Do you pass on Pay and Display tickets?

[Jonny_]

Censorious said:

I did once and the bloke had a right go at me for passing on the remaining 1 &3/4 hours to him, I had only been there 15 mins but had to buy 2 hours minimum.

I was commiting fraud and cheating the council according to him!

I see it the other way in fact as I had paid for the space already and they would then charge someone else again for the use of the same period of time.

Always one isn't there! Hope you told him what a bell-end he was

If I've a decent amount of time left (usually if I've bought an all-day ticket) I look out for someone to pass it onto, or failing that stick it to the payment machine!

Have been the recipient of similar gestures a few times and it's always nice to save that few quid. Really can't bring myself to care that some council or private parking enterprise has missed out on a few quid.

[crusty]

Slightly off topic, but what really boils my piss is that the machines won't give change.. aaaahhh

It is a cynical way of extracting extra money, and I cannot believe they can get away with it. It's not exactly cutting edge to have a machione that dispenses change is it?

If this has already been done to death before, then apologies, but it really reaqlly annoys me

[ManOpener]

Monkeylegend said:

But it states they are non-transferable.

I'd like to see a council try and enforce this.

I always do it if the car park enables me to.

[Monkeylegend]

ManOpener said:

Monkeylegend said:

But it states they are non-transferable.

I'd like to see a council try and enforce this.

I always do it if the car park enables me to.

I was just throwing my hands up in shock horror, knowing how law abiding PH'ers tend to be.

[kambites]

crusty said:

Slightly off topic, but what really boils my piss is that the machines won't give change.. aaaahhh

It is a cynical way of extracting extra money, and I cannot believe they can get away with it. It's not exactly cutting edge to have a machione that dispenses change is it?

If this has already been done to death before, then apologies, but it really reaqlly annoys me

It annoys me that they require cash at all. It's practically the only thing that I ever use cash for these days, so I very rarely have any.

[G0ldfysh]

Monkeylegend said:

But it states they are non-transferable.

Speed limits on roads are not meant to ever be broken either, but every now and then it just happens.
Same as every now and then might have hour left on a ticket.

[uncle tez]

I had a woman offer me a ticket a few weeks ago on a Saturday. I thought she was going to spit at me when I pointed out that it was free to park at weekends anyway.

[cologne2792]

I have done but rarely use car parks these days. Down here in 'sunny' Devon most of the local car parks have a 'Ticket Not Transferable' regime. I did question an attendant as to the why; the answer being that when you pay for the ticket you enter into a contract of lease for the parking space - you may stay for the duration or leave early with no penalty but when you leave you relinquish all rights and your lease is at an end. Therefore you can't giveaway your ticket for your space because it isn't your space anymore.
I just park in Tesco now - it's free !

[Monkeylegend]

G0ldfysh said:

Monkeylegend said:

But it states they are non-transferable.

Speed limits on roads are not meant to ever be broken either, but every now and then it just happens.
Same as every now and then might have hour left on a ticket.

See my previous post, maybe a WP would be more appropriate.

I am not law abiding in this respect either

[007 VXR]

rehab71 said:

I do all the time, in fact I get annoyed if I can't find someone to give it too.

Never had one given to me though.

Same here, but have had others do it for me

[xRIEx]

I'm mostly using car parks when travelling for work so I need the ticket to claim the money back.

[vixen1700]

Always pass them on if there's anything worthwhile left on them.

The car-parking karma has paid off recently as two people have passed them on to me on the last two visits into Saffron Walden for Christmas shopping.

[Riley Blue]

It's impossible to do here as the car parks are pay on exit though I avoid them as often as possible by parking on the road where it's free (hardly any further from the town centre than the car parks) or shop before 10 or after 3 when it's free to residents.

I was in Rochester last weekend and a chap gave me a ticket with three hours left on it. I thanked him and wished him a happy Christmas. Funny thing was, as I parked I saw him offer it to another driver who refused it.

[Viper]

parking in the news today
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-25489765

[Triumph Man]

I do it when I can. One Christmas I asked a bloke if he wanted it, and the traffic warden came running over shouting "Non Transferable!" over and over (Have you ever noticed how jumped up power trippers can never say a full sentence, they just shout the relevant bit?) So I shouted back "Scrooge" and drove off.

[mygoldfishbowl]

Yes.

[Blib]

I, along with many others, used to do this in the Enfield multi-storey. One has to enter and exit up a narrow ramp where, if one was so inclined, one could proffer the ticket out of the window so that someone entering could take it as the cars crossed.

It worked a treat.

However, the council tumbled this anarchic state of affairs and have now installed machines that photograph your car's number plate as you enter and you pay when you leave.

So, more money for the fine politicians of Enfield Borough council to piss up their favourite wall.

Bah humbug!

[s p a c e m a n]

Yep, I hand them to someone or stick them to the machine. Same with travelcards, every little helps some people.

[Antony Moxey]

Do it whenever possible although it's not the ones where you have to put in your reg number - I never use those anyway - nowadays there seem to be more car parks where you have to pay on exit rather than entry so it's becoming harder to pass on tickets.

[jonm01]

My wife accepted a ticket from someone recently even though she'd already bought one and put them both on the dash. Got done for 'extending her stay by purchasing another ticket'.