Leeds Bradford airport rip off

somethingcorporate

Why does my username (the name of a band) have anything to do with my stance? I am a consumer and regularly post on the consumer rights board. I am 100% in favour of the consumer, but it doesn't mean they are by default in the right regardless of what some stupid people think.

One excuses themselves from using the car parking facilities by err.... not going in? Simple. Since the charges are stated OUTSIDE the car park (and probably on their website etc) then hardly any excuse for not knowing before going through the barrier and into the area you are going to get charged in.

somethingcorporate

dfh2012 wrote: »

The crux of the matter is that companies cannot charge whatever they want willy Nilly. So if someone does charge 100000 for a tin of beans , people like me will protest while people who believe that they can charge whatever they want will pay those ridiculous prices to defend these companies.

Be quiet now, no-one is listening to you.

You're still wrong. Posting the same twaddle over and over again changes nothing.

Edit: Were you protesting at this? someone paid over £1m for a bathtub http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/11/13/176940.html

2sides2everystory

dfh2012 wrote: »

The crux of the matter is that companies cannot charge whatever they want willy Nilly. So if someone does charge 100000 for a tin of beans , people like me will protest while people who believe that they can charge whatever they want will pay those ridiculous prices to defend these companies.

I think you are right dfh, but many people just can't see it as they can't imagine themselves having to buy beans at that price. They kid themselves that they will always have a fee choice.

I'd love to be behind them in the queue the day that beans are 100,000 and they don't have the means to turn around and drive away without beans

somethingcorporate

2sides2everystory wrote: »

I think you are right dfh, but many people just can't see it as they can't imagine themselves having to buy beans at that price. They kid themselves that they will always have a fee choice.

I'd love to be behind them in the queue the day that beans are 100,000 and they don't have the means to turn around and drive away without beans

If you had read the thread you would have a scooby-doo about what you are talking about.

Dfh2012 stated it was ILLEGAL to sell things above a certain price. We were all arguing it was market forces that dictated prices, not the law. Common sense, evidently it passed you both by.

2sides2everystory

somethingcorporate wrote: »

One excuses themselves from using the car parking facilities by err.... not going in? Simple. Since the charges are stated OUTSIDE the car park (and probably on their website etc) then hardly any excuse for not knowing before going through the barrier and into the area you are going to get charged in.

You're still wrong. Posting the same twaddle over and over again changes nothing.

Optimist

2sides2everystory wrote: »

Don't worry - I've had cause to refer to it many times. There's a hell of a lot more to it than your petty selections.

Here it is: The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008

You seem to be a very angry person, but I am curious so point out which part makes it unlawful to charge for dropping off at the airport ?

I think it is pretty despicable charging for dropping of but it isn't unlawful to do so

somethingcorporate

2sides2everystory wrote: »

You're still wrong. Posting the same twaddle over and over again changes nothing.

Prove it.....

nickyhutch

dfh2012 wrote: »

The crux of the matter is that companies cannot charge whatever they want willy Nilly. So if someone does charge 100000 for a tin of beans , people like me will protest while people who believe that they can charge whatever they want will pay those ridiculous prices to defend these companies.

If someone charges 1000000 for a tin of beans, will the police come running round and bang them up? No. Because they are allowed to charge it just as the customer is allowed to go elsewhere and pay 75p instead.

somethingcorporate

nickyhutch wrote: »

If someone charges 1000000 for a tin of beans, will the police come running round and bang them up? No. Because they are allowed to charge it just as the customer is allowed to go elsewhere and pay 75p instead.

The same thing has been said about 50 different times yet the poster seems unable to grasp this very simple concept.

They seem to think that just because something is unlikely to happen that it cannot (or is infact against the law to) happen.

2sides2everystory

Optimist wrote: »

You seem to be a very angry person, but I am curious so point out which part makes it unlawful to charge for dropping off at the airport ?

I think it is pretty despicable charging for dropping of but it isn't unlawful to do so

Well how very kind of you to say so, indeed you seem to be a bit of a t!t yourself, Optimist, but I have already said how the practice at Leeds Bradford appears to be unlawful. The sign says nothing about a "dropping off charge" it is merely an failed excuse for a rip off charge for forced car-parking (how would you get out of that kerbed funnel without going through the barrier?) when the consumer was only seeking a free kerb for a drop off.