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Private parking tickets / Advice on private parking charge and letter from "Debt Recovery plus"
« on: August 17, 2025, 09:29:12 pm »
Context - this charge happened in England but I live in Scotland
Double Context - apologies for the long post:
December 2024 i was flying out from Mancester airport. I booked a night at Ibis hotel along with parking.
Upon arriving at 11:20pm my young kids were asleep so me and the wife parked the car in the car park, carried them in. I asked the receptionist if my car was alright out there while i dumped the kids and luggage. She said yes.
I was parked for 33 minutes before getting back out and taking the car to the long stay car park that I'd paid for.
Some months later I get a parking fine of £100. it turns out I was meant to type my reg plate into an ipad at reception desk. For whatever reasons (receptionist said i didnt need to but i know that's anecdotal) i didn't.
I challenged the ticket, showing reciepts and invoices detailing that i had paid to be at that hotel and paid for parking at manchester airport. the company trying to fine me detailed that I was there for just 33 minutes.
I explained everything, submitted evidence to the appeal people (POPLA, i think they're called) and my appeal failed. I couldn't believe it.
I now have this letter (attached to this post), saying they want £170 by tomorrow or its going up to £280 and i will go to court.
Context: I've no debt issues, my credit score is like 999, i'm relatively comfortable and grateful for that. I say that only to illustrate that I have no idea what this letter means to me? can that actually take me to court over this? can it affect my credit rating?
I've been told i don't need to pay but I've been told lots of things in life that were nonsense.
Hoping someone on this amazing forum can shed some light.
ALSO... it says on that letter that I was at one point offered £60. This is not true. It was £100, it went to POPLA and came back as £170. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]
Double Context - apologies for the long post:
December 2024 i was flying out from Mancester airport. I booked a night at Ibis hotel along with parking.
Upon arriving at 11:20pm my young kids were asleep so me and the wife parked the car in the car park, carried them in. I asked the receptionist if my car was alright out there while i dumped the kids and luggage. She said yes.
I was parked for 33 minutes before getting back out and taking the car to the long stay car park that I'd paid for.
Some months later I get a parking fine of £100. it turns out I was meant to type my reg plate into an ipad at reception desk. For whatever reasons (receptionist said i didnt need to but i know that's anecdotal) i didn't.
I challenged the ticket, showing reciepts and invoices detailing that i had paid to be at that hotel and paid for parking at manchester airport. the company trying to fine me detailed that I was there for just 33 minutes.
I explained everything, submitted evidence to the appeal people (POPLA, i think they're called) and my appeal failed. I couldn't believe it.
I now have this letter (attached to this post), saying they want £170 by tomorrow or its going up to £280 and i will go to court.
Context: I've no debt issues, my credit score is like 999, i'm relatively comfortable and grateful for that. I say that only to illustrate that I have no idea what this letter means to me? can that actually take me to court over this? can it affect my credit rating?
I've been told i don't need to pay but I've been told lots of things in life that were nonsense.
Hoping someone on this amazing forum can shed some light.
ALSO... it says on that letter that I was at one point offered £60. This is not true. It was £100, it went to POPLA and came back as £170. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]