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I've been naughty again haven't I ?

Nobody really cares. ๐Ÿ˜ฅ


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 1:05 am
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Have shared parking tickets, would do it again. Don't see the problem really.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 1:14 am
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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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 1:20 am
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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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 1:37 am
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trolled.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 5:18 am
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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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 6:32 am
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[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!!

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Posted : 23/05/2010 7:34 am
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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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 7:34 am
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then I would report them to the police

What criminal offence would the person offering the ticket have commited?


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 7:39 am
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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 ๐Ÿ˜‰

My mam always lectured me on waste & how it wasn't acceptable ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 7:48 am
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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


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 7:55 am
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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!!!!!

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Posted : 23/05/2010 8:32 am
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I pass them on. Should I report myself to myself?


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 8:55 am
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I've been naughty again haven't I ?

[b]"Nobody really cares"[/b] ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

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?

๐Ÿ™„ there is always [i]the lawyer[/i] who has to get all "technical".


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 9:18 am
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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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 9:19 am
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And btw greatape......I'm disappointed ๐Ÿ˜

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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 9:24 am
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Finged crossed eh ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 9:39 am
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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 ๐Ÿ˜•


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 9:49 am
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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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 10:14 am
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I always ass on day travel cards once I have used them.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 10:15 am
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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 ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 10:19 am
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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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 10:26 am
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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?

Posted 11 hours ago # Report-Post

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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 10:55 am
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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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 12:06 pm
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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.

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?


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 12:50 pm
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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.

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.


 
Posted : 23/05/2010 6:53 pm
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