Aldi Facebook Page Kicking Off after Parking Eye LBAs

trubster

Nice one..... yes it was on page 3

Coupon-mad

Hot_Bring wrote: »

I'm not the biggest supporter of Brighton and Hove Council but they are determined not to allow Aldi to run rough shot over planning conditions. In December they applied for a THIRD time to have the 2 hour free parking limit reduced to 1.5 hours. For the THIRD time it was refused :rotfl:Thank you to all that opposed

"The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the
reduced hours would allow sufficient time for combined trips by the wider community between the store and the Boundary Road/Station Road District Shopping Centre and is has not been proven that the viability and the vitality of the district shopping area would not be unduly harmed by the hours proposed. The proposed development is not sustainable development in accordance with paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework as the adverse impacts significantly and demonstrably outweigh any benefits."

Glad to read about this! I think it helped that some of us locals and relatives who live round the corner...errrrm...made our feelings known about the application! There are some loud voices against PPC scams in this neck of the woods. Because getting to the roads in question involves waiting to cross a railway crossing, as well as being a road half a mile long, there is NO WAY that even a fit person could get to and from other shops in time, every time, let alone some little old lady or disabled shopper.

Hot Bring do let me know if you hear they apply again.

Half_way

Something brewing?

ivor pechque


TeeHee, Judgement transcript just in from our Court Battle with Aldi's partners, Parking Eye. Should be on The Parking Pranksters Blog soon

surely Aldi should be taken to task for the actions of their agents parking eye, and made to refund anyone who has paid a parking eye charge in one of their car parks+interest+run full page adverts etc etc apologising for what they are allowing to happen in their car parks

trisontana

I don't think that any Aldi customers have been taken to court by PE. Ivor's case was to do with that car park in Cornwall. But I agree that Aldi should be more pro customer and stand up to PE. But for that to happen you will have to get rid of their very pro-PE "parking department".

Ivor_Pecheque

t'was the Fistral Case (not Aldi). Involved circling not parking, have sent the transcript to Mrs Prankster.

Umkomaas

trisontana wrote: »

I don't think that any Aldi customers have been taken to court by PE. Ivor's case was to do with that car park in Cornwall. But I agree that Aldi should be more pro customer and stand up to PE. But for that to happen you will have to get rid of their very pro-PE "parking department".

It makes you wonder whether Aldi have denied PE the option of taking any of their customers to court. They're just content for PE to harass the life out of them, but short of County Court appearance.

Would be worth testing!

trisontana

I think Parking Prankster but out a request for any information where Aldi customers have been taken to court, or at least have received court papers.

Ivor_Pecheque

For some reason, each time I pick up "Abbot Ale" from Aldi, I always seem to get in a conversation, somewhere, with someone, about how Aldi's partners, "Parking Eye," hounded us through the courts for 10 months. It's usually at the till. I have to give a quick synopsis, as the Aldi till experience is like riding "Rita, Queen of Speed.."

Interestingly, the lady behind the till last time was telling me about the 11 tickets she'd been sent by Parking Eye. Her Aldi bosses told her to ignore it. Perhaps this model relies on the "60% just pay" doctrine. Saw a great example of a fire door being blatently blocked by a member of staff disposing of a load of boxes today. Didn't have the heart to take a picture, she was quite a nice girl, - I'd rather take a "systems approach."

HubertGrumblethorpe

Just returned from leave and thought I would check up on the latest news on Aldi and their chums ... took me ages to find it so to save anyone else becoming frustrated and distressed, a quick bump.


By the way I hope those lovely PE people gave the baliffs a cup of tea and biscuit when they visited to collect the unpaid money ordered by the court.


"What goes around, comes around" my old dad used to say.. :rotfl:

trisontana

Another old person victimized by PE and Aldi:-

Disgusted with you. My 80 year old father in law shops in Aldi in Ramsgate every week. About 2 weeks ago his car broke down in the car park. He spoke to the shop manager and explained what had happened. His son drove to meet him and they managed to get the car going. It later broke down again and he ended up with a garage bill of £97. Can anyone justify the £40 bill he received for having the car in the car park too long? He has paid the bill and will not create a fuss but trust me if he is not refunded I will make sure everyone knows about this. You have 24 hours to reply to this before I start.

Yet again this shows the failing of PE's so-called "car park management" system. If there had been an attendant actually in the car park who could have used their discretion.