for overstaying the 3 hours they allow you.
I hate shopping, but a mans gotta eat. So last week off we went to the local ASDA for a full trolley of nosebag and more.
We took onboard the full 'leisure activity' that shopping has become, bought a paper, sat in the cafe for a tasty breakfast, perused the clothes (cheap keks and socks!) had a look at the home goods for some new towels to go with the recent bathroom upgrade. Took some time to look at the dvd's etc and then hit the aisle's for food and bog roll. On getting to the till there was the customary wait before we were able to pile £180 of assorted 'cheaper than Sainsburys' products into bags.
Today through the post came a fine of £70 (reduced to £40 if I pay now!) for shopping for more than 3 hours.
As I said I hate going shopping but I was in the bad books and tried to turn things around by not moaning my arse off. I may as well have gone on the drink with the £40 and took the grief.
It's a charge not a fine - in before the [i]other[/i] pedants.
But 3 hrs in an Asda 😯
There's more than likely plenty of signs informing you of said charges.
It's a pain in the arse though, I'll grant you that.
If supermarket shopping has become your leisure activity then you deserve the fine.
The universe is sending you a message.
Jambourgie +1 😛
Take the ticket to the shop with your till receipt.
Complain to the Manager and ask them to speak to the parking company on your behalf.
You still have the till receipt, right?
And we're the first port of call? Email to Asda with receipts and explanation might get you a voucher at least.
3hrs in an Asda.
That's the only thing I am getting from this story.
Over 3 hours at a super market....they should be charging you rent as well.
Must have felt like days.
I think you need to re-evaluate your life OP.
You still have the till receipt, right?
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...seen here just checking the parking disclaimer at the bottom!
I could have some sympathy if it had been 3 hours in Booths.
But ASDA? You should voluntarily pay the full £70.....
[quote=Jamie ]3hrs in an Asda.
That's the only thing I am getting from this story.
Write to the company and ask for their sympathy because you've already been punished enough.
It's more fun going to the dentist.
I will grant you 3 hours in any supermarket is 3 hours too much, think of the miles I could have clocked up on the bike.
I wont get that time back, but £40 freekin hell! It was Wednesday afternoon they were hardly pushed for parking spaces.
Just one sentence you need to remember.....
Shopping is not a leisure activity
That you needed Asda to remind you of this fact.....?
full trolley of nosebag
Cocaine is now available in ASDA?
[quoteWrite to the company and ask for their sympathy because you've already been punished enough.
I think this is my way forward
Were you attempting some kind of world record for supermarket visitation? If so, I applaud your efforts my good man. If not, you should pay the money and have a good, long think about what you've done.
Binners - totally agree, in fact the CIA might have been better off employing shopping in ASDA (others stores of equal displeasure are available) instead of waterboarding!
Imagine being at Guantanamo and being told you were being shipped out to ASDA!
I will grant you 3 hours in any supermarket is 3 hours too much, think of the miles I could have clocked up on the bike.
Don't get me wrong, I am one of the weirdos who likes supermarkets. But dat 3hrs doe.
Cocaine is now available in ASDA?
Would explain the 3hrs. Chatting shit in the ear of the poor sod at the deli counter.
This is why god invented the internet. So that men would never again have to physically enter a shop
So that men would never again have to physically enter a shop
Or for some of us, the opposite sex.
Why shop somewhere that dislikes its customers so much that they fine them?
It's been 13 years since we set foot in Morrisons after a similar incident.
Why shop somewhere that dislikes its customers so much that they fine them?
Don't they all do it now? Aldi gives you less time if I recollect properly.
Three hours in Asda?
had a look at the home goods for some new towels to go with the recent bathroom upgrade
What's going on here? That's not something a [s]normal guy[/s] man would say...
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I think youll find its called "THE ASDA" NOT asda.
Well it is around here.
STW would be less judgemental if it were Waitrose
Dufusdip - It wont help that I went there in a VW lifestyle choice wagon*
*said wagon is 29 years old
A-ha! same happened to me, but in my defence I got to the car park early on a Sunday morning before the ASDA opened, went and did something else until the shop opened at 11am and still got done for being in there over 3 hours. I tried appealing on the grounds of the signs saying 'parking while shopping' and that I couldn't shop as it didn't open until 11am and that it didn't financially effect them (ASDA) as nobody else could shop there at the time - the company 'parking eye' said I still have to pay the fine! So going to go to the independent appeals service POPLA.
STW would be less judgemental if it were Waitrose
You think?
Just as a matter of interest, having never spent anything like that length of time in a Supermarket (not even Booths or Waitrose), but what happens if you forget to pay the [s]fine[/s] charge?
Take the ticket to the shop with your till receipt.Complain to the Manager and ask them to speak to the parking company on your behalf.
This.
Next visit they force you to stay for 4 hours.but what happens if you forget to pay the [s]fine [/s]charge?
Did you know these days you order online and ASDA will deliver your shopping?
You could have spent half an hour ordering online and then 2.5 hours on the bike (or down the pub).
Next visit they force you to stay for 4 hours.
Oh God, in that case pay up.
Or for some of us, the opposite sex.
😀
So which one of [url= http://www.peopleofwalmart.com ]these[/url] is the op in Asda (Walmart)
but what happens if you forget to pay the fine charge?
Worse case is a CCJ that affects your credit rateing how 6 years.
O.P. First port of call is to go to shop..insist on speaking to manager to see if they will cancel/help. They DO have the power to sort this. Many can't be bothered though.
You may have some work to do yourself. You can appeal and win. Go have a good look around pepipoo and the private parking section.
Be careful of advice on MSE quite a lot of it is still just ignore, don't ignore!
Be prepared to go all the way to court, I guarantee if you don't get the shop to sort and you do the appeal it will be rejected.
Go have a read round and decide how much you time is worth to deal with this.
the best approach - if you can bothered - is to write to the company and politely tell them you will not pay the invoice and you think it is wrong because of......remember this is an invoice not a fine
they will in most cases then threaten you with this and the other but all bark no bite. then it'll be forgotten. If it goes to court they have to prove the 3 hours etc....
whereas you can can actually say you were shopping for more than 3 hours and they have to prove otherwise
3 hours in a supermarket? 😯
Point of order, he got fined for spending MORE THAN 3 hrs.
So OP, how long was it....?
So OP, how long was it....?
He's still there.
Camped out in aisle 4, near the cheese.
I've just spent 15 minutes in Tesco and that was hellish enough. 3hours!!!
they will in most cases then threaten you with this and the other but all bark no bite. then it'll be forgotten. If it goes to court they have to prove the 3 hours etc....whereas you can can actually say you were shopping for more than 3 hours and they have to prove otherwise
If it goes to court, and the OP says he was shopping for more than 3 hours as you suggest, he will be "working for the prosecution"
Because that is precisely what the parking ticket is for.
Isn't ASDA some kind of supermarket? I haven't set foot inside one of those for about ten years; a nice chap in a van brings our shopping every week leaving me more time to ride my bike.
He's still there.Camped out in aisle 4, near the cheese.
Nope, he is looking at the offers on Oreo's
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This is why mum's go to Iceland
If it goes to court they'll have to prove their financial losses as you 'took a space from a paying customer'.
If you are genuinely a paying customer, and can prove you spend a fair amount, a 3 hour shop I'd imagine you did spend a fair amount, then they'd have to prove what you really cost them, I. E. Not much if anything *probably * IANAL.
The main purpose of the implied parking contract is to prevent people using the place as a free car park causing inconvenience to paying customers, and the store subsequently loosing sales.
But yes it's an invoice for alleged breach of contract, it's not a fine.
Three hours in Asda. Honestly, I thought my life sucked (it does but even one hour in Ikea is unbearable).
Its about time this sort of thing was outlawed together with pay & display.
Replace with a barrier system if unauthorised parking is that much of a problem.
Send them a charge for taking away three hours of your life in their hell-hole.
£70 should cover it, £40 if they pay now.
If it goes to court they'll have to prove their financial losses as you 'took a space from a paying customer'
Not any more, previous court ruling that it can be of a value sufficient to act as a deterrent without being unreasonable ("a clause will not be regarded as a penalty if it ‘serves a legitimate purpose’ and is not ‘manifestly excessive’ ".
It no longer has to be directly attributable to costs incurred.
http://www.parkingcowboys.co.uk/parkingeye-vs-beavis/
In this case, seems like you have an admission already that you overstayed so not worth appealing on the grounds that you didn't. There may be other 'get outs' such as signage, etc., and other sites can advise on that. But seems to me your best bet is to deal with ASDA / the store directly and ask them to waive it out of goodwill given you can show (I assume) that you were spending money with them the whole time. As the Parking Co in essence work for ASDA, they in the end can call them off.
Ignoring it is not IMHO an option, since the Beavis ruling there is a high likelihood it will be pursued (others will disagree, i wouldn't risk it) and as said you could end up with a CCJ if you ignore it to the ultimate degree.
mum's go to Iceland
I'm fining you £85 for that catostrophe. £50 if you pay within 14 day's 😉
I can only assume someone at your Asda thought "no one in their right mind will spend more than 2 hours here so we'll tag on an extra hour just in case and make that the limit". So you basically spent more time there than someone who works for Asda believed anyone could possibly want to...
Now, I love shopping. I do the vast majority of the cooking so I like to pick up the ingredients or look for recipe ideas. Inspiration if you will. However. [b][u]3 HOURS!!![/u][/b] I couldn't even shop in the Trafford Centre for that long (yes, I like clothes shopping too... 😳 ) Even allowing for full breakfast @ 40 mins tops and some browsing home wares and [s]cheap sub standard garments[/s] the latest range from George, how did you spend 3 hours in an ASDA?
Pay the fine as penance and then take a good long hard look at your life.
So much bad and conflicting advice here
Go to the Pepipoo forum and get advice from experts
It's different in Scotland but I got one for overstaying in a retail park car park and I thoroughly enjoyed the stream of letters, the various notes of threatening and wheedling were fun. One week "WE HAVE ADVISED OUR CLIENT TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AND YOUR FINE HAS GONE UP TO ONE MILLION POUNDS", the next "Oh go on, just give us a quid and we'll go away. Please? We'll get in trouble if you don't pay"
Watching with interest. One minute over in Morrison's this morning.