APCOA Parking Ticket

jennyflower1990

Hi, So I think I've been a bit of an idiot...

In November I parked in a train station carpark and paid for my parking ticket..

8 weeks later I got a parking charge notice saying I had to pay £75. I thought absolutely not, I legitimately paid to park there (not that I could prove it as the window ticket was long gone), and I figured they couldn't send a notice 8 weeks after the alleged incident.

Having previously received a window ticket from the hospital that I work at, where I ignored a few letters and they went away I figured I'd do the same...

Debt Recovery Plus have now been sending me letters twice weekly for the last two months, I've continued to ignore, and thought I'd ridden it out as I haven't heard anything for a few weeks.. until this morning when I received a letter from 'Zenith Collections' demanding £150 and this is my last chance before legal proceedings start..

I realise now I should have appealed, but to be honest I naively thought it was futile and would all go away and had a dissertation to write and yeah just couldn't be bothered to deal with it all.. now I'm worried any advice would be massively appreciated...

Thank you x

Umkomaas

All too late to get this killed off.

Worried about Zenith? Check the light grey small print at the bottom right of their letter - and see who they really are.

Ignore debt collectors, they are utterly powerless to do anything other than send silly letters. Only APCOA can take you to court. Except they won't.

http://www.bmpa.eu/companydata/APCOA_Parking_UK.html

They do have 6 years to pursue, but extremely unlikely.

jennyflower1990

Right so they're just Debt Recovery Plus's buddy?

I appreciate I've left it too late to appeal/call off, can I just continue to ignore? So far every letter has been put straight it recycling... (yeah I'm an idiot - sorry!).

The_Deep

This is probably land covered by Railway Byelaws so, unless they know who was driving, all they can do is huff and puff.

Redx

bylaws apply on railway land , so the TOC have or had 6 months to take it to a magistrates court

read railway or tram threads about these matters , like this recent thread

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5617407

ignore DRP or ZENITH

come back if you get any court papers in the next 6 years

and EDIT post#1 so that you only say what THE DRIVER or THE KEEPER may have done , none of this "ME , MYSELF and I" business

Lamilad

Ignore the debt collection letters. If you get anything else from APCOA such as a letter before claim/action come back and update your thread.

Coupon-mad

jennyflower1990 wrote: »

Right so they're just Debt Recovery Plus's buddy?

No, same company:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3829727

...a source of amusement and boredom here for a decade.