Aldi parking charge (1 Viewer)

[magicsurfbus]

..he saw me put the goods in my car and walk across the road to post my letter.

You should have told him you were posting a birthday card to your old friend, the Managing Director of Care Parking

'Care' Parking my arse.

 

[Gellyneck]

'Care' Parking my arse.

A bit like this?

 

[Tom A]

Same thing happened to Sue and I went in store told them date and time of shopping and a description of what she had bought and voila. They printed her a new receipt.
Emailed a copy to head office and never heard another thing.

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[tonyandcarol]

just another semi legal scam in this country that our goverment let these crooks get away with. they are not fines they are a invoice to the driver of the car but are sent to the registerd keeper. they would threaten you to pay.

 

[Minxy]

As you didn't enter your registration they assume you exceeded your 1.5hrs limit regardless of actual stay time.
Though how anyone needs 1.5hrs to shop in Aldi beats me.

... haven't met my husband have you ...

 

[Silver-Fox]

I would be taken to court and debt handed to debt collection company and baillif entitled to take property to value of outstanding 'debt'.

You have to have a judgement against you first, then they can hand over to bailiffs.
You can also not allow bailiffs to enter your home, they cannot force entry and are also limited to what they can remove.

High Court Sheriffs are different ball game all together.

Keep records of any communications including your first one my guess is that call has been recorded.

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[Dazcaz]

9 time out of then they won't persue it any further than a couple of letters. Two choices. Ignore them, don't reply. Don't acknowledge receipt of the letter. If you are not wiling to take the risk pay up.
We got one a couple of years back and ignored it. Nothing heard. Some have been taken to court, but these are usually repeat offenders.

 

[Davylambretta]

Looks like the law is now swinging in favour of these parking firms
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-40628560

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4375940/Driver-ignored-private-firm-s-parking-fines.html

 

[GWAYGWAY]

The other thing is that these companies invite you yo pay the penalty payment OR these have assumed the right to increase the charges on a compounding basis. How do they assume these rights? I could assume rights over them with as much legal authority.

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[BILL 875]

If you cannot leave their property have they kidnapped you

 

[MandM]

Parking Eye is owned and operated by Capita. There is a great deal of evidence of Capita and their actions, but it is a very lucrative business for DVLA and Crapita. Last year DVLA sold on more than 5 million owners details to companies. Private firms only pay £2.50 for your details. They charge you £80 or more. Online applications for registered keepers details via the Electronic Vehicle Record Inquiries system have gone up 150 per cent since 2006/07. Over that period nearly £37million has been paid to the DVLA for access to 14.6million records.

 

[Mrsambulancekidd]

As you didn't enter your registration they assume you exceeded your 1.5hrs limit regardless of actual stay time.
Though how anyone needs 1.5hrs to shop in Aldi beats me.

If your disabled, as I am.

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[makems]

Though how anyone needs 1.5hrs to shop in Aldi beats me.

Hmm... The Aldi at Elland Road, Leeds is on the same retail park as B&Q, Maplins and BUrger King.
So if you need (as we recently did) to buy some paint from B&Q, osme groceries from Aldi, some elctronic bits and bobs from Maplins and then (exhausted) have a bite to eat at BK, it is fairly easy to go over the 2 hour limit.
Also we stopped today to do some shopping at Morley and noticed that outside the entrance to B&M there is a sign saying that the Manager has no authority to do anything about "fines" for overstaying in their car park (managed of course by Parking Eye)

 

[JockandRita]

Last year DVLA sold on more than 5 million owners details to companies. Private firms only pay £2.50 for your details.

I don't dispute you for one minute @MandM, but I do honestly wonder how DVLA, a Government Agency, are allowed to get away with doing that.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[gus-lopez]

Why doesn't the place they work provide parking, shouldn't be allowed to set up if they have t got parking for their workers, or like the factories here used to and provide a dedicated works bus.

They aren't allowed to have full parking for there workers. Any new build commercial or industrial or office space are restricted by the govrnment/council scum.
Planning & councils now reduce the amount of parking spaces to approximately 30% of possible employee requirements to force people to use other means of transport/public transport or pay for parking.
they want you paying to park outside towns in "help the thief" park & rides & paying for the privelige of shopping . I'm with @chaser & others in that I don't use anywhere that want me to pay to shop with them.

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[georgio]

Good morning ,


It might be best to avoid these Establishments.

 

[mjltigger]

I have found Aldi to be extremely helpful. We spend well over £100 a week in our Aldi and some weeks have a valet done as well. Shopping can be difficult and there are times when we do go over the 1.5 hours. Aldi accept emails of receipts or card statements and have always got the charges cancelled for us.

 

[houdini]

Parking Eye is owned and operated by Capita. There is a great deal of evidence of Capita and their actions, but it is a very lucrative business for DVLA and Crapita. Last year DVLA sold on more than 5 million owners details to companies. Private firms only pay £2.50 for your details. They charge you £80 or more. Online applications for registered keepers details via the Electronic Vehicle Record Inquiries system have gone up 150 per cent since 2006/07. Over that period nearly £37million has been paid to the DVLA for access to 14.6million records.

I do not understand how the DVLA are allowed to do this? You would think all our personal records ie addresses should be confidential. The Data Protection Act seems illogical sometimes, I have found I cannot even deal with utility companies concerning our household bills because the accounts are online and in OH's name!

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[JockandRita]

I do not understand how the DVLA are allowed to do this?

Me neither.

Jock.

 

[wiff2110]

I agree with cliffdale, I ignored my penalty notice and they finally went away. Like he says it's just how brave you are.

 

[Sandie]

Crikey, there are some complicated arrangements out there! Not allowed to step off the car park, having to enter your reg number on leaving.. Whereabouts in the country are these? The most sophisticated one we have around here is Sainsbury's in Matlock, which reads your number plate and the sign obligingly tells you when you can park until. I'd better look more carefully at parking rules in unfamiliar places from now on.

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[DANNI]

Here's an interesting recent article, www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-tickets

 

[Chocy boy]

I have just received a letter from Parking eye saying. " as a gesture of goodwill. parking charge as been cancelled"

 

[Cliffdale]

That's brilliant, I thought unusual as these companies are in it for the money! Great news and worry over!

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[chaser]

Crikey, there are some complicated arrangements out there! Not allowed to step off the car park, having to enter your reg number on leaving.. Whereabouts in the country are these? The most sophisticated one we have around here is Sainsbury's in Matlock, which reads your number plate and the sign obligingly tells you when you can park until. I'd better look more carefully at parking rules in unfamiliar places from now on.

Quite right the only store we have in uttoxeter that charges is Asda and that's only a pound for two hours and they give you that back if you spend five pounds, comes as hell of a shock when we visit other places and have to start looking what and where you have to pay, and all these dire consequences if you fail to find out

 

[Chocy boy]

That's brilliant, I thought unusual as these companies are in it for the money! Great news and worry over!

Cost them money. Two demands with envelopes to send them money. One to cancel charge.

 

[Janine]

Great result!

Just a thought for all of us who use 'free' parking opportunities:

It's probably a good idea to re-read the signs on carparks which you regularly use. Two of the ones we park on have recently changed their rules.

The one in Wellington (Shropshire) requires you to get a ticket from the machine and display it, still giving you 3 hours free parking but obviously they now know when you got there.

The other is Tesco's in Kidderminster which also gives you 3 hours free parking but you now have to into the store, spend a minimum of £5 for which you get a code to enter into a machine before you leave.

Sometimes it's just easier to 'pay and display'!

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[chaser]

Great result!

Just a thought for all of us who use 'free' parking opportunities:

It's probably a good idea to re-read the signs on carparks which you regularly use. Two of the ones we park on have recently changed their rules.

The one in Wellington (Shropshire) requires you to get a ticket from the machine and display it, still giving you 3 hours free parking but obviously they now know when you got there.

The other is Tesco's in Kidderminster which also gives you 3 hours free parking but you now have to into the store, spend a minimum of £5 for which you get a code to enter into a machine before you leave.

Sometimes it's just easier to 'pay and display'!

The only sensible road is get a ticket on the way in and pay for however long you have been there on the way out, on an increasing scale if needbe , but then you would have no parking fines and pay for what you use.
Job finished there and then, no need for cameras or any wardens , except maybe the odd one just in case something goes wrong, no letters nothing, just to simple I suppose and not keeping sharks in employment.

 

[PeteH]

Just another example of "rip-off Britain" then?. The motorist per-se is the biggest "Cash Cow" this country has. The latest idea is to make all vehicle "Electric"!. In a country where we have a 5% short fall most winters, (made up with French Nuclear `lecky)!. And they have closed all the Coal Fired Stations without a "plan B". If this was a Carry on Film it would be hilarious!.

 

[PeteH]

I know it's the Daily Wail, but the legal principle is clear:-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4702178/Nurses-pay-150-000-parking-fines.html

The straight answer here, dont turn up for work en-masse?.

Cant run a hospital (or indeed anything, without staff?.

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