Athena ANPR/Lidl PCN

[springything]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. By original letter I assume you dont mean their original letter to me?

 

Just the email you suggested saying "No contract offered to consider so no possible breach. Any further demands by your company will be treated as harassment". ?

 

On the original 'Civil parking charge notice' the appeals section states that they must be made within 21 days of being served the notice, does that mean that if I appeal now outside of that time if it goes to court my appeal will be seen as invalidated?

 

Thanks

Edited June 15, 2016 by honeybee13
Paras.

[ericsbrother]

no, resend the letter you emailed to them by post as you quote.

you are out of time to appeal but that doesnt matter, you are telling them they are wrong BUT they cannot deny you an appeal or the opportunity to take the matter to ADR. This doesnt havea sell-by date so they would be stuffed if they went to court and you had railes this before then.

[springything]

Hi

So I've had a response from Athena and it says:

 

Dear Mr XXXX

Thank you for your email in regards to the above parking charge.

Unfortunately at this stage we are unable to review your appeal as it is past the 21 day time frame in which you have to appeal.

However on this occasion we are happy to accept the reduced charge of £45.00 as full and final settlement.

Unfortunately our automated services will only accept the higher rate at this stage. You may want to use our other methods of payment. You can either send a cheque or postal order to Athena ANPR Ltd, Po Box 4758, Ascot, SL5 5DJ. Cheques should be made payable to Athena ANPR Ltd.

Please do feel free to contact us with any other questions/queries you may have.

Kind Regards

For and on behalf of the Customer Service Team

Athena ANPR Ltd

 

 

This seems a bit of a strange answer since they're stating the appeals process lapsed but that the fee could be reduced by 50%...

[dx100uk]

Please give us something

As we know we are stuffed legally thru court

[springything]

ah yeah I thought that might be what they were getting at... so if I just leave them they'll probably leave me alone now?

[dx100uk]

just don't ignore a claimform

 

 

IF one EVER comes

[springything]

so a claim form is what I'll receive if they decide to involve a small claims court? thanks

[andy188]

Out of interest has anyone (who parked, shopped at Lidls and go a notice) ever pushed Lidls to confirm that Till Cameras where in use during the relevant time period and to take steps to ensure that the relevant recordings tied to the Tills in question (by a valid receipt) are not overwritten (and hence capable of being used as supporting evidence) until this matter is fully resolved.

 

or that equipment instore was working correctly and staff trained in it s use to clear cars belong to shoppers......

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Edited July 19, 2016 by dx100uk
Behave please - dx

[Neutron]

well done and very informative

[srrray]

New post (closely linked to this one) here . . . . .

http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?472547-Athena-Lidl-parking-ticket&p=4976212#post4976212