Meadowhall Retail Park car parking megathread

[Cyclone]

Yes I am trying to avoid paying money to who by all accounts are a bunch of scammers.

Thanks for your time, jog on and let the people who are trying to help do just that.

 

What's the scam then, did they trick you into parking where you shouldn't?

[SnailyBoy]

Legally, you may have no obligation to pay the fine, but morally you do.

 

Parking companies and morals, together at last.

[Grandad.Malky]

Rather than thinking £25 is a lot for a couple of hours think about all the times you have got away with parking where you shouldn’t and say :- it’s a fare cop guv.

[alchresearch]

You're obviously the type who has never made a genuine mistake and I take my hat off to you.

 

Nope, just the type who knows that the car park is quite obviously some distance away and belongs to another facillity. Plus I can also see the many signs dotted around the place warning you.

 

Yes, I know it's pretty poor when the retail park is closed, but as long as there are fools who can't read signs then they'll continue to trade and make money from people like you.

[Magilla]

Went to cinema at Centertainment in Sheffield and as usual could not get parked due to the pathetic amount of spaces available. I always check the overflow car park behind the cinema then as usual end up parking next door on the retail car park. I've never been aware of these parking restrictions (don't go the cinema that often) so was surprised to receive the letter with photographic evidence.

 

What does the photographic evidence consist of?

[SnailyBoy]

Maybe if they invoiced for the actual cost of parking against their terms and conditions rather than the customary £25 or more.

 

That would be the moral thing to do.

[Nicesheff]

What does the photographic evidence consist of?

 

It matters not!. No contract exists between the driver and the parking fine firm etc etc.

 

People need to realise this. These "fines" are not fines and therefore unenforceable.

 

Dont listen to people who say you should pay. they just dont understand how these cretins work

[Anarchon]

How do they justify charging £25 pounds when their losses amount to £0? It's a free car park after all. They might as well charge £100 or £1,000 for that matter. The point is, until these private parking companies become fully regulated, then I would argue it's morally right to completely ignore their unreasonable demands for money. I had a demand from one of these companies for £150 for having overstayed in a 75 min free car park by 15 mins. How does 15 mins worth of free parking add up to £150 worth of losses? Don't pay and don't respond back to them either. They will traet you as a hooked fish. They will send a number of threatogramms, they will involve one of their debt collecting friends (who is usually just the person sitting at the next desk), however, they will go away eventually if you simply ignore them. Just persevere. It is also 99.999999% unlikely that they will take you to court.

[Lockjaw]

Legally, you may have no obligation to pay the fine, but morally you do.

 

Do you believe the company to be morally justified in charging £25 for his misdemeanor?

 

If so, please explain how you arrive at £25 as a suitable charge, rather than, for instance, £2.50 or £300.

[Lockjaw]

So why is it wrong for them to have fined you for parking somewhere you wasn't meant to?

 

Because they are not legally entitled to issue fines.