Stanstead Drop Off PCN after the late payment

SillyHonest

I  have received PCN for not paying drop off charge. I did explain them that there was an accident on the way back from Stanstead and I was late for another appointment therefore I forgot to pay. I did give them the driver's name and have paid for the previous day instead (even though I have not used their service on that day).
They acknowledged my payment and "aprreciate my honesty", but are returning the £7 and asking instead to pay £100 (reduced to £60 if paid within 14 days - only 3 days left now).
As I already gave them all the details, is it better to pay the £60 before it becomes £100?

doubledotcom

Too bad you wasted the golden opportunity to have this cancelled at the first appeal by blabbing the drivers identity. Never mind. Hopefully a lesson learnt to never, ever, reveal the drivers identity to an unregulated private parking firm.

Just ignore everything you receive from now on and it will eventually stop, as APCOA do not litigate. You can shred the debt recovery letters, usually from DRP, and use them as hamster bedding for all any one cares.

Nellymoser

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SillyHonest

I have signed the petition 

SillyHonest

doubledotcom said:

Too bad you wasted the golden opportunity to have this cancelled at the first appeal by blabbing the drivers identity. Never mind. Hopefully a lesson learnt to never, ever, reveal the drivers identity to an unregulated private parking firm.

Just ignore everything you receive from now on and it will eventually stop, as APCOA do not litigate. You can shred the debt recovery letters, usually from DRP, and use them as hamster bedding for all any one cares.

Thanks very much. I guess it would be stressful to receive all the threatening mails, but it is very unfair from them to try to extortionate money from motorists that simply forget to pay within 24 hours.

ChirpyChicken

SillyHonest said:

doubledotcom said:

Too bad you wasted the golden opportunity to have this cancelled at the first appeal by blabbing the drivers identity. Never mind. Hopefully a lesson learnt to never, ever, reveal the drivers identity to an unregulated private parking firm.

Just ignore everything you receive from now on and it will eventually stop, as APCOA do not litigate. You can shred the debt recovery letters, usually from DRP, and use them as hamster bedding for all any one cares.

Thanks very much. I guess it would be stressful to receive all the threatening mails, but it is very unfair from them to try to extortionate money from motorists that simply forget to pay within 24 hours.

Not at all you just bin them

James_Poisson

SillyHonest said:

doubledotcom said:

Too bad you wasted the golden opportunity to have this cancelled at the first appeal by blabbing the drivers identity. Never mind. Hopefully a lesson learnt to never, ever, reveal the drivers identity to an unregulated private parking firm.

Just ignore everything you receive from now on and it will eventually stop, as APCOA do not litigate. You can shred the debt recovery letters, usually from DRP, and use them as hamster bedding for all any one cares.

Thanks very much. I guess it would be stressful to receive all the threatening mails, but it is very unfair from them to try to extortionate money from motorists that simply forget to pay within 24 hours.

No don't get stressed APCOA are just a company that have worked out an easy way to scam people that are easy prey.

They won't take this any further than silly letters, which at best are full of silly rubbish that looks like it was written for a school project.

In any case you offered payment to reimburse the land owner who would thus not have been out of pocket (APCOA are not the land owner).

APCOA returned that as they don't get the proceeds and in their scamming greed hope you will swell their vast coffers with more money they aren't worthy of.

Ignore them.