Gatwick First Parking gone bust, cars missing.
Discussion
Meet and greet car parking firm Gatwick First have gone phut which is unfortunate for the employees, but more worryingly some customers are having trouble either reclaiming their cars or actually locating their cars once they've they flown back to the airport. Around 120 vehicles have been found at numerous sites in the Sussex and Surrey areas.
Up to thirty cars are reported as being "missing" although the keys are on site. The police don't appear to have powers to seize the keys, but the landowner has been contacted.
BBC news link
Up to thirty cars are reported as being "missing" although the keys are on site. The police don't appear to have powers to seize the keys, but the landowner has been contacted.
BBC news link
Think this is the right firm?
Still showing as actively trading, already bust once in a different name though.
Umar IRS----
Date of birth
October 1985
TOTAL AIRPORT PARKING LTD (08937453)
Company status
Liquidation
Correspondence address
Allen House, 1 Westmead Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4LA
Role
Director
Appointed on
1 July 2016
Nationality
Pakistani
Country of residence
England
Occupation
Company Director
GATWICKFIRSTPARKING LTD (10200731)
Company status
Active
Correspondence address
40 B, High Street, Horley, England, RH6 7BB
Role Active
Director
Appointed on
26 May 2016
Nationality
Pakistani
Country of residence
England
Occupation
Business
LINEWATCH SECURITY LIMITED (08844875)
Company status
Active
Correspondence address
49 Shirley Road, Manchester, England, M8 0WB
Role Resigned
Director
Appointed on
1 September 2015
Resigned on
18 August 2016
Nationality
Pakistani
Country of residence
England
Occupation
Company Director
Still showing as actively trading, already bust once in a different name though.
Umar IRS----
Date of birth
October 1985
TOTAL AIRPORT PARKING LTD (08937453)
Company status
Liquidation
Correspondence address
Allen House, 1 Westmead Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4LA
Role
Director
Appointed on
1 July 2016
Nationality
Pakistani
Country of residence
England
Occupation
Company Director
GATWICKFIRSTPARKING LTD (10200731)
Company status
Active
Correspondence address
40 B, High Street, Horley, England, RH6 7BB
Role Active
Director
Appointed on
26 May 2016
Nationality
Pakistani
Country of residence
England
Occupation
Business
LINEWATCH SECURITY LIMITED (08844875)
Company status
Active
Correspondence address
49 Shirley Road, Manchester, England, M8 0WB
Role Resigned
Director
Appointed on
1 September 2015
Resigned on
18 August 2016
Nationality
Pakistani
Country of residence
England
Occupation
Company Director
Doesn't this happen regularly?
If you deal with any of these parking companies - certainly around Gatwick - you'll probably find that the operator has had quite a few of these companies go down before, and that your car hasn't exactly been sitting quietly in a nice secure car park.
In fact I'd go so far as to say you'd be an idiot to think about using any of them given the long chain of stories about them.
If you're lucky you've rented a space in a field/vacant plot for a while. If you're unlucky your car will have seen a lot of action while you were away.
If you deal with any of these parking companies - certainly around Gatwick - you'll probably find that the operator has had quite a few of these companies go down before, and that your car hasn't exactly been sitting quietly in a nice secure car park.
In fact I'd go so far as to say you'd be an idiot to think about using any of them given the long chain of stories about them.
If you're lucky you've rented a space in a field/vacant plot for a while. If you're unlucky your car will have seen a lot of action while you were away.
Jonesy23 said:
If you're unlucky your car will have seen a lot of action while you were away.
Maybe it's just my own personal paranoia, but when I've used airport parking I've deliberately picked places where I can park the car myself & retain the keys. In saying that, a previous place I used promised hard standing and the car ended up parked on grass in an overflow area. Wasn't impressed.alangla said:
Jonesy23 said:
If you're unlucky your car will have seen a lot of action while you were away.
Maybe it's just my own personal paranoia, but when I've used airport parking I've deliberately picked places where I can park the car myself & retain the keys. In saying that, a previous place I used promised hard standing and the car ended up parked on grass in an overflow area. Wasn't impressed.Jonesy23 said:
Doesn't this happen regularly?
If you deal with any of these parking companies - certainly around Gatwick - you'll probably find that the operator has had quite a few of these companies go down before, and that your car hasn't exactly been sitting quietly in a nice secure car park.
In fact I'd go so far as to say you'd be an idiot to think about using any of them given the long chain of stories about them.
If you're lucky you've rented a space in a field/vacant plot for a while. If you're unlucky your car will have seen a lot of action while you were away.
I work around the area of Stansted(though not in the actual airport grounds) from time to time and the amount of cars I stumble on all crammed into a muddy field or in an old farm building is alarming.If you deal with any of these parking companies - certainly around Gatwick - you'll probably find that the operator has had quite a few of these companies go down before, and that your car hasn't exactly been sitting quietly in a nice secure car park.
In fact I'd go so far as to say you'd be an idiot to think about using any of them given the long chain of stories about them.
If you're lucky you've rented a space in a field/vacant plot for a while. If you're unlucky your car will have seen a lot of action while you were away.
Ari said:
Jonesy23 said:
If you're unlucky your car will have seen a lot of action while you were away.
Really? Doing what?Purple parking at Stanstead took the old mx-5 for a 125mile trip whilst I was away for the weekend, leaving it with no fuel for my return journey home, and also had the roof down as it wasn't secured correctly when I got back in.
That took a long time to resolve even after we'd provided the photo of it on it's travels. The wifes cousin had seen it in a Watford shopping centre. The staff member had just used it as his personal transport for the 4 days over the long weekend...
That took a long time to resolve even after we'd provided the photo of it on it's travels. The wifes cousin had seen it in a Watford shopping centre. The staff member had just used it as his personal transport for the 4 days over the long weekend...
Doesn't surprise me, I always remember getting back to the parking on the minibus and the driver handing back a pile of keys saying "are yours in there?" (Top security procedures) while I was checking a car smashed through the exit barrier next to us, pretty much writing the car off, then the driver leapt out and into the Impreza behind with his mate and shot off through the now destroyed barrier. One car stolen, one written off and a destroyed barrier and the minibus driver didn't even seem bothered.
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