Appeal failed with APCOA

Coupon-mad

Agreed.  You can safely ignore APCOA.

Ofe23

Thank you all, I will wait for the debt letter and then let you know. 

Ofe23

Hi all, I've now received my first debt letter which is attached, your advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks

porridgestation

Ofe23 said:

Hi all, I've now received my first debt letter which is attached, your advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks

You'll get a few of them. You'll be selecting the Do Nothing option and pay nothing:

* Inform our legal team *
I don't think Debt Recovery Plus have any legally experienced people. They're mostly teenagers working in a call centre.

* Share contact evidence *
You won't be contacting them.

* Advise legal action starts *
This won't be happening.  APOCA don't have the guts or intelligence to go further than a few robothreat letters from various murky debt beggers before giving up and lapsing into silence.

Coupon-mad

We don't need to see these standard letters.

Please read post 4 of the NEWBIES thread and sit on your hands.

  

Ofe23

ok thanks, I thought that was what Troublemaker22 had advised but if I should ignore, will do so.  Have now found the newbies thread and read through it all. I know you're all busy but appreciate your time in responding. cheers

fisherjim

Payment Plan (most popular) you do have to laugh at their pathetic try ons, you will get their ticky box list next that's a belter.

LillacIris

Ofe23 any updates on this case? I'm currenty in a simillar boat so would be great to see what the outcome was/is so far. 

Fruitcake

LillacIris said:

Ofe23 any updates on this case? I'm currenty in a simillar boat so would be great to see what the outcome was/is so far. 

The OP has not been active on the forum for over a year. You could try sending them a message, but it really isn't necessary because they should still be ignoring. 

daniels102

Hi Guys,

Could I please ask your advice?

At my old job i used to work at a Hospital, which has a car park which is not fit for purpose, almost every morning staff who arrive after 830 have to park their cars in made up spaces, which is obviously dangerous and a hazard, but the hospital does not have enough spaces for the employees, it is a known problem they have been trying to sort (unsuccessfully) for years. I believe i parked in an area for senior staff which i was not entitled to park in.

That being the case I received several PCNs from APCOA which I did not follow up. This month I finally received a letter from ZZPS demanding i pay £130. I called them today as in the past I have had a parking charge go to court and had to pay a lot (maybe £600). I am worried about this happening again, in the past i always ignored them unless council/government.

I called them up today and they informed me that I actually have 3 others dating back to 2023 (which I had not received letters for). I very almost paid the £400 there and then and set up a DD for the £130. Apparently i cannot do this for the other 3 because they are 'at the legal stage'. The man on the phone was not very forthcoming with exactly what this means but he said they are with QDR Solicitors.



Long story short, should I now pay these if they are with QDR? I do not want to do the wrong thing, but I also think it's unreasonable that our Hospital (and the surrounding area) did not have adequate parking for staff, I get that I didnt follow the rules, but feel like fines are a little strong when people are just trying to arrive for work.

Am I in the wrong here? Should I pay them? A slightly different question but these being with QDR am I at risk of these going to the courts now?

Thanks all for any feedback in advance!