the face of overwhelming evidence

sadly, these matters tend to go a lot further and that is why you may have more difficulty in proving your point (correctly) and getting a cancellation , it may even go as far as a court case where you can present your views and ticket to a judge

your logic is the same as mine , sadly I have learned over the years that this is in a minority with these parking company sc@mmers , they chase profit using greed and avarice and they think that all their victims are ignorant pleasants ripe for the plucking

its a sc@mmers paradise , which is why I started learning about it over 5 years ago , to protect my family and friends , as well as myself , so welcome to the club