Parking pentalty....in McDonalds!!
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Rant on/
On an unavoidable emergency and very late night journey across London recently given no alternative, I drove into a 24hr Mc's for a coffee.
On my return Journey home, now starving and also given the lack of anything half decent open I got a breakfast about 5.30am.
Yesterday morning I got a penalty notice from their parking company for £50 for returning to their car park within 120mins. Complete with pictures of my car driving into their carpark and threats of CCJ's etc.
The laughable part of it is that the carpark was empty, I was the only customer. So to reward their only customer they charge them £50 for parking in their premises.
Unbelievable!
/rant off.
On an unavoidable emergency and very late night journey across London recently given no alternative, I drove into a 24hr Mc's for a coffee.
On my return Journey home, now starving and also given the lack of anything half decent open I got a breakfast about 5.30am.
Yesterday morning I got a penalty notice from their parking company for £50 for returning to their car park within 120mins. Complete with pictures of my car driving into their carpark and threats of CCJ's etc.
The laughable part of it is that the carpark was empty, I was the only customer. So to reward their only customer they charge them £50 for parking in their premises.
Unbelievable!
/rant off.
We have a new small retail park locally that has just been built - it has a halfords, a DK sports Gym and Pool, Burger King and a few other places.
Considering the gym has a pool, steam room and spa and a cafe most people can easily spend more than a couple of hours there.
New signs have gone up from a private parking company; penalty for 2+ hours is £140 - £250 for clamp removal fee.
Too late to swap gyms now as paid up membership
Considering the gym has a pool, steam room and spa and a cafe most people can easily spend more than a couple of hours there.
New signs have gone up from a private parking company; penalty for 2+ hours is £140 - £250 for clamp removal fee.
Too late to swap gyms now as paid up membership
Kentish said:
We have a new small retail park locally that has just been built - it has a halfords, a DK sports Gym and Pool, Burger King and a few other places.
Considering the gym has a pool, steam room and spa and a cafe most people can easily spend more than a couple of hours there.
New signs have gone up from a private parking company; penalty for 2+ hours is £140 - £250 for clamp removal fee.
Too late to swap gyms now as paid up membership
I'd raise an absolute storm over that. Me & a few guys go to the gym and regularly spend over 2 hours, and that's without the pool/spa etc.Considering the gym has a pool, steam room and spa and a cafe most people can easily spend more than a couple of hours there.
New signs have gone up from a private parking company; penalty for 2+ hours is £140 - £250 for clamp removal fee.
Too late to swap gyms now as paid up membership
eldar said:
Unenforceable, so ignore it (and Mc Donalds). Just bin the letter, and any others they send.
Definitely do this.Kinky said:
I'm 100% sure that the national press would be very interested in that story 
I think a quick email off to some of the newsdesks is in order!
And this.. will be interesting to see if it gets picked up!I think a quick email off to some of the newsdesks is in order!
Edited by Debaser on Sunday 31st January 13:44
Kentish said:
We have a new small retail park locally that has just been built - it has a halfords, a DK sports Gym and Pool, Burger King and a few other places.
Considering the gym has a pool, steam room and spa and a cafe most people can easily spend more than a couple of hours there.
New signs have gone up from a private parking company; penalty for 2+ hours is £140 - £250 for clamp removal fee.
Too late to swap gyms now as paid up membership
Complain to your gym they then may well cut a deal or charge a minimal amount for parking permits or similar dependant on who owns the car park. Or write a letter saying the car park restrictions have altered the terms of the contract, enough letters and pissed off people will mean it would be cheaper to sort the parking rather than lose their members, contact a local paper, all the fitness magazines etc basically anywhere your gym might advertise they will do something if the threat to business is big enough.Considering the gym has a pool, steam room and spa and a cafe most people can easily spend more than a couple of hours there.
New signs have gone up from a private parking company; penalty for 2+ hours is £140 - £250 for clamp removal fee.
Too late to swap gyms now as paid up membership
Yeah, it is clearly me in both pictures.
Minimum return period of time 120mins, actual time of return 39mins.
Not sure about the signage at the place, it didn't even cross my mind to check, logic dictates that you wouldn't penalize paying customers at 5am. But they're obviously operating on a different logic to us.
It says they're operating in accordance with AOS code of practice for private car park enforcement. Payment must be made within 14 days @ discount £50. Or it goes upto £100 although the letter didn't arrive till 4 days after issue, so now only 10 days.
It says you can challenge in writing.
I've a very strong email to McDonalds on their website asking them to explain to me how they consider rewarding my repeat custom with a £50 fine, and await their response.
You think the AOS code of practice is unenforceable?
Minimum return period of time 120mins, actual time of return 39mins.
Not sure about the signage at the place, it didn't even cross my mind to check, logic dictates that you wouldn't penalize paying customers at 5am. But they're obviously operating on a different logic to us.
It says they're operating in accordance with AOS code of practice for private car park enforcement. Payment must be made within 14 days @ discount £50. Or it goes upto £100 although the letter didn't arrive till 4 days after issue, so now only 10 days.
It says you can challenge in writing.
I've a very strong email to McDonalds on their website asking them to explain to me how they consider rewarding my repeat custom with a £50 fine, and await their response.
You think the AOS code of practice is unenforceable?
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