TK Maxx Parking Fine.

[Mudgie]

No, but I do think it's a two way street and I am completely opposed to heavy handed private parking companies that twist and turn, like a twisty-turny thing, in order to extract petty pseudo fines for minor infringements that don't impact on the businesses trading on the site.

It's one thing having a time limit rule, but a rule that states that the driver cannot leave the site (but the passengers apparently can) is petty beyond belief and I'm happy to support anyone caught up by such a rule.

"It's one thing having a time limit rule" but even one for half an hour would allow Stafford motorists to fill most of the spaces for "just popped in to Devils Bottlehouse" or other nearby off site businesses which definitely would "impact on the businesses trading on the site".
It's a private car park and it's up to businesses trading on the site to decide how it is managed, and doing their best to maintain spaces for THEIR customers must be their main interest.

 

[The Hawk]

It's a private car park and it's up to businesses trading on the site to decide how it is managed, and doing their best to maintain spaces for THEIR customers must be their main interest.

If you look into this, you will find that it's not businesses trading on the site that decide how it is managed.

 

[Mudgie]

If you look into this, you will find that it's not businesses trading on the site that decide how it is managed.

Then I expect that businesses trading on the site will appoint a company to manage the car park and that if they're not satisfied with how that's done they'll appoint a different one.

 

[airbusA346]

If you look into this, you will find that it's not businesses trading on the site that decide how it is managed.

They would complain to the landlord about their being no/limited spaces for their customers due to people using it to shop elsewhere and as a result the landlord appoints a parking enforcement company to manage the car park.

This is why the majority of private car parks in Stafford now have ANPR fitted (Madford, Tenpin, The Range, Dunelm, Kingsmead, Hough), because people park there and walk to other shop/into the town centre.

 

[Mudgie]

They would complain to the landlord about their being no/limited spaces for their customers due to people using it to shop elsewhere and as a result the landlord appoints a parking enforcement company to manage the car park.

This is why the majority of private car parks in Stafford now have ANPR fitted (Madford, Tenpin, The Range, Dunelm, Kingsmead, Hough), because people park there and walk to other shop/into the town centre.

Yes indeed. For "businesses trading on the site will appoint a company to manage the car park" I should have posted "the landlord of businesses trading on the site will appoint a company to manage the car park" as presumably they are leased properties.

 

[DoggedWalker]

They will have proof you left the site. That car park owner/management use a physical attendant who watched the people who arrive.

Try the appeal based on inadequate signage or similar. There are quite prescriptive rules around signage that essentially mean most car parks don’t comply. It needs to be clearly visible from the car, it needs to be displayed in a manner that could be seen from exits (vehicle & pedestrian).

I actually really dislike this system of penalty charging that has become so common but commuters who use the train seemingly dump their cars wherever they can and as close as they can to the station so it’s an unfortunate necessity

 

[Gramaisc]

I actually really dislike this system of penalty charging that has become so common but commuters who use the train seemingly dump their cars wherever they can and as close as they can to the station so it’s an unfortunate necessity

When charging for parking at the hospital started, one of the claims made was that people were driving there in individual vehicles, meeting up and then driving to paid parking in the town in one of them, leaving the others there all day.

 

[Glam]

I actually really dislike this system of penalty charging that has become so common but commuters who use the train seemingly dump their cars wherever they can and as close as they can to the station so it’s an unfortunate necessity

This is one of the reasons we have resident permits in Castletown. People would just park up and go away on their hollibobs for a fortnight or so. Never mind those of us who live here and struggled to find somewhere to park.

 

[proactive]

When charging for parking at the hospital started, one of the claims made was that people were driving there in individual vehicles, meeting up and then driving to paid parking in the town in one of them, leaving the others there all day.

Ah, those heady days when there was something in town for groups of people to go to on a regular basis.

 

[Gramaisc]

Ah, those heady days when there was something in town for groups of people to go to on a regular basis.

The word was that they were going to the station to commute and just paying to park the one car there.

 

[proactive]

The word was that they were going to the station to commute and just paying to park the one car there.

Ah, those heady days when people used to commute...

 

[staffordjas]

They will have proof you left the site. That car park owner/management use a physical attendant who watched the people who arrive.

The attendant used to follow me across the carpark as I walked home from town and popped into Poundstretcher en-route. He'd look most disapponted when I came back out and carried on walking instead of heading for a car on the carpark each time.

 

[c0tt0nt0p]

You could almost turn it into a "bait the attendant" game !!

 

[Gramaisc]

You could almost turn it into a "bait the attendant" game !!

Somebody on here must have a twin surely?

But triplets would be even better.

 

[gilesjuk]

This is one of the reasons we have resident permits in Castletown. People would just park up and go away on their hollibobs for a fortnight or so. Never mind those of us who live here and struggled to find somewhere to park.

They did it with the Royal Mail car park too. You'd get there at 7am and there would be cars there and nobody in the collection office.

Also, if K P Abbot is a real name, then they'll find this thread with a bit of searching.

 

[Noah]

then they'll find this thread with a bit of searching.

But they might not need to. Some members or some of the significant number of "visitors" to the forum might actually be employees of the parking company.

 

[Gramaisc]

But they might not need to. Some members or some of the significant number of "visitors" to the forum might actually be employees of the parking company.

Phew, just as well that I haven't revealed how you can leave the site without going out of the obvious entrances/exits....

 

[joshua]

Updated pic.

 

[Mudgie]

Got caught parking there, and not using any of the shops... Is there any wiggle room to get out of it?

Nearly fourteen days now.
Have you paid up yet ?

 

[Theresa Green]

Q 1

The SBC parking peoples who patrol the car parks in ( for example ) South Walls , can they ticket vehicles parked on doubled yellow lines etc?

Q 2

Are there any actual traffic wardens in the town?

Q 3

Can PCSO’s ticket cars unlawfully parked on the Queen’s Highway

Asking for a scheming bastard

Yours

Chris Spedding