Apcoa and DRPL fine

Betsyflu

Hi all, I recieved a letter 2 weeks ago from debt recovery plus limited stating that I had not payed the parking fine I had recieved at Birmingham airport in August, I had not revived a parking fine an the first I knew about it was the letter fro DRPL.

I wrote to them explaining that I had not recieved a fine from Apcoa and therefore was not willing to pay, and that they had also misspelt my name. This morning I recieved another letter from them stating that I had missed the appeal date, and if I did not pay£150 by 13/11/2014 they would have no choice but to inform their clients to take me to court.

Can they do this if I didn't receive the fine in the first place?

Apologies if this is in the wrong place but any advice would be much appreciated

bazster

1. It's not a fine, it's just pretending to be one.

2. Ignore DRP, they are a bunch of clowns with no powers to do anything beyond write silly letters.

3. Read the Newbies thread. Send a basic appeal to APCOA (without admitting who was driving, you are appealing as the keeper of the vehicle). Add that you have never received a Notice to Keeper, so if they reject your appeal and refuse to issue a PoPLA code you will report the matter to the British Parking Association as a Code of Practice breach.

4. Come back when you get a reply.

Coupon-mad

You could complain to the BPA by email as well at the same time (addy in post #6 of the Newbies thread). APCOA have done this before, no PCN issued at all. Obviously it's a major breach of the BPA Code of Practice. Make sure you ONLY complain as the registered keeper NOT saying 'what happened' or who was driving that day.