parking fines from APCOA

[Mister P]

help!

away back in March I recieved a parking fine from APCOA at Livingston designer outlet or whatever its called now.
was advised by a lot of people to just ignore it as theres nothing they can do.

received a letter today from Roxburghe (debt collectors I assume) informing me it is too late to pay the initial fine and that a total charge of £118 is now due.

WTF?

can anyone shed light on this? What should I do now?

[Jack]

Ignore that too.

It is probably even the same folk.

[Sylar]

help!

away back in March I recieved a parking fine from APCOA at Livingston designer outlet or whatever its called now.
was advised by a lot of people to just ignore it as theres nothing they can do.

received a letter today from Roxburghe (debt collectors I assume) informing me it is too late to pay the initial fine and that a total charge of £118 is now due.

WTF?

can anyone shed light on this? What should I do now?

Keep ignoring them:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-tickets

[Beefster]

Ignore it. As Jack said, they are generally the same folk. A quick Google should allay any fears.

They'll give up eventually.

[SkintHibby]

Its a civil fine not a criminal one.

Would cost them more to take you to court so ignore it.


I received 2 letters after parking overnight in an Aldis a few years ago. I ignored them and never heard anything else.

What really annoyed me about the letters was the use of the word POLICE and a checkerboard pattern around the letter to scare me into paying.

[Judas Iscariot]

Pay it John, seriously, do it quick

[Hibby70]

Ignore it - my girlfriend got one about 2 years ago. We ignored the first, the second , then the increased charge, then the threatening court one.

Nothing since. Don't respond at all.