Private Parking Tickets discussion

taffy056

aec34 wrote: »

Taffy, I am going to pen a reply to Huttons as per your suggestion and then relax. Many thanks.

i would normally say not to bother to be honest, but as you have contacted them anyway, and you are going to ignore them, can't see the harm, make sure you tell them via email with an email address for this purpose only, don't waste a stamp on it!

esmerobbo

Flossy123 wrote: »

I picked up a parking 'fine' today courtesy of Town and City in Harlow. I was 30 minutes over my 2 hours and came back to find a £40 invoice, reduced to £20 if I pay within 10 days plastered to the car.

I'm going to ignore the invoice along with any subsequent threatening letters per the advice on this thread.

I just wondered however.

It cost me £1.20 to park in the shopping centre and this £1.20 was refunded by Asda as I spent over £5. The parking refund is clearly shown and time coded as a deduction on my receipt 28 minutes after my paid parking had expired. Since they refunded me against a technically expired ticket I wondered if that had changed the t&c of the parking conditions.

Not that it will go anywhere but just thinking about a suitable defence.

Keep your receipt just in case but it will never likely go anywhere, but a letter to Asda telling them that if this happens again you will shop elsewhere!

Its an Asda car park you shopped and spent in Asda, what do they believe they can penalise you for? Ignore the muppets!

Sirdan

esmerobbo wrote: »

Keep your receipt just in case but it will never likely go anywhere, but a letter to Asda telling them that if this happens again you will shop elsewhere!

Its an Asda car park you shopped and spent in Asda, what do they believe they can penalise you for? Ignore the muppets!

LOL -although the OP may well have genuinely shopped in ASDA for 2 and a half hours the reason ASDA issue these invoices is this :-

Some unscrupulous persons have been known to park up go shopping in other shops close to the car park , then nip in to ASDA for 2 mins buying something for over a fiver to get the refund on parking.
You can see why ASDA might be a bit peeved at this ..not that it justifies the ridiculous penalties the PPC invoices for.

For clarity I'm not suggesting for one moment that the OP has done this
,but it does happen

Coupon-mad

Sirdan wrote: »

LOL -although the OP may well have genuinely shopped in ASDA for 2 and a half hours the reason ASDA issue these invoices is this :-

Some unscrupulous persons have been known to park up go shopping in other shops close to the car park , then nip in to ASDA for 2 mins buying something for over a fiver to get the refund on parking.
You can see why ASDA might be a bit peeved at this ..not that it justifies the ridiculous penalties the PPC invoices for.

For clarity I'm not suggesting for one moment that the OP has done this
,but it does happen

Oh yes, it does happen!

But then again it gets passing trade for Asda that they would not have got otherwise and the chances are such people would spend more then a fiver. So it's a win-win situation for Asda and all they need to do is scrape the parasites off their back (the PPCs not the customers).

Sirdan

Coupon-mad wrote: »

Oh yes, it does happen!

But then again it gets passing trade for Asda that they would not have got otherwise and the chances are such people would spend more then a fiver. So it's a win-win situation for Asda and all they need to do is scrape the parasites off their back (the PPCs not the customers).

Somewhat bizzarely an ASDA close to me actually allows this,their notice states that you may visit the other shops provided you buy a P&D ticket..and they will still refund your ticket if u spend £5 in ASDA. Max stay is 3 hours for £2. Almost seems reasonable ...!!

esmerobbo

When Asda applied for planning permission for their store, they have to provide a certain amount of car parking spaces per Sqm of retail floor space. So the permission is granted in the belief that Asda customers can park off road and not cause congestion!
Now if I spend 1p in Asda I am a customer the same as someone who spends £100! That's why Asda give you your money back! Not because they want too! I would argue by setting the £5 limit they are breaking the conditions of their planning permission.

They have a right to protect their property and charge for people who are not shopping at Asda, but I would argue that once you have spent anything in Asda you are a customer, so you have a right to park there.

Sirdan

esmerobbo wrote: »

When Asda applied for planning permission for their store, they have to provide a certain amount of car parking spaces per Sqm of retail floor space. So the permission is granted in the belief that Asda customers can park off road and not cause congestion!
Now if I spend 1p in Asda I am a customer the same as someone who spends £100! That's why Asda give you your money back! Not because they want too! I would argue by setting the £5 limit they are breaking the conditions of their planning permission.

They have a right to protect their property and charge for people who are not shopping at Asda, but I would argue that once you have spent anything in Asda you are a customer, so you have a right to park there.

Even if the planning permission states a set number of spaces per Sqm of retail space ..I bet it doesn't say anywhere that they have to provide them free of charge..so they don't have to give any money back do they ? They do so to try and 1) encorage people to buy a ticket and 2) to shop in their store .

Coupon-mad

You should find, as I do, that if you just take your car parking ticket to Asda customer service and say you forgot to hand it over at the till/had left it in the car where you've just put your shopping, they'll refund your car park fee just to get you out of the queue.

I have done this on occasions when I haven't bought anything in Asda - but usually I do buy some stuff. Also if your Asda insist on a receipt then there are always discarded receipts in trolleys - just make sure the time & date are relevant.

Flossy123_2

Sirdan wrote: »

Some unscrupulous persons have been known to park up go shopping in other shops close to the car park...

For clarity I'm not suggesting for one moment that the OP has done this
,but it does happen

I'll admit to having done that in the past. This time however I parked in the shopping centre car park and spent a good £300 on clothes and food at the various shops. My 2 hours was a mini shopping spree.

gillkt

I've received a parking charge notice today from this company, with details of my vehicle including photos asking for payment of £45 if paid within 14 days or £70 if paid within 28 days. I'm tempted just to ignore this and see what happens. Who else has had dealings with this company and what was the outcome. I live in Scotland and I have a feeling that they can't persue this as they are an English registered company. Is that correct?
Thanks for your help