Acpoa parking charge Bristol Parkway

fangol

Ah i wish i'd read this before! I have already paid a fine i didn't receive a letter for, £155, can one still appeal after payment?

fisherjim

fangol said:

Ah i wish i'd read this before! I have already paid a fine i didn't receive a letter for, £155, can one still appeal after payment?

Oh dear, you did not receive a "fine" and you have paid a useless so called debt collector for a debt you didn't have, they are both laughing all the way to the bank, and you will just have to move on with the experience of being had behind you, sorry!

Coupon-mad

fangol said:

Ah i wish i'd read this before! I have already paid a fine i didn't receive a letter for, £155, can one still appeal after payment?

No.  You were sadly duped and ripped-off; it wasn't a fine.  Should have ignored APCOA & their debt crawlers.

fangol

Ok thanks, lesson learned. Why is there no media coverage about this?! My new mission is to spread the word!

fangol

Sorry one more question, I used to use the automated ringgo payments feature but they stopped it without informing people until 6.12.23 and I had 3 fines prior to that, which I paid. But according to this i shoudl be able to claim the fines back?

Hello RingGo user,

You are receiving this service information message because you have recently parked in a South Western Railway car park using our LatePay product. Please be aware that, as of 1st December 2023, RingGo LatePay was withdrawn and is no longer offered at these car parks.

Going forward, parking will need to be booked on your arrival, not when you return to your vehicle when departing the car park or you will receive a parking fine.

If you have incurred a parking fine as a result of LatePay no longer being available since 1st December 2023 and before receiving this email in your inbox, please appeal via PCN and this will be corrected.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Kind Regards,

RingGo

Coupon-mad

fangol said:

Ok thanks, lesson learned. Why is there no media coverage about this?! My new mission is to spread the word!

No media coverage?!

162 pages here (seen & used by Government):

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6365687/parking-stories-in-the-news-media/p1

Hundreds of articles every year:
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/12/26/drivers-handed-nearly-36000-parking-tickets-a-day-by-private-firms/

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/driving-law/private-parking-code-of-practice-set-to-be-withdrawn-what-does-it-mean-for/

TV shows - the One Show, Watchdog and Rip-Off Britain have all covered it loads of times plus informative documentaries, including this recent one featuring me (the lady on the beach) and bargepole (at his kitchen table):

  

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6318816/parking-the-big-con-on-channel-5-tonight-7pm/p1

I suspect it will be repeated soon as I noticed that similar Alexis Conran progs have started to be shown again this month.

I think you can still watch it on Channel5 online.  You will learn a thing or two.

  

Coupon-mad

fangol said:

Sorry one more question, I used to use the automated ringgo payments feature but they stopped it without informing people until 6.12.23 and I had 3 fines prior to that, which I paid. But according to this i shoudl be able to claim the fines back?

Hello RingGo user,

You are receiving this service information message because you have recently parked in a South Western Railway car park using our LatePay product. Please be aware that, as of 1st December 2023, RingGo LatePay was withdrawn and is no longer offered at these car parks.

Going forward, parking will need to be booked on your arrival, not when you return to your vehicle when departing the car park or you will receive a parking fine.

If you have incurred a parking fine as a result of LatePay no longer being available since 1st December 2023 and before receiving this email in your inbox, please appeal via PCN and this will be corrected.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Kind Regards,

RingGo

Send a COMPLAINT (not 'appeal') online to APCOA attaching that email and saying you will complain to the BPA and your MP if they fail to 'correct it' as promised by Ringgo.  You require full refunds immediately of all PCNs erroneously paid.

(I'm amazed and saddened that you thought some letters from a private firm were 'fines' and paid three... this is why we do what we do.  Absolutely outrageous scam industry).

Nellymoser

Coupon-mad said:

fangol said:

Ok thanks, lesson learned. Why is there no media coverage about this?! My new mission is to spread the word!

No media coverage?!

162 pages here (seen & used by Government):

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6365687/parking-stories-in-the-news-media/p1

Hundreds of articles every year:
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/12/26/drivers-handed-nearly-36000-parking-tickets-a-day-by-private-firms/

https://www.rac.co.uk/drive/news/driving-law/private-parking-code-of-practice-set-to-be-withdrawn-what-does-it-mean-for/

TV shows - the One Show, Watchdog and Rip-Off Britain have all covered it loads of times plus informative documentaries, including this recent one featuring me (the lady on the beach) and bargepole (at his kitchen table):

  

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6318816/parking-the-big-con-on-channel-5-tonight-7pm/p1

I suspect it will be repeated soon as I noticed that similar Alexis Conran progs have started to be shown again this month.

I think you can still watch it on Channel5 online.  You will learn a thing or two.

  

As @Coupon-mad said you've just missed the media coverage but great your on a mission now to spread the word.

Could I please ask you to sign and include this petition when you spread the word. PPCs choose not to provide proof of posting we must press DLUHC to ensure they do in the new Parking Code of Practice. Please sign and share
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/652355
Require communications from Private Parking companies to be traceable/trackable

Thank you.