Oh Dear.....

andyc209 · Post by **andyc209** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 2:21 pm

If you own a blue Y -reg CC in Macclesfield and parked it near Barclays bank at lunchtime, then....

Those traffic wardens are little b*stards aren't they

andyc209 · Post by **andyc209** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 2:23 pm

The Evil Jawa couldn't be ar*ed to save you

Julia · Post by **Julia** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 2:55 pm

Wasn't me but I got a parking ticket on Friday

The 1 time I forget to pay and display! Grrrr at them!

andyc209 · Post by **andyc209** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 2:58 pm

Must be a curse on blue CC drivers then!

Julia · Post by **Julia** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 4:20 pm

Yeah I was not impressed!
Â£50 flipping quid! Its only a poncy little car park too on the complete outskirts of the poncy town I live in!
Ok rant over!

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 8:03 pm

The 1 time I forget to pay and display! Grrrr at them!

Julia - not being funny, but how the hell did you 'forget' to buy a ticket? i mean, its an instinctive reaction surely? i always buy my ticket before i park so i dont have to walk from car to machine and back again! Either that or i make a concious decision not to buy a ticket.

maybe there could be a whip round amongst all the forum members for your fine?

CB · Post by CB » Fri Feb 07, 2003 9:46 pm

I have actually received 2 fines in the same carpark (on different occasions) due to forgetting to buy a ticket. It happened in Oxford and it is quite crafty because there is only one machine and the design of the carpark foot exits is crafty because it takes you nowhere near the machine. Also I was more used to parking in Swindon where you pay on exit. Â£80 wasted.

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Fri Feb 07, 2003 10:11 pm

One of my old workmates once got a ticket for double yellows, then MOVED HIS CAR AND BOUGHT A TICKET IN A CAR PARK!!! I was like, Rob you have bought that space now, leave the car there akll day and get your moneys worth!

Julia · Post by **Julia** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 1:01 am

The 1 time I forget to pay and display! Grrrr at them!
Maybe there could be a whip round amongst all the forum members for your fine?

Sounds good!
The reason I forgot was I was running late for the Chiropractor (I have quite bad back trouble at the moment) and so had my mind set on getting to my appointment. Cheeky f*ckers as I pay my money in that car park three times a week and have done since Christmas. I have appealed with a sob story so I wait and see!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sat Feb 08, 2003 1:42 am

i got an excess ticket once for staying too late as the regional meeting i was at finished late.

it was their fault so i charged it to expenses

others went out during the break to get a longer ticket but i wasn't walking all that way

toot · Post by **toot** » Sun Feb 09, 2003 5:53 am

One of my old workmates once got a ticket for double yellows, then MOVED HIS CAR AND BOUGHT A TICKET IN A CAR PARK!!! I was like, Rob you have bought that space now, leave the car there akll day and get your moneys worth!

Quite agree, you've paid that much, you should stay there. In fact, should be priority over other cars due to the higher fee you've forked out.

The only thing with the buggers now is though that after the clamp.....its the tow. eek!