Parking Eye help required please before court action commences.
Summary as follows:
Owner of car was sent original Parking eye fine for overstaying approx half hour over the 2 hours free parking in a Service station car park.
Owner was away from home and not receiving mail for the time the original 3 letter were received - All bills were not in their name so only expecting junk mail
A letter was then received to be signed for from Parking eye - turned out to be a Letter before action.
The Owner wasn't using the car at the time of the incident and therefore identified the driver by recorded delivery and on-line appeal at parking eye before the deadline of threatening court action.
The driver of the car (Me) was then sent a new parking eye notice with the usual option to pay within 14 days at a reduced price or appeal.
I was already to come to your site this weekend to see the first steps of appealing to Parking eye and then received a letter today addressed to me, indicating that as they originally sent me the Letter before action, that I am to late to appeal and that if I dont pay the full amount now then they will pursue through the courts.
The original notice wasn't sent to me, it was sent to the owner. How can I now be pursued without making an appeal?
Do I still appeal to Parking eye and ask for a POPLA code if they reject my appeal or will they ignore me now.
Should I offer to pay the £10 which was the original daily cost for staying over 2 hours. I have got receipts for purchases at the service station and the night in question the car park was more than half empty so they didn't make any loss.
My 14 days to appeal (if I still can) runs out mid-week so need to respond ASAP.
Any help greatly appreciated.