waiterose or waitrose fine

cv65user

i overstayed in waitrose by 1 minute in 2 hr free limit and got a 30 £ fine by britannia stuck to my wind sheild.

firstly there is only a green notice on car park entrance which i have not seen for the past 2 years i been parking there . but there was green moss growing on the stands so it has been there for a while which i accept . but as it was green i always thought it was waitrose car park logo . but there was no signs around the bays i parked .

secondly , ticket is hand written spelt ' waiterose ' not waitrose . so is this valid mitagation? - so i can say i was never parked in 'waiterose?' lol

the sign also says you maybe fined not will be fined.

when i asked store manager he says he / waitrose has nothiong to do with britannia car parking services . but the sign does say car park monitored by brittania services ?

peter_the_piper

No mitigation needed, its just unenforcible rubbish which can safely be ignored.

Jez_Wolf

You overstayed by 1 minute and got a ticket?

What a great service by Britannia. LOL.

Shame it's an unenforceable invoice - private parking companies cannot fine you.

You will probably get a few letters before they give up - the standard advice for these privately issued tickets is to ignore them.

pogofish

cv65user wrote: »

when i asked store manager he says he / waitrose has nothiong to do with britannia car parking services . but the sign does say car park monitored by brittania services ?

If the store is in a retail park or leased site, it could well be that the infrastructure is still managed by the site owners, rather than the store itself, so they have very little say in who gets the parking contract.

And for your ticket - just to reinforce what the others say. Ignore it and file any letters.

cv65user

ok thx for the heads up guys ,

i know that some like . ie .
"charles street" vs " charles drive" stood up in court as drive is different from street. but would me saying i never parked in waiterose stand up ? (note the extra 'e''r' in waitrose )

bargepole

cv65user wrote: »

... but would me saying i never parked in waiterose stand up ? (note the extra 'e''r' in waitrose )

You're missing the point here, the spelling of Waitrose is irrelevant.

This isn't a real fine, it's an unenforceable invoice for an alleged breach of contract by a private parking company. They would have to make a civil claim in a County Court, prove you were driving, prove you agreed to the contract, and prove their terms didn't breach the Unfair Terms regulations.

Never going to happen, their operative's illiteracy is the least of their problems. Ignore all their junk mail.

pogofish

cv65user wrote: »

ok thx for the heads up guys ,

i know that some like . ie .
"charles street" vs " charles drive" stood up in court as drive is different from street. but would me saying i never parked in waiterose stand up ? (note the extra 'e''r' in waitrose )

Nope, this simply does not matter - It is private property and they can't "fine" you for anything.

As bargepole states above, it is an interpretation of "implied contract" that they rely on and there is next to no chance of that standing up in court - Especially if you don't get into communication with them/tricked into accepting anything.

Never mind that the chain of threatening letters invariably invalidates their case under other legislation as well.

oldone_2

pogofish wrote: »

If the store is in a retail park or leased site, it could well be that the infrastructure is still managed by the site owners, rather than the store itself, so they have very little say in who gets the parking contract.

And for your ticket - just to reinforce what the others say. Ignore it and file any letters.

In these days of credit crunch, you can have a lot of satisfaction in going back to the store and saying you have been 'fined' for 1 minute overstay, and since this makes shopping at their store very expensive, you will make sure friends and family know.
Most store managers seeing a possible drop in custom, would do their best to get the PPC booted off site.

sarahg1969

oldone wrote: »

In these days of credit crunch, you can have a lot of satisfaction in going back to the store and saying you have been 'fined' for 1 minute overstay, and since this makes shopping at their store very expensive, you will make sure friends and family know.
Most store managers seeing a possible drop in custom, would do their best to get the PPC booted off site.

You can get even more satisfaction by wheeling a full trolley up the checkout, looking at your watch and telling them you must dash so you don't get "fined"!!

Coblcris

I like that idea !!!

cv65user

sarahg1969 wrote: »

You can get even more satisfaction by wheeling a full trolley up the checkout, looking at your watch and telling them you must dash so you don't get "fined"!!

lol i like that idea also , i did consider it . But i only had a sandwich at that time. LOL