Parking stories in the News/media

Coupon-mad

And BPA's finest again: NCP parking payment systems are apparently so shoddy that they charged a driver who stayed for one day, for 42 days' parking at £1200:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/commuter-slapped-eye-watering-1200-30489745.amp

"“I paid on June 1 and have paid for parking for the day since, which is £7.95, so I’ve no idea what has happened. It must be a glitch.

“I got home and opened the chat session at 6.30pm and I finally got a reply at 10.30pm. They said they’d send it to the refunds team and they’ll pick it up when they pick it up. But I’ve still not received anything back."

And apparently they had not refunded him until after the paper got involved.

What pride the BPA must feel about how their members "drive up standards".  This is parking management, is it? REALLY?!

patient_dream

Due to the cost of living crisis there has been a mega increase in shoplifting. These parking cronies are doing the same which can be called "MONEY LIFTING" 

I use a local Co-op which suits my needs and I can park free because the landowner will not allow parking vermin on his properties. 

About a mile away is another Co-op with about 6 parking spaces, the fools employed EURO and now it's a case of "spot a customer" ... no doubt another local shop that will close.  

And .. (don't get bored with this)  my local M & S, a big store on a site which was once an out of town Volvo franchise ...... employ EURO with ANPR and signs with tiny print and NO entrance sign

Now, to put to bed the rubbish the BPA spout about abuse. When M&S close at 4pm on sunday, the car park is empty.
There are no barriers. People could park after 4pm as there is a bus stop right outside to the town centre but NO, the car park remains empty. 
I fail to see the point having EURO unless M & S want their customers to be punished for shopping longer than the rubbish signs say

This is as pointless as the BPA, an organisation that has buried itself in the sewers and just like Thames Water, has polluted the country with a mega scam

It's as good as saying that this club is a mafia style setup

Snakes_Belly

Anyone on twitter. 

Coupon-mad

Can someone link or copy the replies please? I see the NoToMob has replied but I'm not on Twitter so can't read it.

Grizebeck

I can't see it think it's been deleted 

Coupon-mad

Not surprised!

What a timely screenshot though...nearly 300 votes and ironically, it resulted in a very similar % as the IAS orchestrate against consumers, year in year out!

Is the NoToMob's retweet & their reply showing on their Twitter page?

I'd love to see what they said.

kryten3000

The tweet was deleted some time on Monday afternoon but not before this screenshot was grabbed at 95.4% No to 4.6% Yes.
 

patient_dream

kryten3000 said:

The tweet was deleted some time on Monday afternoon but not before this screenshot was grabbed at 95.4% No to 4.6% Yes.
 

IPC living in the clouds again

Umkomaas

kryten3000 said:

The tweet was deleted some time on Monday afternoon but not before this screenshot was grabbed at 95.4% No to 4.6% Yes.
 

Will's shot his toes off there!  What sort of 'open and democratic' organisation deletes polls when they don't like their results?

Integrity - We lead by example

https://theipc.info/about-us

Snakes_Belly

I deleted part of the screenshot as it showed two replies from personal twitter accounts. I have sent CM the screenshot with the two replies.