BananaSplit Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 didnt she state she was in the mcdonalds the whole of the that time? I thought you'd know this seeing as you seem to know everything else about anything posted on here. It's not just me then eh?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purple.sarah Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 I don't see the problem with parking there for 2 hours since you were in Mcdonald's all that time, it's not like you dumped the car there and went somewhere else! I agree with the advice to complaing to Mcdonald's and leave them to deal with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.Rossi Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Not been doing it again have ya Natalie lol... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1757267.ece Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldav Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 She did, indeed. Would you mind answering the question? Whose fault was it that she was parked for more than two hours? Who said it was a fault. She was deliberately there for a reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolli_pop Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Of course they're aware of it. They are the company that instigated a two-hour maximum to prevent people abusing the car park. Unfortunately, as many people on here were so quick to point out, it's unenforceable, and therefore people still abuse the car park. Not so much in your case, as you actually were in McDonalds for more than two hours; but some people park in their car parks in a morning and go to work. Since the car park wasn't "abused" in this case, according to your reasoning, why should the invoice be paid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milquetoast1 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 ohh wait for all the comments about it being your own fault!! Whose fault is it that she parked there for more than two hours? I can't help but think that you are (knowingly) asking the wrong question. The correct question would be "whose fault is it that a customer of McDonalds was issued with a threatening letter demanding a penalty payment for parking in an area designated for McDonalds customers to park?" I would say it was McDonalds. Whilst I appreciate the fact that they might be hacked off by all the non-customers parking there, whenever a business decides to implement a 'system' that is so simplistic that it in turn hacks off genuine customers, and some of them might decide not to return, then it is a business decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemmalee83 Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 The correct question would be "whose fault is it that a customer of McDonalds was issued with a threatening letter demanding a penalty payment for parking in an area designated for McDonalds customers to park?" I would say it was McDonalds. i agree thankyou x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upinwath Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 ohh wait for all the comments about it being your own fault!!, just remember, its an invoice, NOT a fine legally you do NOT have to pay it, and NEVER talk to the company ok!! If he's telling the truth and he was in McCraps all the time, he should moan to the company. It's perfectly reasonable to be there a couple of hours or more for a kids birthday as long as he's not feeding any kids the food. That would be child abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bean55788 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 i have just recieved a letter through my post, it is a £80 parking fine for parking in a mcdonalds carpark for 2 hours, i was all of this time inside the mcdonalds restaurant which is by a srevice station in derby,!it states the time i arrived and the time i left and that i was there for longer than the maximum period! i never saw any signs stating this and as for being there 2 hours we met my mother and father in law there to celebrate our sons 1st birthday and with doing this inside mcdonalds, we was eating inside mcdonaldsand the kids played in the play area provided and my little one opened his presents and took there time eatin there dinner without bein rushed, but had we been aware of this i would have had to rush the kids to eat there dinner etc just because we cant ark for more than 2 hours!!!!! rediculous!!! Dont,Dont, Dont, Dont pay it! they where all over watchdog a few weeks ago they cannot inforce it and they would have to prove you was driving your car anyway which they cannot do. Its only an invoice and like the man on watchdog said 'the best thing to do with this is make it into a little paper aeroplane and throw it out the window!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaFoot Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Of all these people telling the OP not to pay, to ignore the letters, have you actually had a ticket and done that? Saying ignore it and actually ignring it are 2 different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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