Aldi Facebook Page Kicking Off after Parking Eye LBAs

atilla

nigelbb wrote: »

Presumably that's one of those stupid systems where you must go into the ALDI store & key in your registration number. It's a system only guaranteed to penalise ALDI customers who don't realise they need to key in their registration & non-ALDI customers who are too stupid or idle to pop into the store & key in their registration for the free parking.

Really is a case of the tail wagging the Dog now.
Customers requiring authorization from the scammer to allow them to use the shop. You couldn't make it up.

bazster

Wow, really has been a bad day for Aldi! Another disabled elderly chap being bullied by ParkingEye:

An open message to Aldi and Weber Shandwick PR...

Why try your hardest to establish some brand value only to be smashed by allowing ParkingEye to represent you.

At best, ParkingEye are correct, but in the process you alienate hundreds of customers in the process.

At worst, you allow this company to harass people with no knowledge of their rights - customers aren't lawyers, they're just people out shopping trying to buy groceries.

You could resolve this by spending some money and installing modern day parking equipment - like barriers and tokens?

Instead, my innocent 74 year old registered disabled father now has to go through the anxiety of dealing with something he knows nothing about. Aggressive letters from ParkingEye, legalistic terminology and threats of debt collection.

It's simply not right or good enough for you to keep referring people to 'customerservices@'.

Weber Shandwick - you should know better.

I am now on a personal crusade to bring this to an end.

Aldi, their Directors - and anyone of any importance will be contacted persistently until we get ParkingEye removed from anything to do with you.

It's a disgrace and it needs to stop.

As Aldi customers we deserve a considered response. I am amazed how many references to Aldi and ParkingEye exist on-line.

If Weber Shandwick know anything about PR - and I know you do - then you need to sit your client down and finally bring this to a head - it's out of control and if you don't sort it you surely risk losing a client. It's that bad.

I've hit Twitter - and won't stop. Until we get a proper response I suggest others join in the fight to stop this madness.

Or, you can just ignore us.

Your call.

trisontana

I have just taken a look at Weber Shandwick's website. Can anyone please tell me what this load of nonsense means:-

A full service global engagement and communications agency, we build and protect brand and company reputations; we create movements that change attitudes and behaviour and we help transform businesses and bottom lines.
An engagement world puts a premium on the best creative ideas and we have the best people. Best in their sector; best in their discipline but most of all best at joining it all up...because that’s how our world works. As a joined up full-servicefirm, we understand the complexity of driving conversation and engagement in a world where the lines are blurred and the threats aren’t easy to predict.
Whatever our many specialisms, at heart we are storytellers. And in a world where you no longer control the channel or even the message, these stories have to be coherent, come in multiple forms and have their own momentum. So we are not just storytellers, we are designers, builders, directors and conversation starters.
Content Fusion, our bespoke the storytelling framework (sic) helps us build powerful stories combining social media tools and channels with traditional media formats.

Umkomaas

The situation becomes increasingly appalling as Aldi (Weber-Shandwick), insultingly, tries to paper over the ever widening cracks, whilst allowing PE to continue plundering their customers, totally unabated and totally without shame.

Aldi deserves everything that is coming its way, and I believe the real action is yet to start. Their continuing dismissive attitude to people having to expend masses of energy to fight off PE can do nothing other than to raise angst to a crescendo. They will reap the impending maelstrom.

Aldi, in bed with the devil ..... and he's ramming them hard.

atilla

And anyone noticed the amount of TV adverts Aldi are pushing out.?
Can't possibly trying to cover up the mess can they.

Umkomaas

atilla wrote: »

And anyone noticed the amount of TV adverts Aldi are pushing out.?
Can't possibly trying to cover up the mess can they.

I imagine it's some form of diversionary tactic contrived by WS (with a suitably obscenely priced invoice following). Surely it would be much cheaper to F-R-O PE and face court for a breach of contract damages claim (as per Somerfield), than pay for the TV ads?

That is unless Aldi has something to avoid revealing, that is seriously damaging, at a court hearing? In other words, PE has got them by the short and curlies.

I bet the stench of the devil's putrifying breath is well and truly wafting up Aldi's corporate nostrils.

bazster

trisontana wrote: »

I have just taken a look at Weber Shandwick's website. Can anyone please tell me what this load of nonsense means:-

A full service global engagement and communications agency, we build and protect brand and company reputations; we create movements that change attitudes and behaviour and we help transform businesses and bottom lines.
An engagement world puts a premium on the best creative ideas and we have the best people. Best in their sector; best in their discipline but most of all best at joining it all up...because that’s how our world works. As a joined up full-servicefirm, we understand the complexity of driving conversation and engagement in a world where the lines are blurred and the threats aren’t easy to predict.
Whatever our many specialisms, at heart we are storytellers. And in a world where you no longer control the channel or even the message, these stories have to be coherent, come in multiple forms and have their own momentum. So we are not just storytellers, we are designers, builders, directors and conversation starters.
Content Fusion, our bespoke the storytelling framework (sic) helps us build powerful stories combining social media tools and channels with traditional media formats.

I think the short version is thus: We are purveyors of bullsh|t.

jfinnie

Umkomaas wrote: »

That is unless Aldi has something to avoid revealing, that is seriously damaging, at a court hearing? In other words, PE has got them by the short and curlies.

Oh how ironic would it be for Aldi to have to pay a "fine" to exit a contract they actually _did_ sign...!

Hovite_2

Oh Dear - just found this on the second page. I'd hate for Aldi to be let off the hook.

bazster

It's going nuclear over there right now.