My husband received a parking charge at a private unmanned car park. The reason given was an overstay. My husband bought a ticket for four hours. The vehicle registration number is entered at the machine when obtaining a ticket. We decided to stay longer so another ticket was purchased prior to the first one expiring. The car park terms and conditions allow for extra ticket purchases during a stay. We left in good time before the second ticket expired.
The vehicle was photographed on entry to the private road leading to the car park and the time of arrival was logged at this point. The vehicle is also photographed at point of exit. There were two other vehicles with our party and they have both received charges for not purchasing tickets within a ten minutes timeframe. This is despite them purchasing tickets within ten minutes of parking up.
Some reading has shown that this car park has a reputation and thousands of motorists have received charges.
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My husband thinks that we should just pay the fine despite fully paying for the time spent at the car park. He thinks that too much energy will be wasted with challenging it. He’s worried about extra costs too. It seems unfair and I don’t like the idea of this company gaining when we have done nothing wrong.