Ticket in Morrison's car park

st999

I parked for 17 minutes too long in a Morrisons car park so I am asked to send £40 to CP Plus, reduced to £20 if paid in 28 days.

No way is that going to happen.

All because after I did my shopping I felt peckish and sat in Morrisons cafe for a while having a bacon roll.

Is there any point in writing to Morrisons asking why they encourage people to stay in store for as long as possible yet employ people to attempt to charge you £40 if you overstay by 17 minutes.

Morrissons have also just lost a customer as no way am I parking in their car park again in case there is any action taken against my car because I will not pay a charge of £40.

fb1969

Glad to see that you know how this works, and that ignoring them is the best thing. :T

Yes, write to Morrisons. Possibly now and maybe again after the letter trail has started. Tell them exactly how you feel about this and that you'll be making sure you tell as many people as possible.

Coupon-mad

Yep, wait for the first few threatograms from debt collectors then write to the CEO of Morrisons enclosing copies for his/her perusal.

Demand to know WHY they have jumped on the bandwagon of allowing private parking scumbags to carry out a nasty protection racket in that car park, picking on Morrisons' customers. Did they not know that no private company can issue fines, the whole 'industry' works on unfounded threats of court against registered keepers of cars who may or may not have been the driver on the day?

Tell them they have fallen for a SCAM industry, member of the BPA (just a Trade body) or not, private parking companies are scammers. Why didn't they just Google it first before falling for the private parking sales patter (got a parking problem, well you have now! We can 'police' your car parks for free, guv').

Inform them that this sharp practice will lose them customers including your business in future and that of your friends & family. Tell them that you are not stupid and you fully realise these threats can be safely ignored, as the 'tickets' companies like this issue are just bogus, copies of real PCNs - but many of their customers will not know and will be harassed and fleeced. To choose to associate Morrisons with these con-merchants who are preying on unwary customers is shocking.

DonnySaver

Ignore it, ignore it, ignore it.

esmerobbo

The hundreds of thousands they spend on TV and Newspaper advertising to encourage people to shop there, then let a parking company chase customers away.

Who the hell determines you can shop in two hours, never mind use any other facilities they have.

Luckily for the OP CP Plus give up sooner then most!

linthorpe

The problem is that we sleep walking into a situation where these private parking scumbags will have the full access to the DVLA database and the power to persecute the registered keeper of the vehicle even if he was not or does not know who was driving at the time of the alleged 'offence'. The so called 'Protection of Freedom Bill' will be put before Parliament soon. Section 2:Clause 56 will give this power, until now reserved for the Police and Local Authorities, to these private parking scrotums. The BPA has been seriously lobbying for these powers and they could get their way. This Bill will not protect YOUR freedom, at present you have more than adequate protection in civil law. This Bill will remove that protection and allow these sharks to prey on you. It will move the offence into the criminal law sphere and promote the revenue gathering tactics of these robbing companies. The only way they make money is by extorting it from the motorist, easy target(just ask the Government). I cannot believe our OWN Government is going to allow these scumbags to prey on and harrass it'e own citizens. Everyone TAKE NOTICE- there is a famous quote 'for evil to flourish, all it takes is good people to do nothing' If you do nothing it will be your own fault if you get caught out in future. Write to your MP to protest. Write to your local supermarket if they employ these companies. WE have the power, can we exercise it????? DO SOMETHING NOW...

Sirdan

linthorpe wrote: »

It will move the offence into the criminal law sphere

No it will not !! Whatever gave you that idea ?

robredz

Sirdan wrote: »

No it will not !! Whatever gave you that idea ?

Correct Sirdan, but it may well legitiimise their obscene practices within the civil law system, allowing the likes of Marstons Ross & Robbers, etc to make hay along with the PPCs when they get their CCJ

esmerobbo

A lot of us have done something. As Sirdan pointed out it does not move it into criminal legislation, if it does go through it just gives the PPC a second bite of the cherry!

I think the author of this clause had in mind the legitimate car park provider, who offers a service and gives them a right to recover their loss if people avoid payment. However the way its written it will give every tinpot ppc who infests greasy spoon cafe car parks, the option to pursue the RK.

Dave101t

unfair tickets should be ignored, but you broke the rules, you overstayed your time and didnt check your time, and didnt pay to extend your time, and you are complaining about them doing the correct and proper thing? interesting....

esmerobbo

Dave101t wrote: »

unfair tickets should be ignored, but you broke the rules, you overstayed your time and didnt check your time, and didnt pay to extend your time, and you are complaining about them doing the correct and proper thing? interesting....

How do you pay in a free car park?