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emergency had to park in a disabled bay

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  • johnmclayton155
    johnmclayton155 Posts: 5 Forumite
    MEM62 wrote: »
    Your choices are either to pay up or see if the parking company actually takes you to court and then use GPEOL as a defence.
    Many thanks. What is GPEOL?
  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    johnmclayton155 wrote: »
    Many thanks. What is GPEOL?

    acronyms are explained in the NEWBIES sticky thread at the top of the forum (the best thread to read on here)
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,731 Forumite
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    Which PPC? Most of them never ever try court and just spam you with junk mail, a well known letter chain of debt collector rubbish.

    Haven't PALS and the Facilities Manager sorted it out & cancelled it yet? We see Hospital PCNs all the time on here and your scenario is one where it gets cancelled.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
     Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • johnmclayton155
    johnmclayton155 Posts: 5 Forumite
    Hi there.
    I have written a letter to pals etc. Just waiting for there responce. The ppc is Apcoa.
    Thanks
  • bazster
    bazster Posts: 7,436 Forumite
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    APCOA court cases are virtually unheard of.
    Je suis Charlie.
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 155,731 Forumite
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    APCOA won't try a small claim, relax. They haven't a clue. We know of two/three they tried and they mucked up the process completely as they are not the principal party so couldn't claim. See the newbies thread, post #5 about small claims and click on the link of the 'list of cases won (non exhaustive)' where earlier this year you can see the links to threads about the APCOA mess-ups. One poster in April got PAID a three figure sum by APCOA - her full costs - and they had to drop it. You can read her full story if you follow the links.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
     Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
  • Redx
    Redx Posts: 38,084 Forumite
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    I just had to check that this wasnt actually the Dental Hospital near Ardwick in Manchester as getting the actual ppc name was like pulling teeth :)

    hence me googling it
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