Leeds Bradford airport rip off

fluffnutter

dfh2012 wrote: »

If it had been the case, companies could all have got together and decided we will all charge 100000 for a tin of beans. And that would have left all of us in real trouble.

No they couldn't. Price fixing (cartels) are illegal. I feel we're going round in circles here....

2sides2everystory

dfh2012 wrote: »

If it had been the case, companies could all have got together and decided we will all charge 100000 for a tin of beans. And that would have left all of us in real trouble.

Well indeed so, dfh, and I believe that because the law has not yet been sufficiently well prosecuted that some airport companies are indeed getting it together so they all herd people in and force them to buy beans at 100,000. Many of those people don't even like beans and are there looking for something else.

somethingcorporate

2sides2everystory wrote: »

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.

If you look at the sign it is all self-evident.

Minimum charge, pay on exit, times and costs. It's not difficult to see that entering the car park would incur a fee. Just because you don't like it does not make it illegal.

fluffnutter

2sides2everystory wrote: »

Well indeed so, dfh, and I believe that because the law has not yet been sufficiently well prosecuted that some airport companies are indeed getting it together so they all herd people in and force them to buy beans at 100,000. Many of those people don't even like beans and are there looking for something else.

That's funny!

Optimist

2sides2everystory wrote: »

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.

The sign gives the relevant rates, up to 30 mins is £2

There are signs on the way to the airport warning of charges.

Good luck if you decide to challenge it in court though.

somethingcorporate

Optimist wrote: »

The sign gives the relevant rates, up to 30 mins is £2

There are signs on the way to the airport warning of charges.

Good luck if you decide to challenge it in court though.

Yes, do both come back and let us know how it goes

fluffnutter

dfh2012 wrote: »

So there are laws which make price fixing illegal.

Which goes on to show that companies cannot charge whatever they want willy nilly.

One individual company setting a price = OK. Companies ganging together to fix a price = not OK.

That's what price fixing/cartels mean. I feel like I'm talking to a four year old.

somethingcorporate

dfh2012 wrote: »

So there are laws which make price fixing illegal.

Which goes on to show that companies cannot charge whatever they want willy nilly.

Price fixing BETWEEN companies is anti-competitive. An individual company wanting to advertise it's beans for sale at £1m is perfectly within the law. They can offer it for sale at £1m, £1bn, £1tn, all perfectly the same. Finding a buyer at any of these prices is the hard part, but it doesn't stop them advertising them at any of these prices.

somethingcorporate

fluffnutter wrote: »

I feel like I'm talking to a four year old.

That's really unfair. I have found most 4-year olds willing to listen and learn. It's only when they reach 11 do they become belligerent, stubborn and downright stupid.

fluffnutter

dfh2012 wrote: »

As long as it is in the T & C s, it is all perfectly legal and acceptable and don't anyone dare challenge that.

No one's saying that (apart from you). It would be a silly thing to say. Unfair contracts can be challenged. Having a well-displayed sign stating a reasonable charge for a service that you don't have to agree to because other options are readily available does not equal an unfair contract.

Taking the original point about the airport's dropping off charge, why not take them to court and challenge their T&Cs? Let us know how you get on.