I dropped my ticket in the train as I hopped out and was too late when I realised the train already left. I had the transaction for the ticket purchase 2 hours before on my phone but when I showed it to the staff they automatically issued me a £103 fine and would not hear me out. It’s incredibly frustrating and I get it’s a byelaw but from peoples experience how likely will an appeal be accepted? I gave them a screenshot of my phone transaction and the exact time and ticket machine for them to check the CCTV to confirm I did buy the ticket. I am a student from Guernsey and gave them my term time address but I will be moving out in under a month so I am very stressed that this appeal will be denied and they will keep issuing the fines to my previous address without it getting forwarded to my Guernsey address and the cost would triple. Should I wait out the appeal process in the risk of it getting denied and me leaving that address or just pay it now due to low likelihood of appeal success. Many thanks in advance.