APCOA PCN Manchester Airport Drop-off

CG23

My mum received a PCN for a drop off at Manchester Airport Terminal 1 last year.

She received letters but ignored them.

This month she has received a letter from Empira saying the account is being prepared for referral to Gladstones Solicitors.

Is it too late to follow the advice given when you receive the first PCN in the post?

pillsandthrills

Also interested to hear about this I am on my 3rd letter from debt recovery. I appealed to Apcoa using the QR CODE on the first parking notice. However they report they never receive it. I did actually pay the drop off charge (I wasn’t driving) however I paid it 72 hours not 24 hours later. I also complained but received no reply other than a bot response.

do I pay the now increased fee?
or hold out?

Coupon-mad

Nobody pays a penny. Absolutely no paying.

@pillsandthrills your case is dead easy because the keeper wasn't driving and this is not PoFA 'relevant land' so they can't pursue you if they know that the driver wasn't you.

Why not prove it?

It's a complete cinch to end this.

You are both reading the wrong thread and should have seen this, which I posted on 11 August in the Airport Drop Off Group Thread:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82099316#Comment_82099316

Do that, or a similar version.

If you are past the 'blink-and-you-miss-it' appeal stage, simply email it to their DPO (details on their data privacy page) and head it up:

Wrong data subject: erase my data and call off your DRA thugs immediately because I was not the driver.

Unless it was your identical twin driving that day, their photo of the car & driver is likely clear enough to show it doesn't match the photo on your driving licence.

Stops them dead. Worked like a dream for my friend in Worthing who wasn't driving.

NB:

THIS IS NOT A CATCH-ALL FOR ALL PRIVATE PCNS.

THIS ONLY WORKS AT NON-RELEVANT LAND (LIKE AIRPORTS) OR CASES WHERE THE NTK WAS NON-POFA WORDED, AND WHERE THE PARKING FIRM HAS AN IMAGE OF THE DRIVER WHICH THE KEEPER'S DRIVING LICENCE DOESN'T MATCH.

pillsandthrills

Ok thank you very much, I have emailed the data protection officer with the text as above including my driving licence, boarding card and also the receipt for the drop off payment emailed to me by Apcoa (48 hours late but still paid)

I will wait to see what happens next!

Regyuser

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82098314#Comment_82098314

Hi,
I sent the template to APCOA, 2 weeks later, notification of the cancellation of the parking charge!

So thank you and this thread contributors!

BigPea68

Another one for Manchester Airport, £60 for early payment for a forgotten drop off. Will be trying the template posted on here. I will report back when I get a response. I have a lease car and not the registered keeper, the lease company advised me when they received the charge and gave my details, and I have subsequently received a paper demand in my name from APCOA. How they justify a £60 fee is beyond me, you shouldn't have to pay to drop someone off or collect someone in the first place. There is a complimentary off site drop off zone and shuttle bus at Manchester (not very well known fact), but not the same for pick-up, you have to pay. How do they get way with this. Fingers crossed.

Haych_es

Hi All,

Recieved the letter from APCOA Parking, forgot to pay!

When using the template, there's a section for the personal details, do you provide the details of the registered keeper or made up details?

Hopefully someone who's gone through this can help :)

Thanks in advance

Gr1pr

I have not been through it

But the person and address named on the letter use those details, appealing as Keeper

ChirpyChicken

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82138759#Comment_82138759

Everything is done in the keepers na

ChirpyChicken

You use the standard airport appeal text and appeal as the keeper