Apoca parking fine Luton Airport info needed please

A question about : Apoca parking fine Luton Airport info needed please

We have received a fine for stopping for 2 seconds in a bus lane, I have read the threads on the fact that they appear to send threatening letters etc but has anyone got information about how long to expect these letters if you do not pay and also has anyone got any information on their own personal experience when they have not paid. I did not see any signs, since i have been and looked and yes they are their but at bus level! I know I will worry so would like some information to help me know what to expect.

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• Hi Debsxx, I'm in exact situation, just received parking enforcement notice from Apcoa re stopping at luton airport, so will be watching this thread with interest...
• Ignore all notices and threatograms from APCOA they are well known and have never taken anyone to court.
• Apparently it varies from company to company and from what I see (just googled for Apoca car parking) this seems to be indeed a PPC. I don't think what you've been sent can be called a 'parking enforcement notice' it's technically an invoice and therefore not enforceable. There is a a thread under the stickies on the top of the forum that may give some idea what to expect. Eventually they will run out of steam...how long this may take? No idea.
• Thanks for your replies, that puts my mind at ease. I was kind of expecting this letter, as we were told by a bus driver at the airport who spotted us there that a fine would follow. But I will definitely ignore them...
• [QUOTE=muckybutt;40879596]Be prepared for the onslaught of threatograms though, first couple might give you the heebie geebies but they are only trying to get you to cough up, most of us regulars on here have been there and ran the gauntlet of bog paper and pish from them - and come out the other side still smelling of roses, nice thing is knowing they wasted Ј2.50 getting your details of DVLA.[/QUOTE]
  Not to talk about the work force involved, the paper, the postage, the envelopes, the ink and the depriciation of the machinery used to produce the pamphlets
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• Again they prey on the gullible, most would think a bus lane violation was an offence. Because it is in the real world, where they are governed by traffic orders and statute.
  What would they put in particulars of claim for the county court? This naughty man drove on my bus lane and in doing so agreed to pay me Ј50! Then he didn't so it is now Ј100 plus costs!
  Just proves the point that all these git's are doing is mimicking official traffic regulations conning the unknowing!
  Wouldn't it be nice to get one of these cases in front of a proper Judge in the high court. Sort the barstewards out once and for all.
  For the OP as stated by others expect several letters threatening plagues and damnation will be brought down upon you. However in the real world its a few sheets of A4 with crap on!
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• Another new thread about APCOA about Luton Airport? A search would have found the answer, on MSE or Google APCOA Luton Airport (not 'apoca') for even more forum results elsewhere on t'internet.
  There's no need for anyone to follow one thread over another - the answer is simple. IGNORE.
• What a lot of hassle to save Ј1! with heavy cases?