Update on this - went to pay it for the easy life then felt the righteous anger flow through me as I know the car wasn't there.
I believe I was out of time for the POPLA stuff having missed all the original correspondence from the parking company (or at least, it would make my case worse - there is something to do with you having to act reasonably, and ignoring all the correspondence [or in my case, not keeping my VC5 up to date] is seen as unreasonable).
Spent some time on the MSE forum and then sent a polite rocket to the Co-op CEO email address with some evidence backing up that the car hadn't been there, and low and behold, just received an email saying they have instructed the parking company to cancel the charge and they are satisfied that I had left the car park.
Update on this - went to pay it for the easy life then felt the righteous anger flow through me as I know the car wasn't there.
I believe I was out of time for the POPLA stuff having missed all the original correspondence from the parking company (or at least, it would make my case worse - there is something to do with you having to act reasonably, and ignoring all the correspondence [or in my case, not keeping my VC5 up to date] is seen as unreasonable).
Spent some time on the MSE forum and then sent a polite rocket to the Co-op CEO email address with some evidence backing up that the car hadn't been there, and low and behold, just received an email saying they have instructed the parking company to cancel the charge and they are satisfied that I had left the car park.
A win!