Unfair ticket issued by council

PetePie

I parked in a council run car park bought a ticket from a machine and went to a conference. I then realised that the conference finished an hour later than expected, so at lunch I returned to the car park to extend my ticket by an hour. However, there were no facilities to extend this from the time my parking ticket finished. I therefore purchased an additional hour and placed this ticket next to my other one so that it could be seen that an additional hour had been purchased. I was not able to return at the time the ticket ended as I was still in the conference. Anyway, I ended up with a ticket which I am currently appealing against

Has anyone else had a similar experience to this?

I feel strongly about this as I made every effort to pay for my parking and paid for the hours I had parked yet still I have been issued a ticket. I'm beginning to suspect that not providing facilities on ticket machines or information stating that that you cannot extend your parking ticket are deliberate, as it must generate a huge revenue for the council.

bod1467

Pepipoo.

http://forums.pepipoo.com/index.php?showforum=30

The_Deep

I am struggling to see how it is unfair, but you will probably win your appeal as you have paid the requisite amount, albeit not in the manner required.