So today drove into a large open air car park, pay and display type,walked over to the ticket machine, where a mature of age chap,driveing a 4 wheel Hyundai,hailed me with the words young man,can i intrest you in this.
So as we walked towards each other i noticed in his right hand a small parking ticket, which he hands to me,and says here you are,its valid til 20.00 tonight,was going to stay must be off now.
So i put the said ticket on the windscreen and parked up for 3 hours, normal cost 1.70p.For free.
On my way out of the car park drove past the ticket issuing machine, where stood a young chap and his girlfreind, i passed the ticket to them for their use.
So did i do wrong accepting the ticket,and using it,
talking to an older man in a car park,was always warned not to talk or accept gifts from strangers,especially ones wearing sandals and socks,
passing the ticket on to a younger person than myself,and allowing him to save the cost of parking,
most tickets will have 'not transferrable' stamped on them in some place. Didn't stop me doing the same today in a car park, saving me the princely sum of 60p.
No, you did right. But I think now the traffic wardens are linking the ticket with registration numbers, looking at the times and the cars that were parked. In Madrid the traffic wardens have hand held computers, why?
In some parking hotspots, the immigrants have a thriving trade through this type of thing, they pick up the ticket and pass it on for a nominal fee...
Same thing happened to me today.
I was very grateful...not often someone does something generous like this!
At one car park I used in the Peak District, you had to input the last 3 letters of your reg number into the ticket machine, they were then on the printed ticket.
I've had tickets given to me and also gave tickets in the past at car parks. Unfortunately now at the local hospital p&d machines you have to put your cars registration into the machine so can no longer do this.
If Ipay for more than i'm going to use i usually stick the ticket to the machine when i'm done so the next erson along can make use of it. Sod it, share the love!
Hmm, I think you were being groomed there, project 😉
I like it!
I always pass on my tickets 🙂
Never been given one back though 🙁 One day mayby.
People passing tickets to others is a great example of why this country hasn't completely gone down the toilet. Long may it continue!
This "open air car park", was it your favourite dogging spot??
Large municipal open air car park next to a large chav supermarket..
I remember years back in Aberdeen people would stick partially used tickets on to the issuing machine so others could use them.
No wonder the country has a debt problem, what with local councils not making their legitimate income because people rip them off. You should be ashamed of yourself.
I'll never feel guilty by doing the council out of extortionate parking prices.
I'm with aracer on this one. If someone offered me their parking ticket because it still had time left on it, I would warn them if they ever repeated the offer, then I would report them to the police. Still I guess this sort of unacceptable criminal activity is to be expected if you park next to a chav supermarket.
I would warn them if they ever repeated the offer, then I would report them to the police.
pmsl 🙄
I'm with aracer on this one. If someone offered me their parking ticket because it still had time left on it, I would warn them if they ever repeated the offer, then I would report them to the police. Still I guess this sort of unacceptable criminal activity is to be expected if you park next to a chav supermarket.
Are you for real or are you handknitted ?
Yeah of course I'm for real.......cheeky git.
I'm guessing you're probably a Tesco shopper. Am I right ?
People (including me) will often leave their all day"saver" type bus tickets slotted into the timetable thing on the bus stop when they are done with it for others to use.
By recycling these tickets your actually saving the council money 😉
I do not shop the wife does the shopping on the internet ( but I believe she has used tesco on occasion}.Where would one expect me to shop ?
Happens all the time where I am. I always pass on my ticket if there is a reasonable amount of time left.
I would warn them if they ever repeated the offer, then I would report them to the police
This is why the police don't have time to turn up to people's houses after a burglary.
I believe she has used tesco on occasion
😐 .........does she sometimes pop down wearing her pyjamas ?
This is why the police don't have time to turn up to people's houses after a burglary.
Really ? So the problem of people transferring their parking tickets is more serious than I thought then 😐
Yes it is because people with **** all better to do like you ernie are to busy grassing us up.
Really ? So the problem of people transferring their parking tickets is more serious than I thought then
You tell me. You're the one who feels it's serious enough to report to the police.
Well I'm sorry Kuco, but it's not law-abiding people like me who give the police more work.
It's the likes of you what need "grassing up" who do that.
I can't help it it's the big adrenaline rush I get from handing over my ticket.
Having to guess how long you're going to be in the car park for, and then being reliant on nothing unexpected coming up that would detain you for more than your initial guess, is nothing but a money making scam. Car parks where you pay afterwards for what you've actually used are far fairer...
money making scam.
Don't you know how short of money councils are? They need every penny they can get. It's not as if it's not the same for everybody. Just think about all the children's support services you're helping to keep running if you pay for a bit longer than you really need. Don't you want deprived kids to get a bit of help?
does she sometimes pop down wearing her pyjamas ?
No read the post she shops on the internet
Don't you know how short of money councils are? They need every penny they can get. It's not as if it's not the same for everybody. Just think about all the children's support services you're helping to keep running if you pay for a bit longer than you really need. Don't you want[s] deprived kids to get a bit of help[/s] coucillors to be overpaid?
fixed that for you
LOL 😀
I can't help it it's the big adrenaline rush I get
That old excuse. Why don't you add a bit of "excitement" in your life by doing something useful for the community .........maybe join the Rotary Club ? 💡
No read the post she shops on the internet
I did read the post. It said : "[i]the wife does the shopping on the internet ( [b][u]but[/u][/b] I believe she has used tesco on occasion}[/i]"
........maybe join the Rotary Club ?
Maybe you should try that ernie, it may give you a sense of perspective.
Yes Tesco internet, go and put your Honda Jazz in the garage
Maybe you should try that ernie, it may give you a sense of perspective.
Are suggesting that members of the Rotary Club do shady deals in chav car parks ?
......steady on 😕
...lordy, lordy...
Never in all my life... 8)
GG...you need your bottom well and truly spanked!!
Are suggesting that members of the Rotary Club do shady deals in chav car parks ?......steady on
Not sure how you made that connection. Just to clarify though;
No, I'm suggesting that you need to get a bit of a reality check on what's important (get a life in other words). I suspect the Rotary Club and those that donate their time to making life better for other people concern themselves with more important things than a 50p parking ticket.
As long as it's important to you though ernie.
when parking ticket machines give change, which every other vending machine seems to be capable off, i [i]might[/i] stop giving my ticket to others...
GG...you need your bottom well and truly spanked!!
I've been naughty again haven't I ? 🙁
I've been naughty again haven't I ?
Nobody really cares. 😥
Have shared parking tickets, would do it again. Don't see the problem really.
Joining the Rotary would only serve to reinforce e_l's inate sense of superiority to everyone else on here, making him even more insufferable than he already is. I, on the other hand, would happily pass on a ticket with unused time on it and accept same, due to council's stupid habit of removing free first half hour parking, so if you just want to pop into the bank and grab a magazine from the newsagents you've got to pay for a two hour ticket you're not going to use, or else stay for the extra time, clogging up a space that someone could have used for a short time. Had this exact conversation down the pub tonight. No common sense, council officials.
I expect ernie is scribing a letter to the Daily Mail on this very subject, as we speak. I imagine his take on on the whole 'transfer of parking tickets' is generally down to Polish immigrants.
trolled.
I always hand on my ticket if I can - as far as I'm concerned that ticket entitles a car to park until the indicated time.
However, around where I used to live they started having machines that required license plate number to be put in - I guess to stop exactly that.
A long time ago I remember it used to be pay at the booth on exit. What a much better system - you're paying for the chappie(or 'ess) anyway to be a ticket nazi, so why not put them in a nice little booth thing and collect cash on exit. Everyone's a winner.
[i]I've been naughty again haven't I ?[/i]
Yes, Gus, you have, and you should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.
Now, go and sit on the bottom step for 30 minutes and think about what you have done!!
😀
Don't any of you burly, fit bikers ever walk, cycle or get the bus to get to the shops?
...and admitting in public to shopping on "The shop formerly owned by Dame Shirley Porter".
Shakes head.
then I would report them to the police
What criminal offence would the person offering the ticket have commited?
No dilemma handing over/receiving tickets that haven't expired
Not to do so would be wasting a valuable resource, parking space has been bought until a certain time & it needs using up 😉
My mam always lectured me on waste & how it wasn't acceptable 🙂
Had to drive into London for a few errands yesterday, and seems they've introduced a couple of parking innovations since I last did this- machines which [b]only[/b] take card payment, and spaces which [b]only [/b]accept telephone payment, presumably to prevent ticket transfer
How can it possible be fair that the council (or in Worthings case NCP) are allowed to charge for the same parking space over and over - all day long? I go in - I pay for an hour and use 40 mins, next person comes in and pays for the 20 min I already paid for plus a 40min balance. If he stays half an hour then the third person pays for the half hour balance that has already been paid for by person No 2 . . . and so it goes on. And if you are 5 minutes over your hour? You get to pay for another 60 minutes of parking!! Broken Britain . . . .
Pass tickets on wherever possible!!!!!
🙂
I pass them on. Should I report myself to myself?
jon1973 - MemberI've been naughty again haven't I ?
[b]"Nobody really cares"[/b] 😥
I would find that comment rather hurtful, if it wasn't for the fact that you've responded about half a dozen times to my posts.
You do care [i]really[/i]............you big tease you
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What criminal offence would the person offering the ticket have commited?
🙄 there is always [i]the lawyer[/i] who has to get all "technical".
seems they've introduced a couple of parking innovations since I last did this- machines which only take card payment, and spaces which only accept telephone payment, presumably to prevent ticket transfer
More to do with not having to drive around and collect coins from meters, removing the incentive to break into meters, and reducing the number of moving parts prone to failure, I would have guessed.
And btw greatape......I'm disappointed 😐
No wonder crime is out of control - if people like you miss the opportunity to make an arrest.
Hopefully with the installation of a new government things will start changing, and crime will once again be properly controlled.
Finged crossed eh 😉
Indeed greatape, but what I've never understood, and maybe you can help me with this one, if a government gets crime "under control", why then, do they always still allow some to occur ?
It don't seem right to me 😕
What exactly do they mean when they say crime is under control?
No crime at all.
No increase in crime.
A decrease of some degree.
Could mean anything.
I always ass on day travel cards once I have used them.
if it wasn't for the fact that you've responded about half a dozen times to my posts.
If only you would do me the honour of addressing any of the points I've raised.
Oh! Here's a little smilie, just for you 😉
I always ass on day travel cards once I have used them.
I'm not sure quite what you mean, but it sounds like that should probably deter re-use.
aracer - Membermoney making scam.
Don't you know how short of money councils are? They need every penny they can get. It's not as if it's not the same for everybody. Just think about all the children's support services you're helping to keep running if you pay for a bit longer than you really need. Don't you want deprived kids to get a bit of help?
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Well they lost millions on an icelandic bank, their social workers fail to look after the kids, schools employ teachers who cant control bullying,councillors get overpaid,the list goes on and on, and thats just points rasied on this forum.
they lost millions on an icelandic bank, their social workers fail to look after the kids, schools employ teachers who cant control bullying
How unlike ordinary people, none of whom ever saved with Icelandic/offshore banks, neglect their kids or bully each other.
Well they lost millions on an icelandic bank, their social workers fail to look after the kids, schools employ teachers who cant control bullying,councillors get overpaid,the list goes on and on, and thats just points rasied on this forum.
All down to directives from central government - are you suggesting central government should also mandate giving people refunds for unused time on their parking tickets? Come to that, are you suggesting it's OK not to pay for a service because you don't like where the money goes - maybe you should find a way to pirate Sky TV rather than pay money to Murdoch.
How can it possible be fair that the council (or in Worthings case NCP) are allowed to charge for the same parking space over and over - all day long?
You're getting confused about what it is you're paying for - you've bought the right to use the car park for [b]up to[/b] a certain amount of time. The economics is based on users not staying for the complete ticket time - otherwise they'd have to tarmac over more green fields to create car parks for sufficient capacity - is that what you want?
aracer - MemberWell they lost millions on an icelandic bank, their social workers fail to look after the kids, schools employ teachers who cant control bullying,councillors get overpaid,the list goes on and on, and thats just points rasied on this forum.
All down to directives from central government - are you suggesting central government should also mandate giving people refunds for unused time on their parking tickets? Come to that, are you suggesting it's OK not to pay for a service because you don't like where the money goes - maybe you should find a way to pirate Sky TV rather than pay money to Murdoch.
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Quite simple really barcode the ticket, and when youve got a refund due, you go back to the machine and insert ticket and it issues a refund.
Also you buy a tenners worth of fuel and you use it all,and you travel somewhere,so youve used what youve paid for.
EASY ISNT IT.
I dont have sky and never will,so dont pay for it,and dont need to pirate the crap anyway.