Parking fine – Fair or should I tell them to kindly F Off ? – Page 2 – Chat Forum

FunkyDunc · 2011-10-31T09:01:25Z

I went out for a curry on Saturday night with some friends and drove us all there. Opposite the curry house there is a car park which has Tile Giant and Bath Store on it, with flats up above. I parked up in their carp park at about 2 minutes to 8 in the evening, noticing another car had just pulled up as well in the space next but one to me. We walked across the road to the curry house and went in. Imediatelly another customer came up to me and said, you better go and move your car as they are putting parking fines on all the cars. Went straight back out so literally 2 minutes later to find a fine on the windscreen. A cleaner was locking up bathstore and said it was the guys I had seen, and they had just done the whole car park and driven off straight away (they had done his car too) I moved the car to another parking area, and about 1hour later the 2 guys came back. They didnt like it when I had a go at them and said I could prove what time I arrived at the curry house, and showed them the picture I took on my camera showing me back at the car 5 mins later. They just drove off... This is the notice on the sign of the building [imgIs it just tough look and I should pay, or should I complain? Afterall the guys saw me turn up and were getting out of their car as we got out of ours, they could have told us we couldnt park there. I know it says 24hr inforced, but come on at 8pm on a Saturday night? I could argue that I am a customer of both shops as I have previously bought stuff from the tile shop, and got Bath Store to quote (they were expensive even in their sale!)

mattsccm

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Morally you were wrong and I suspect, going by the start of your post, you know it.
It's not your land , you have no right to be there. End of story.

Unfortunately legislation screws tha land owner and as a result of stupid over charging you will get away with it.

One nice idea that I saw once was a similar notice but instead of demanding a silly amount the landowner suggested quite nicely a donation to charity. I know of one person who took it on the chin and di just that. I'd love to here of some one trying that to a more demanding parking company.

Posted : 19/12/2011 7:55 pm

thegreatape

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Tecso's in Oban does exactly that. £70 if you exceed 3 hours, but goes to whichever is their charity that year.

Posted : 19/12/2011 7:57 pm

coffeeking

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I don't see the problem, if a company provides parking spaces and they are not full/overflowing, for people to use it for other shops nearby, especially if it's out of hours for the shop in question. Up here most parking places seem to be free, those that aren't are the ones in city centres and are specific parking locations not for shops. Seems to work fine up here, you don't seem to get shops over-run with people parking for other locations costing them a fortune in lost revenue.

Posted : 19/12/2011 8:14 pm

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