APOCA mis issued notice for Dorridge and then sold on

ninjablossom

We parked at Dorridge Station over a weekend in July - which is free. I even tried to register the car on the app and screenshot the 'its free at this time response'. Checked the web site and its free.

Anyway so we got issued a notice and I contacted APCOA by chat and said we were issued for a free parking period. The chat guy even said 'was it Dorridge station' - this was in August.

I didn't have the notice number with me, but he said they were all being cancelled as they were incorrectly issued.

So I left it at that. We've now got a debt collection notice from ZZPS, sent end of Sept.

Have APCOA really knowingly sold on invalid debts that they know they should have cancelled?

Should I be reporting APCOA to any parking regulator? (is there such as thing? its like the wild west)

Redx

It's APCOA , not Apoca

No they haven't sold it on , they are not allowed to

They have sub contracted a debt collector

See post #4 of the newbies faq sticky thread near the top of the forum about ignoring the debt collectors

There is no parking regulator , it's an unregulated industry

BrownTrout

Parking "debts" are never assigned (As in sold/Deed of assignment),
unlike credit card debts etc which can be sold several times!

Umkomaas

Anyway so we got issued a notice and I contacted APCOA by chat and said we were issued for a free parking period. The chat guy even said 'was it Dorridge station' - this was in August.

I didn't have the notice number with me, but he said they were all being cancelled as they were incorrectly issued.

Complain to the BPA (and copy in the DVLA - make sure you mark your BPA complaint 'cc DVLA') about this and what you were told and ask both organisations to investigate the matter.

steve.c@britishparking.co.uk

ccrt@dvla.gov.uk (or) KADOEservice.support@dvla.gov.uk

There are no 'sell-ons' of private parking charges, rather they pass on details to 'No win, no fee' debt collectors (who can all be ignored).

Fruitcake

As above, complain to the BPA and DVLA. Also complain to your MP about this unregulated scam.

… and it's not APCOA, it's CRAPCOA.