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Little sympathy from me I'm afraid. Busiest retail time of year and you've effectively stolen the space of a potential paying customer and overstayed your welcome to boot.

Bloody cheeky in my opinion.

 

The parking signs clearly state that the car park if for the use of customers and users of the City Centre. Don't state it's customers only car park.

 

that used to be accepted as best practice but they have moved on now

 

The old 1.5 hours one did when they changed them in their get rich scheme about this time last year. However they are now showing 3 hours and I think they are run by a different parking firm.

 

think they realised that stating customers only went against their planning permission

 

Pay up, you deserve a fine but I agree, not such a disproportionate one, but £50 is just not worth the hassle of dealing with that company, and, despite the advice to ignore, you could well end up with a CCJ if you do.

I've just been through this with Asda at Shipley, I parked up about 9:30 got some stuff and cash for my night out in Saltaire. I decided to walk to Saltaire, I knew about the parking time limit but thought I'd be back in time, but I got pissed so left it. Talking to the fine company is a waste of time, they'll only drag dialogue on so that you are over the cheaper fine time limit. I got mine cancelled because I had a receipt to show that I'd shopped at a time when the car park was 90% empty but mainly because I kicked off at the service desk and the manager just wanted rid of me.

 

Now you've communicated with them you might as well pay up I suppose...

 

Yes good luck and hope you win,

 

Is there case law on this @trevor ?
My experience has been that if I ignore these parking notices (ie Invoices, not bona fide council parking tickets) for long enough they eventually go away without taking me to court. What has changed in the law to render that strategy unadvisable?

 

Why do you people think it's OK to abuse car parking facilities?

 

The option of them taking you to court has always been there, it is just now they are doing it more often as well as issuing more tickets. Since 2012 they have been able to pursue the registered keeper via the DVLA database and are using it more and more

 

I think it depends on the situation.
I got a 'ticket' for parking outside a designated area in a York University car park when I needed to be in a meeting, it was p!ssing with rain and there was nowhere else to park. My car wasn't causing an obstruction and I paid and displayed as required. A classic case of unnecessary jobsworthism.
Another time I was half an hour over time in an otherwise empty car park. Another time was on a factory forecourt in an industrial estate on a Saturday afternoon when the factory was closed.
All examples of blatant profiteering for no logical reason except to screw money out of people for doing nothing antisocial.

 

Why is it wrong to park on a closed factory forecourt in a largely deserted industrial estate on a Saturday? I appreciate that it is, strictly legally, trespass but can't see that anyone suffers or that it is morally reprehensible.
Tapping someone gently on the arm is, strictly legally, an assault, but no one would pursue it because it would be disproportionate to the harm suffered. Parking in a deserted industrial estate outside opening hours seems to me to be the same - it's a victimless action.

 

Thanks @trevor . When was this case?

 

I understand the court case was in July 2015 and as at the supreme court cannot be appealed without a change of law

 

Rules are rules.

If you were out for the day would you mind if someone parked on your drive? Be honest.