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I received the PCN just before a holiday. I've heard others have ignored them before, so I just put it out of my mind and ignored it. I've just received the Notice of Debt recovery. I should be writing to my employer firstly to ask them to cancel it? I need to write to First Parking? Or to the debt collector? 

Presumably I use the template stating I'm the owner/keeper but not accepting responsibility. I don't intend to pay this, I was parked at the end of a row of cars and there were no markings to demonstrate it wasn't an approved bay. All other rows had traffic cones but mine didn't and the bay markings for all other bays are unclear and faded. 

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  • ChirpyChicken
    ChirpyChicken Posts: 1,394 Forumite
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    to late to appeal
  • andythrax1
    andythrax1 Posts: 2 Newbie
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    What does that mean? 
  • Half_way
    Half_way Posts: 7,466 Forumite
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    edited 13 May at 1:48PM
    do not pay, look at the NHS parking principles for patients stay and visitors under contracted out parking.
    then post back here with what you will be sending to PALs
    From the Plain Language Commission:

    "The BPA has surely become one of the most socially dangerous organisations in the UK"
  • fisherjim
    fisherjim Posts: 7,111 Forumite
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    What does that mean? 

    When a parking company farms out the collection of their silly fees to a so called debt collector the period for appealing it has past, not that there was any real hope of appealing it though as it's a scam anyway.
  • Coupon-mad
    Coupon-mad Posts: 151,220 Forumite
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    edited 13 May at 10:42PM
    What does that mean? 
    You can safely ignore it. That letter appears in the fourth post of the NEWBIES FAQS thread.

    Read a few more threads.  :)

    You can just ignore and await a claim, as long as you don't do something like ignore court papers or move house and fail to tell them. Do not do that!

    Defending a claim is ten times EASIER than POPLA appeal would have been and there is zero risk and 99% win likely.

    And F1rst aren't especially litigious and DCB group pretty much always drop claims when defended. Nothing to worry about. No risk.
    PRIVATE 'PCN'? DON'T PAY BUT DON'T IGNORE IT (except N.Ireland).
    CLICK at the top or bottom of any page where it says:
    Home»Motoring»Parking Tickets Fines & Parking - read the NEWBIES THREAD
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