Met parking charged wrongly please help!!

[Missc87]

I visited a friend in London to meet their new baby the drive is over an hour so as I have a bowel condition I had to stop 10 mins from her home to use the mc Donald's toilet. I was there for 10 mins. I then visited my friend and came in to the drive thru at the same mc Donald's (didn't park this time) anyway a week or so later I get a fine saying I was there for a number of hours which is untrue however their camera caught me going in the first time and put the second time. I appealed they declined the appeal but I wasn't notified of this in writing so anyway the next this I know I'm getting a letter from a debt collectors and they are refusing to give me the POPLA code! Please someone tell me you can help this fine is now £160 and I'm just not able to pay that nor do I want to as it's not a fair fine if
I had committed an offence then fine but I haven't!

[mystery1]

Re: Met parking charged wrongly please help!!

Surprised either MET or popla didn't help you out with a double dip to be honest. Unless they said you weren't a customer (the 1st time )

Have you contacted McDonalds management?

M1

[Missc87]

Re: Met parking charged wrongly please help!!

Surprised either MET or popla didn't help you out with a double dip to be honest. Unless they said you weren't a customer (the 1st time )

Have you contacted McDonalds management?

M1

Hi M1,

it was met parking who fined me originally via their camera system although they don't actually have a picture of me parking

[mystery1]

Re: Met parking charged wrongly please help!!

Got that. It's McD land though so they have a say.

Other than that it's either ignore and hope it goes to court or becomes statute barred, or pay when you don't owe.

M1

[Missc87]

Re: Met parking charged wrongly please help!!

Got that. It's McD land though so they have a say.

Other than that it's either ignore and hope it goes to court or becomes statute barred, or pay when you don't owe.

M1

So should I contact mc Donald's? It's gone past the appeal stage and even though they haven't sent me a letter the won't send me a POPLA code. Am I likely to get a ccj if I don't pay it? Or my car towed?

[mystery1]

Re: Met parking charged wrongly please help!!

So should I contact mc Donald's?

100% but make it a manager if you want the best chance of cancellation. Also it was 2 visits so don't say i just stopped to use the loo 1st time as they may be less inclined to help.

It's gone past the appeal stage and even though they haven't sent me a letter the won't send me a POPLA code.

Is this missing post or did they give an excuse as to why no letter ?

Am I likely to get a ccj if I don't pay it?

You would have to lose in court, then not pay within 28 days.

Met, as yet, do not do court. http://www.bmpa.eu/companydata/MET_P..._Services.html although they get 6 years to change tack.

Or my car towed?

So if you lose in court and refuse to pay then eventually that's a slim possibility. Without a court loss and refusal to pay, it's illegal to tow away a car without statutory powers, which a private parking company do not have.

M1