Apoca parking fine Luton Airport info needed please

Coupon-mad

So glad you didn't just pay it and you came here first! :T

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Hadeon

Insofar as the 'drop-off & pick-up' issues are concerned on this thread, perhaps the following link may prove to be informative & useful.

http://www.london-luton.co.uk/en/content/7/173/drop-off-and-pick-up.html

'Option 1' seems pretty reasonable & attractive, especially given the fact that it's still a 2 minute walk to the terminal building from the 'Priority Set Down' area costing £1 for 10 minutes (option 3).

Debsxx

Hi, update on op, i today 5 months later received the Roxburghe Debt Collectors letter, it has taken a while. I have ignored all letters. This says the usual rubbish then they have added a bit about how they are aware that people are getting advice from here etc and how we ahould not listen to any of it and seek advice. i'e contact them etc!
As for people saying why not pay it is only £1 etc. If you leave home at 5.am and no nothing about the drop off zone and charges you are then stuck, it is not even like you would have time to get out, get some cash etc as they give you 10 mins. Also they have fenced off the entire road, even if you walk down getting out as a pedestrian is very difficult and confusing. There are no exits all the way around the terminal the fence is all the way down under the bridge too. The difficulties you experience once there are not apparent until you are there!

petewright

Debsxx wrote: »

Hi, update on op, i today 5 months later received the Roxburghe Debt Collectors letter, it has taken a while. I have ignored all letters. This says the usual rubbish then they have added a bit about how they are aware that people are getting advice from here etc and how we ahould not listen to any of it and seek advice. i'e contact them etc!
As for people saying why not pay it is only £1 etc. If you leave home at 5.am and no nothing about the drop off zone and charges you are then stuck, it is not even like you would have time to get out, get some cash etc as they give you 10 mins. Also they have fenced off the entire road, even if you walk down getting out as a pedestrian is very difficult and confusing. There are no exits all the way around the terminal the fence is all the way down under the bridge too. The difficulties you experience once there are not apparent until you are there!

Debt Collectors letter - is this going to affect a Credit Raport/Rating ??? If yes - there is a reason to pay it!!!!
What you reckon guys?

esmerobbo

petewright wrote: »

Debt Collectors letter - is this going to affect a Credit Raport/Rating ??? If yes - there is a reason to pay it!!!!
What you reckon guys?

Nope a DCA can not report on a non existent debt. To report a debt on a CRF report it has to be covered by an agreement or contract. Or a debt which has been successfully claimed at county court, and a CCJ obtained.

These companies use this as a threat knowing full well they would have to win at court, and you not pay any order from the court before anything could harm your CRF.

Of course they don't mention this when they say " You may have problems obtaining credit in the future"

petewright

esmerobbo wrote: »

Nope a DCA can not report on a non existent debt. To report a debt on a CRF report it has to be covered by an agreement or contract. Or a debt which has been successfully claimed at county court, and a CCJ obtained.

These companies use this as a threat knowing full well they would have to win at court, and you not pay any order from the court before anything could harm your CRF.

Of course they don't mention this when they say " You may have problems obtaining credit in the future"

Many thanks esmerobbo! This is the power of the internet! 6.40 am and a full explanation is ready Pint of a lager for you !!!!..... but maybe a few hours later

vxrben

i received a letter from apoca at luton airport saying that i owe them £80 fine for stopping by the roundabout for 2seconds to drop my gf off who was going for an interview at the time. i then picked her up 50 minutes later and received yet another letter......2 came yesterday, i have been there five times in a month and dropped her off and picked her up everytime, so im now waiting for the other letters to arrive. should i just ignore theses letters as previously stated above? as i will proballyowe them £800 in parking fines! many thanks

Coupon-mad

vxrben wrote: »

i received a letter from apoca at luton airport saying that i owe them £80 fine for stopping by the roundabout for 2seconds to drop my gf off who was going for an interview at the time. i then picked her up 50 minutes later and received yet another letter......2 came yesterday, i have been there five times in a month and dropped her off and picked her up everytime, so im now waiting for the other letters to arrive. should i just ignore theses letters as previously stated above?

YES!!

vxrben wrote: »

as i will proballyowe them £800 in parking fines! many thanks

Errrr...no you most certainly do not, these are NOT FINES.

You need to read the sticky threads 'PPC letters, what to expect' which is self-explanatory - and 'welcome, please read before posting' and view the Watchdog clip there:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163

HTH, relax and use all the junk mail for hamster cage bedding or something! See my signature, PPC fake PCNs are a scam.

esmerobbo

As Coupon-Mad says you owe them nothing simply ignore them. Even by PPC standards these invoices are nonsense. Normally they try and say people form a contract by parking. In this instance they are saying you stop and drop someone off we will penalise you £80. They have no authority to penalise anybody!

neilkc

Hi
after having received a parking enforcement for dropping off a passenger in a non designated spot. I appealed to APCOA parking and said that i was the driver and signed the letter from myself. As I have now admitted being the driver should I pay the £80 or can I still ignore the letters as advised in this forum.

many thanks for any advice.