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[Del Boy]

Evening people,

A good friend of my youngest sons was parked in McDonald's for 124 minutes, there is a limit of 90 minutes in the car park. However he has received a parking ticket for a price of £100! Now I'm not being funny the boy is a hard working so and so, and I don't like the way they're trying to take £100 off of him. Is there anyway I could get this thrown out, or at the very least reduced? I also would like to add, he genuinely did not know about the time limit in the car park, there are boards up, tied to the lamp posts, however as it was dark these aren't very visible at all. Now fair enough he was in there 34 minutes longer than the allocated time, but all of the spaces around him were empty. Any ideas?

[paul.lovejoy]

how do they know he was in there all that time he may have been there went away and then came back sure the idiot that issued the ticket was not there the whole time

or could you argue that he may have broken down but thought as the car park was empty it would not be a problem leaving a not on the window that must have been removed or blew away

[hotel21]

Plenty of info available on the net for such things, without resorting to bar room gossip or 'if it was me' type misinformation that you are likely to get on here, to be honest.

If he really feels aggrieved, consult a solicitor.   

[albitz]

Tell him to ignore all correspondence if its one of those private parking companies (which is what it sounds like) they are completely unenforceable.They try to pressurise people into paying and sometimes it works.

[Del Boy]

how do they know he was in there all that time he may have been there went away and then came back sure the idiot that issued the ticket was not there the whole time

or could you argue that he may have broken down but thought as the car park was empty it would not be a problem leaving a not on the window that must have been removed or blew away

He seems to remember the night in question, he said he was in the car with a woman talking, he's on Camera one coming in and one coming out apparently  .

[the alarming man]

how do they know he was in there all that time he may have been there went away and then came back sure the idiot that issued the ticket was not there the whole time

or could you argue that he may have broken down but thought as the car park was empty it would not be a problem leaving a not on the window that must have been removed or blew away
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most of the mc dees are done on cctv with ANPR...

[Del Boy]

Tell him to ignore all correspondence if its one of those private parking companies (which is what it sounds like) they are completely unenforceable.They try to pressurise people into paying and sometimes it works.

That's excellent, thanks for that Albs 

[Nickbat]

Read this:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3430457 

Any idea what parking company is involved? If so, please post.

[Del Boy]

Fantastic - http://www.ticketfighter.co.uk/private.htm

 

[Del Boy]

MET Parking Services LTD.

Thanks for the link Nick 

[TheBoy]

Guessing he wasn't in McDonalds for 2hrs.  I'm a fat bastard, and even I couldn't do that.

So, from the owners point of view, who is probably on a pittence himself, its private land he/she provides purely for customers to use whilst in the place, and has every right, IMHO, to penalise those who use it to save paying parking elsewhere.  Nobody can say 90m isn't enough time.


Rumour is its probably unenforcible, but you need to seek proper legal advice to confirm, rather than listen to what member's mate's dog's brother's auntie's sister overhead in the pub.

[Del Boy]

Guessing he wasn't in McDonalds for 2hrs.  I'm a fat bastard, and even I couldn't do that.

So, from the owners point of view, who is probably on a pittence himself, its private land he/she provides purely for customers to use whilst in the place, and has every right, IMHO, to penalise those who use it to save paying parking elsewhere.  Nobody can say 90m isn't enough time.


Rumour is its probably unenforcible, but you need to seek proper legal advice to confirm, rather than listen to what member's mate's dog's brother's auntie's sister overhead in the pub.

He was sat in the car eating his food, also I'd like to point out he went through the Drive-thru four times for various bits. He could've parked outside McDonald's which is situated around various car dealerships and not had to pay to park on the road, however he simply just stayed in McDonalds, as he went through the Drive-thru a few times and was sitting there talking. No harm done to anyone, and certainly not worth £100 in my opinion.

[hotel21]

Guessing he wasn't in McDonalds for 2hrs.  I'm a fat bastard, and even I couldn't do that.

So, from the owners point of view, who is probably on a pittence himself, its private land he/she provides purely for customers to use whilst in the place, and has every right, IMHO, to penalise those who use it to save paying parking elsewhere.  Nobody can say 90m isn't enough time.


Rumour is its probably unenforcible, but you need to seek proper legal advice to confirm, rather than listen to what member's mate's dog's brother's auntie's sister overhead in the pub.

He was sat in the car eating his food, also I'd like to point out he went through the Drive-thru four times for various bits. He could've parked outside McDonald's which is situated around various car dealerships and not had to pay to park on the road, however he simply just stayed in McDonalds, as he went through the Drive-thru a few times and was sitting there talking. No harm done to anyone, and certainly not worth £100 in my opinion.

Thats what solicitors are for then....   

[I_want_an_Omega]

Plenty of info available on the net for such things, without resorting to bar room gossip or 'if it was me' type misinformation that you are likely to get on here, to be honest.

If he really feels aggrieved, consult a solicitor.   

Current rate is £220 per hour!

[Nickbat]

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3655153

Someone else got caught in a McDonalds car park by MET...