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PCN - Coventry Building Society Arena
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Hi there

Requesting some advice on the attached PCN please.

I attended a two day show at the arena which allowed for free parking subject to inputting the code into the parking machine at the end of each stay. Totally forgot to do this.

I got two parking charges for the two days and successfully appealed one. My first appeal unfortunately didn't include both PCN references and I've contacted APCOA about the 2nd charge which has now resulted in a 7th letter sent from Debt Recovery Plus after all the back and forth. I haven't heard from APCOA about the 2nd appeal which was delivered on the 23rd June.

Would like to know what I do next? Do I send another letter to APCOA?

Any advice would be appreciated.

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Re: PCN - Coventry Building Society Arena
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I'm assuming that you made the cardinal mistake of identifying the driver. As the Keeper, there is no legal obligation on the known Keeper to identify the unknown (to APCOA) driver. Their Parking Charge Notice (PCN) is not compliant with PoFA 2012 and so cannot hold the known Keeper liable, only the unknown (unless you blabbed it) driver.

A simple appeal, only as the Keeper, declining to identify the driver would have killed this off either at the first appeal or certainly at a secondary appeal to POPLA. Too late to do that now.

Luckily for you, APCOA is benign and does not litigate. As for the debt recovery letters, you can safely ignore those. Debt collectors are powerless to do anything except to try and persuade the low-hanging fruit on the gullible tree to pay up out of ignorance and fear.

If you continue to ignore all the debt collector letters, they will eventually stop and APCOAS will write it off. In the incredibly unlikely event that you ever receive a Letter of Claim (LoC), come back and tell us.
Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience” - Mark Twain

Re: PCN - Coventry Building Society Arena
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The initial appeal might have mentioned 'as registered keeper' or 'as driver' when sending details about free parking on event day.

I'll come back if I receive any more letters from DRP or APCOA.

Thanks b789.