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getting back at private parking companys

ive just put 10 letters in the post with no stamp on them to parking eye with "cheque enclosed" in big red letters on it!
i hope they have to pay the royal mail charge on them!

am i cruel????? comments appreciated!
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  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    sgtbush wrote: »
    ive just put 10 letters in the post with no stamp on them to parking eye with "cheque enclosed" in big red letters on it!
    i hope they have to pay the royal mail charge on them!

    am i cruel????? comments appreciated!

    Please tell me that you didn't put your name and address on them. :)
    The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in my life. :)
  • fivegoldstars
    fivegoldstars Posts: 127 Forumite
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    What about:

    1) Visit car park with ANPR. Obscure rear plate on exit (only to be done on private land)
    2) Visit same car park one week later with front plate obscured (again, private land only).
    3) Wait for invoice saying that you were parked for a week, then publicly humiliate the PPC with said invoice.
  • Lone_Ranger_2
    Lone_Ranger_2 Posts: 141 Forumite
    Well if I worked for a PPC and received 10 letters all at once with no stamps on and "cheque enclosed" in big red letters I'd probably think, "mmmmm I wonder if someone is trying to get me to pay the postage on these 10 empty envolopes". :D. But then some of the people working for these companies are obviously half-wits so you never know. May be an idea to be a bit more subtle though. ;)
    Hi Ho Silver Awayyyyyyyyyy
  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    edited 22 May 2012 at 12:49PM
    Send them to 10 different PPCs.

    Or, show a supermarket the consequences of allowing a PPC to infest their car park with maximum stay and "no return within" T&Cs. Do part of your shopping very slowly (and, if they have a restaurant, have a leisurely lunch?) and then go to the customer service desk. Tell them that you're nearly at the time limit that the car park company allows you to spend in their store, and tell them to look after your trolley for you. Then come back after the allowed return time and see if they still have your trolley.

    Of course, your second exit could also actually trigger the ANPR computer, yet you have complied with the T&Cs.

    Double whammy?
    The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in my life. :)
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
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    sgtbush wrote: »
    ive just put 10 letters in the post with no stamp on them to parking eye with "cheque enclosed" in big red letters on it!
    i hope they have to pay the royal mail charge on them!

    am i cruel????? comments appreciated!

    and if they dont collect them,who does it cost?
  • esmerobbo
    esmerobbo Posts: 4,979 Forumite
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    edited 22 May 2012 at 3:48AM
    I once sent them a letter and you know what I put a first class stamp on it!

    However as it was Autumn it was rather windy, to avoid the letter being blown away I enclosed an Argos catalogue! ;)
  • ManxRed
    ManxRed Posts: 3,530 Forumite
    "Check Enclosed" is much better. And far more accurate!

    They'd never notice, we're dealing with chimpanzees here, with IQs smaller than their shoe sizes.

    Allegedly.

    Well, actually, not even allegedly, it's true.
    Je Suis Cecil.
  • give_them_FA
    give_them_FA Posts: 2,998 Forumite
    Come now! What has an IQ 0f 186?


    Roxburghe's staff!


    Mind you, that is the TOTAL.
  • retireby50
    retireby50 Posts: 256 Forumite
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    Not a complicated business model......

    Average income per ticket > average cost per ticket = "money for old rope"

    ...so if we can switch that around so

    average income per ticket < average cost per ticket

    .....not sure how many mass packing "infringement" action days that would take......
  • Stephen_Leak
    Stephen_Leak Posts: 8,762 Forumite
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    custardy wrote: »
    and if they dont collect them,who does it cost?

    Of course. Don't do any of these things at home, children. :)
    The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in my life. :)
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