Not served with PCN when 'offence' comitted

ImnotaGrumpyoldgit

My wife overstayed in car park run by Premier Parking Solutions. She was seven minutes late and the guy was still at the car. She was told they gave five minutes grace, and she was two minutes over that, and he was just doing his job. Fair cop. However, he walked off leaving only a plastic envelope stuck on the car window - nothing in it! We thought he may have let her off. Six weeks later she receives a letter, sayin PCN not payed within the 7 days to qualify for reduced rate - we now owe £130!:mad:

Sent an e-mail saying not disputing overstay (I know, Iknow, but hadn't looked at sites like this then) but that she hadn't known if, who or what to pay as there was nothing served on her!

Now we only have untill 22/09 to pay up - so any advice would be appreciated, mainly concerned about charge increasing if we delay, whilst we 'appeal'.:(

vax2002

You have not been given a parking ticket or a fine:
From a legal prospective what you have been given is an "invitation to pay a private invoice".
You are legally within your rights to reject the invitation and keep your money:
What will happen is they will buy your private data from DVLA and send a series of menacing letters threatening to take you to court and then more letters from fake debt collectors and fake solicitors again all threatening to take you to court.
They will not take you to court as legally they have no power to fine you or charge you a penalty.
In short it is a scam of impersonation of officialdom and empty threats.
HOW TO DEAL:
IGNORE everything, ignore all letters, ignore all fake solicitors letters and ignore all fake debt collectors.
They will get fed up and move on to another victim.
IGNORE Means exactly that IGNORE, you do not appeal, there is no appeal it is part of the scam, you do not bite back, do not write or do anything to correspond and they will go away, if they call your telephone, do not confirm any information place the handset down and leave it of the hook for ten minutes .
BE WARNED evidence on these and other forums clearly describes how people who do pay these hoping they go away receive further demands for more money, often several hundreds of pounds.

funkycoldribena

As Vax says,and read the stickies at the top!

Oopsadaisy

Private = ignore, ignore, ignore some more.

Absolutely every other detail is completely irrelevant.