go outdoors car park

[Bennett]

the mrs has just got a ticket for breaching the terms and conditions displayed for this car park, as apparently we were there for 2.5hours (her family love to faff, and we had a few of them with us).

anyone know of a way to get around this? it seems a bit cunty to get charged a penalty when we were shopping

[STFC_Chris]

My mate had one last month in the same car park. He spoke to the manager and explained we'd spent £100 in his shop and he waived the fee.

[Bennett]

ahhh good! i'll get her to try that, hopefully common sense will prevail again

[ronnie21]

I am not sure they can legally charge you anyway, I am sure that got changed when the bill regarding cowboy clampers became law.  It is an invitation to pay at the end of the day, but it will mean hassle I am afraid - I do know Tesco has had a problem trying to enforce overstaying charges!

[Batch]

Yeah, please do your own research but I doubt its legally enforceable. You could just ignore it, but you'll probably get the normal threatening letters re: bayliffs etc....which are usually idle threats.

In any case agree with whoever said speak to the store, it seem the less hassle route/best for peace of  mind.

There is a reply from go outdoors here:

http://www.reviewcentre.com/Online-Sporting-Goods-Shops/GO-Outdoors-www-gooutdoors-co-uk-review_1900291

In any case a couple of websites that may e able to give specific advice if Go Outdoors are unhelpful:

http://forums.pepipoo.com/
http://www.consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?88-Parking-Traffic-Offences

and a similar forum  here:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-tickets

[Sippo]

I've had one before and just ignored it. They send letters but just bin them. It can't legally be enforced and I'm not sure they can get info from the dvla.

[Bewster]

Ignore it. Its the legal equivalent of some one parking on your driveway and you charging them £100 to do so.

[Arriba]

 Go in the shop,shout and scream at the manager. Will probably get it sorted and you can let off some steam.

[kaufman]

The adverts are the top of these forum pages are quite clever.

There's a Go outdoors advert when i clicked on this thread.

A Wonga advert on the season tickets sales thread

Gary Roberts thread has a Great Value deals advert on his. (can't get everything right i guess)

[WR5]

 I just got let off a ticket charge after phoning the management company of the retail park and having a moan,
 5 minutes later the parking bastards had rang me to say how sorry they were I had been ticketed.

[DMR]

Go in the shop,shout and scream at the manager. Will probably get it sorted and you can let off some steam.

I think most managers would then take great pleasure in not waiving it and telling the customer to go and fuck themselves

[yeo]

The adverts are the top of these forum pages are quite clever.

There's a Go outdoors advert when i clicked on this thread.

A Wonga advert on the season tickets sales thread

Gary Roberts thread has a Great Value deals advert on his. (can't get everything right i guess)

why are you getting adverts?

[Arriba]

I think most managers would then take great pleasure in not waiving it and telling the customer to go and fuck themselves

well it works for me.

[sonicyouth]

well it works for me.

you probably look a lot scarier than bennett.

[kaufman]

you get adverts on here when you're not logged in it seems.