LIDL Athena ANPR PCN

Arcoo33

Hello

My mum received a PCN for parking in a LIDL car park. She usually goes in a few shops, as well as Lidl. This time however she didn't purchase anything from Lidl, and therefore exceeded the free 10 minute stay for non-customers. They have recently started taking registration numbers at the till, a process she wasn't aware they have just began to use.

I know this is her fault for not reading the new signs, but I'm just wondering if there is a way to not pay it. It is £90 with a reduced fee of £45.

I tried the copy and paste appeal letter from the Newbie thread to Athena which was refused. I now have a POPLA code.

I've had a look at the car park and there are signs at the front as you enter, so she can't use that as an excuse

However now the reduced rate is only in a couple of days, should I just pay that before it runs out?

Many thanks

Redx

nope, she uses the popla code and appeals it to popla, on not a gpeol , poor signage and no contract, plus anything else

use the examples linked in the NEWBIES thread to prepare the popla appeal

only a fool would pay up when its easily quashed at popla

Coupon-mad

I'm just wondering if there is a way to not pay it.

You had seen the NEWBIES thread...did you miss post #3 of it 'How to win at POPLA'?! You're at POPLA stage where we always beat Athena and yet you are still wondering?! Astonishing, especially the bit where you went and wasted time checking & found 'there were signs up'. Don't you realise there are ALWAYS signs up and it is not about that, not about 'finding excuses'? If you are not careful you are about to drag defeat from the jaws of victory which would be a pretty daft start to the New Year, being scammed out of money when you are about to win. Instead of wasting your time looking at their silly (high and unreadable) signs, how about reading the examples of POPLA appeals?

Not_Scammed

Also boycott Lidl in future. They are the ones responsible for letting these parasites 'farm' the car park.

You could also check with the council to see if the time limit is different to what they have planning permission for.