Who do TCP think they are?!!!!

BASFORDLAD

I got a parking charge notice on the 1st of October

Wrote a letter advising why i wouldn't be paying and got a letter today saying they had noted my points and have canceled the invoice!!

I mean what the frig is that all about?

They have really put a spanner in the works in my plan to test out the new popla service

GRRRRRRRRR

bargepole

BASFORDLAD wrote: »

... They have really put a spanner in the works in my plan to test out the new popla service...

I don't want to say I told you so, but I did suggest some time ago that we'd see more PPCs accepting appeals after 01/10.

Two possibilities:

a) They don't want to pay the POPLA fee

or

b) They've been reading threads on here, and don't want to be a test case.

BASFORDLAD

Bargepole yes i do agree with you and i think point B is the most likely answer!

Must try harder!

bazster

They are being perfectly logical. I have predicted this several times!

You told them you're not paying, and showed them that you understand the legal situation, so they're cutting their losses and not wasting the £27 POPLA fee on you.

You should've just told them that you thought the charge was unfair or something equally feeble, and certainly should've refrained from mentioning that you had no intention of paying.

AlexisV

Can you get another one? If they have accepted your 'appeal' once, they've set themselves a precedent.

TCP are one of the feeblest PPCs and stick to their business model religiously.

fivetide

Could there be secret option C - they know who you are or it was obvious from your appeal that you knew what you were doing.

Try acting dumb and appealing on the grounds that it was a Wednesday and you had run out of Peacock food or something, see what happens there.*

*jest (I'd never run out of peacock food)

BASFORDLAD

bazster wrote: »

They are being perfectly logical. I have predicted this several times!

You told them you're not paying, and showed them that you understand the legal situation, so they're cutting their losses and not wasting the £27 POPLA fee on you.

You should've just told them that you thought the charge was unfair or something equally feeble, and certainly should've refrained from mentioning that you had no intention of paying.

This is true

Oh well i had to go to Asda so all is not lost!

Lesson learned

I will act more dumb next time

BASFORDLAD

AlexisV wrote: »

Can you get another one? If they have accepted your 'appeal' once, they've set themselves a precedent.

TCP are one of the feeblest PPCs and stick to their business model religiously.

Yes as need to shop later in the week , will just something a bit more common next time!

dggar

AlexisV wrote: »

Can you get another one? If they have accepted your 'appeal' once, they've set themselves a precedent.

TCP are one of the feeblest PPCs and stick to their business model religiously.

Surely the OP will need to use a different car as they now have the registration plate number of someone they not to chase.

They may also trade such numbers between themselves.

edward123

dggar wrote: »

They may also trade such numbers between themselves.

You mean a PPC may give to another a register's keepers name and address they have gotten from the DVLA? Would that be lawful? Also, if one gets a 'fake PCN' from a PPC does it state they got your name and address from the DVLA and a reference so that one could check they did, and not from another PPC's (illegal)'data base'?

dggar

edward123 wrote: »

You mean a PPC may give to another a register's keepers name and address they have gotten from the DVLA? Would that be lawful? Also, if one gets a 'fake PCN' from a PPC does it state they got your name and address from the DVLA and a reference so that one could check they did, and not from another PPC's (illegal)'data base'?

Not quite,

PPC1 puts out a notice to any other PPC that it's a waste of time chasing up any notice issued
to car "AB 12 XYZ" as the driver is too smart to fall for our scam.