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Man Airport Debt Recovery

Hi i recently received a fine from APCOA which was sent to my business lease company. The lease company as they should passed them my company details so the fine can be sent to us. I waited so i could start action as per the advise on this forum but nothing came, I originally thought it may have got wiped as they are probably sick of chasing drivers, however i received a 7 day letter today to pay 170 or face possible court action.

Simple Question is do i ignore this? or is there a process to get this waived….there is no driver mentioned on the letter, just the business name.

If i do ignore when do they give up and the letters stop coming?

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  • yarpsnehpets
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    "they are probably sick of chasing drivers" - No, they love it. It's their sole source of income.

  • Gr1pr
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    Ignore the powerless debt collectors letters

  • Coupon-mad
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    But put in an email complaint to APCOA that you were not sent a Notice to Hirer. Tell them you'll report them to the CMA and the BPA if they fail to handle this complaint properly and issue a NTH.

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  • mattee
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    Thanks @Coupon-mad is there a template for this complaint i should use? will it help me revert it back to the creditor APCOA so i can then get it shut down

  • Coupon-mad
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    No template… boy I hate template complaints.

    I told you what to put… 🙂

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