JRVanillaBear

I think you need to cough up else they can and will take you to court now.

 

A couple of weeks ago you could have binned it (when did this happen incidentally?), but not now.

 

Whilst they can now take you to court to recover costs, I also believe that they now have to prove that their charges are justified. They can't just say 'that'll be £100 please' in court because there's no way any magistrate will agree that this incident cost the operators anything close to that amount of money. At the implied rate of £6 per hour the OP would owe them £1.10. I suggest the OP offers them this in writing because I suspect they know that they'll never get £100 out of him if it goes to court (which I think should be avoided if possible). The phone call logs should prove that the OP had full intention of paying for the parking, but for various reasons was unable to and so left the car park never having parked or attempted to avoid paying. If you can prove that beyond reasonable doubt then you owe them £1.10 for the time you spent on their property (even that's dubious as you never used a parking space for its intended purpose) and nothing more.

 

DB

+1 ... Don't pay! That's what they want and how they make there money!

I had a similar incident happen to me (I say similar but it probably isn't)

I parked in a car park that I thought was public and free as, upon entry, there were no signs to pay. I then went out with the GF and spent the day in Lemington Spa. We then caught a late film and returned to the car about 1am.

At this point we found that the exit that we came out of was closed and locked. I was like Huh?

So we walked round and found the entrance where I drove in ... This was also locked. At which point I was like ... F********K!!!

Then I found an unlocked gate and inside here was a room with machines to pay for a 'leaving credit' to leave the carpark (through an exit at the back of the car park, I had not driven past it so didn't even know it was there!). Above this was a sign saying that the car park closed at 11pm and that to be released after this time would cost £100 plus a £50 call out charge to get the gates unlocked.

So begrudgingly I called the number and said I needed letting out.

As I was sat waiting in my car another car pulled round infront of us, drove up to the exit, the exit opened automatically and they drove out, I was like ... WTF? So I tried driving up to it ... Nothing.

I then parked near the exit, idling, with the hope of someone else leaving and thinking I would just tailgate them.

LUCKILY .... Someone did drive out and I managed to sneak out behind them (after about 20 mins of waiting).

I then called the company and said I didn't need anyone to let me out and they said okay and then shouted out 'Tim, don't bother!! He don't need letting out' ... So the B**tards hadn't even left!! Haha!

Anyway, they never did chase me up for any money or anything like that ... I was lucky I guess!

Good night!

Brilliant Pics!

Nice to meet some members too!

Meet at valley park in croydon (purely way) at 10pm to move off at 10.30pm?

I will meet you there as I am coming from Essex!

What time you aiming to get there?

Did any of you guys go in the end?

I popped down around 11pm ... It was locked down! Could walk past but on the otherside of the road and all I could see were Police cars and more police cars. Probably about 20 / 30 cop cars there?

Didn't see anything, couldn't hear anything. Lots of people there but none of them were doing anything.

pointless!

Sounds good, should be there.

I've been here a few times before, could be interested in it. Might even drag the bird with me!

 

More the merrier mate! If the tunnel gets a bit crammed we can always scoot over the road the millenium wheel and a few other locations too

 

Sounds good, my Fez doesn't take up much room anyway haha!

 

what sort of Fez?? i had a Mk 6.5 ST. was a lovely car. was on the forum too.

Nothing special I'm afraid. Got a MK7 Zetec. No mods at all as I got it on finance ... Was good at the time as I was having trouble with all the cheap second hand cars I was getting.

Looking forward to chopping it in soon though!

Can't even remember using IE ... Like ever?

On Chrome currently, switch to Firefox if I want to rip stuff from Youtube as it has some pretty nice addins.

I've never heard anyone say ... 'I use opera' haha!

I've been here a few times before, could be interested in it. Might even drag the bird with me!

 

More the merrier mate! If the tunnel gets a bit crammed we can always scoot over the road the millenium wheel and a few other locations too

Sounds good, my Fez doesn't take up much room anyway haha!

I've been here a few times before, could be interested in it. Might even drag the bird with me!

Do you have any of your passwords or your phone numbers stored on your PC?

Probably best to get a new PC (or rebuild your current one), change your number and passwords and then see what happens, chances are you probably have some spyware or malware that's tracking your key strokes.

Something tells me it is literally just a kludge!

It looks to be a combination of a Volkswagen in the middle, a Porsche in the front, and a Mitsubishi in the back.

Ladies and gentlemen: the Vorschmitwagen...bishi.

Anyone automatically think ...

'Mr. Bean'?

I went from a 1.4 Fabia to a zed. Absolutely love it. I also had the luxury of time when buying mine but eventually went back and bought one of the first ones I looked at.

 

Don't rush, hold out for a good one and you will love it.

Thanks for the advice!

You could always go White Calipers?

Never see that ... Don't know how dirty they would get but it would deffo be different!

GLWTS ...

Why did it have to have a new exhaust? What exhaust is it?

Any shots of the interior?

What upgrades does it have?

Cheers

Any pictures of the interior?

That rear end?

Thanks for all the Welcomes guys!

I'm glad that the one thing I have on my side is time at the moment, it means I can really think about what I want from my Zed before I buy it (& maybe even start buying a few mods before I get it, starting obviously with the Stubby ariel! Haha)

I'm looking forward to the power increase most of all

& all the looks! haha!

Just thought I would introduce myself.

I currently drive a 60 Plate Ford Fiesta 1.4 Zetec.

I plan on upgrading to a Zed as I think they look amazing (a thought that has been re-enforced by looking through the forum)

You probably won't hear much from me for a while but when I buy my Zed I will probably have a few questions!

However, if I do see something worthwhile, I will post!

Nice to meet you all.