Heathrow Drop off - should I appeal to POPLA

lrodin

Fruitcake said:

lrodin said:

Unfortunately bad news, my appeal to Popla was unsuccessful

I assume no other option now but to pay the PCN?

Personally I would go for Option A, Do not pay.

A PoPLA decision is not binding on the motorist so there is no requirement to pay unless a judge says so.

I know that is how you received the PoPLA decision, but please repost it with some paragraphs as I find it impossible to read that wall of text as it is.

What are the likely consequences of not paying, are APOCA the type of org to take to court?

Coupon-mad

lrodin said:

Unfortunately bad news, my appeal to Popla was unsuccessful

I assume no other option now but to pay the PCN?

Just ignore it.  Honestly. It's APCOA.

Please show the second POPLA decision in the top thread called POPLA DECISIONS. But this time can you add ten paragraph breaks please, we can't easily read POPLA's wall of text (we know it's not you but we can't read that).

And ignore APCOA.

Is this true, I thought you paid in time but drove round 3 times? Odd that they said this:

 According to the data log provided by the operator, the payment was not made until xxxxx, which was three days after the date of the parking event. As such, the payment was not made to cover the motorists stay for the date in question and the PCN has been issued. I have considered the appellant’s screenshot of the payment confirmation and whilst I do not dispute that payment was made, it had to be made by midnight on 23 May 2022 before it could be registered.

They have also completely muddled up the requirement to display the £5 fee prominently with the requirement to display the £80.

The latter is on ONE sign out of twenty, with no evidence of where that single mention of £80 on the t&c sign actually is.

Grizebeck

No of course you dont pay. After using this forum why would you think that
Its only apcoa

Fruitcake

I did manage to pick out that the assessor believes the driver was identified. Was this the case? If not, a complaint should be made to the lead assessor.

lrodin

Fruitcake said:

I did manage to pick out that the assessor believes the driver was identified. Was this the case? If not, a complaint should be made to the lead assessor.

No, I never identified the driver only implied I was in the vehicle, "Following a drop off at Heathrow on xxx, I returned home and attempted to make payment."

lrodin

Coupon-mad said:

lrodin said:

Unfortunately bad news, my appeal to Popla was unsuccessful

I assume no other option now but to pay the PCN?

Please show the second POPLA decision in the top thread called POPLA DECISIONS. But this time can you add ten paragraph breaks please, we can't easily read POPLA's wall of text (we know it's not you but we can't read that).

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I believe I have done this now

lrodin

Grizebeck said:

No of course you dont pay. After using this forum why would you think that
Its only apcoa

Hi all

Further to the comments/discussion above I have now received a letter from a debt collection agency, requesting payment of £150, any advise of what to do? 

I've not received any further correspondence from APOCA following the POPLA decision.  (I no longer have the vehicle if that is any help?)

Coupon-mad

We don't need to see any DRPlus letters - please spare us!  See the fourth post of the NEWBIES thread.

lrodin

Coupon-mad said:

We don't need to see any DRPlus letters - please spare us!  See the fourth post of the NEWBIES thread.

Thank you and apologies, much appreciated  

fisherjim

The POPLA decision just shows what a not fit for purpose bunch of clowns they are just because the Muppets at APCOA supply their digital copies of signage for the assessor to read at their leisure does not mean that a motorist can.

Their assessment mentions "parking" which the vehicle did not do, the BPA COP stipulates a consideration period which POPLA have not considered, the COP is all about parking not a drive through.

I doubt if the idiots would ever dare trying this in a court if they felt so inclined as it would expose this whole set up for the ridiculous unfair scam that it is.

The boss of Heathrow was on Sky News this morning bleating on about lower passenger numbers serves them right for treating customers like cash cows.

Don't fall for their threats nothing is likely to happen, on another note your initial appeal certainly outed the driver IMO which is why you should have come here before submitting anything.