Boycie Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 What if you cover your number plate up, can you park there then? Asking for a member friend of 21 years. GB SPORTS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 7 hours ago, cannable said: Don’t pay, Civil not Criminal law. They’re not gonna take a few hundred of you to court. That's the spirit. Serves 'em right for owning their own customer car park so close to a football stadium! Who do they think they are! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Boycie said: What if you cover your number plate up, can you park there then? Asking for a member friend of 21 years. I ain't covering mine up. It's a private plate, in my own name, and it wasn't cheap. OK, I had to change my name by deed poll first (More expense!). Regards, LM10 OYV JoetheRam and Boycie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Yep. New signs now up around Costco Car Park (As per the OP, stating "Major Event Days" or some such wording, as opposed to "Matchdays"), and one at the main entrance stating "CCTV in operation". (Didn't use the rear entrance/exit on this occasion). Must admit, in the excitement, I failed to notice any actual cameras! ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said: Yep. New signs now up around Costco Car Park (As per the OP, stating "Major Event Days" or some such wording, as opposed to "Matchdays"), and one at the main entrance stating "CCTV in operation". (Didn't use the rear entrance/exit on this occasion). Must admit, in the excitement, I failed to notice any actual cameras! ? Mucker1884 and Hans Datdo-Dishes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I hope they pick up a punch, I saw one customer swing a punch at another customer, I said to him why did you do that, He said he was swatting a fly...I know what I saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammie1884 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_chop Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 It's not a fine It's a parking charge. If you deliberately park there then pay up, if not then put it in the bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boycie Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Unlucky Alf said: I hope they pick up a punch, I saw one customer swing a punch at another customer, I said to him why did you do that, He said he was swatting a fly...I know what I saw Wouldn’t have been a single fly, not in Costco, it would have been a 100 pack of flies. ThePrisoner, Hans Datdo-Dishes, Mick Brolly and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 10 hours ago, cannable said: Don’t pay, Civil not Criminal law. They’re not gonna take a few hundred of you to court. Urban myth. By using the car park you are agreeing to the terms posted up and you will lose in court if you ignore any charge imposed. GB SPORTS, Ram-Alf and GboroRam 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Grumpy Git said: Urban myth. By using the car park you are agreeing to the terms posted up and you will lose in court if you ignore any charge imposed. Agreed... but only if they can be bothered to take things that far. I'd imagine taking "A few hundred" to court "en masse" to be very worthwhile for them, both from a financial point of view, and also to get the message across to others/in future? ?♂️ Edited August 18, 2022 by Mucker1884 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Git Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 If everyone in the country could be arsed to park properly for just one month, the sharks who run these rip-off charges would all go bankrupt. I do like to park my Range Rover in two bays tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said: Agreed... but only if they can be bothered to take things that far. I'd imagine taking "A few hundred" to court "en masse" to be very worthwhile for them, both from a financial point of view, and also to get the message across to others/in future? ?♂️ Costco will not be the people that takes this to court, Parking Eye will, They will hound you until deaths door, Costco as the owner has the say if one needs to be cancelled, All monies go to Parking Eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mucker1884 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 34 minutes ago, Unlucky Alf said: Costco will not be the people that takes this to court, Parking Eye will, They will hound you until deaths door, Costco as the owner has the say if one needs to be cancelled, All monies go to Parking Eye I never mentioned Costco. I used the term "they" to infer whoever runs the parking (Be that Parking Eye, or a.n. other similar company, as I'm not sure who it is). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 minute ago, Mucker1884 said: I never mentioned Costco. I used the term "they" to infer whoever runs the parking (Be that Parking Eye, or a.n. other similar company, as I'm not sure who it is). With you not mentioning Costco...I did, As you are/were not aware of who runs the system you have now been informed...it's...wait for it... Parking Eye...HTH Mucker1884 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CornwallRam Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 53 minutes ago, Mucker1884 said: Agreed... but only if they can be bothered to take things that far. I'd imagine taking "A few hundred" to court "en masse" to be very worthwhile for them, both from a financial point of view, and also to get the message across to others/in future? ?♂️ My understanding is that to enforce a parking charge through the courts, they have to be able to show that they have materially lost out by you parking there. That actually makes most of these things unenforceable. The problem is though, unauthorised match day parking could easily prevent customers parking there and thus affect Costco's footfall. Costco could show that they have lost out quite easily, so I reckon they (Parking Eye) would win these cases. Mucker1884 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Some stores are quite strict about leaving the car park on foot (presumably to shop somewhere else). Some years ago our local B&Q slapped a penalty on a women who had nipped across the road to pick something up from another shop, having just ordered about £4 grands worth of kitchen furniture. Needless to say she cancelled the order as they refused to back down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodley Ram Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 18 hours ago, B4ev6is said: Mate that nrothing new never been allowed to park therefore days unless your having tiers done but dad done that in the past and they gave him a letter to stick on his car explaining that having work done on it. is that tiers from heaven or tiers from costco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodley Ram Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 27 minutes ago, CornwallRam said: My understanding is that to enforce a parking charge through the courts, they have to be able to show that they have materially lost out by you parking there. That actually makes most of these things unenforceable. The problem is though, unauthorised match day parking could easily prevent customers parking there and thus affect Costco's footfall. Costco could show that they have lost out quite easily, so I reckon they (Parking Eye) would win these cases. That's not true, they just need to show that they have signage to show the rules for parking. The case law around this is to do with NCP carparks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram-Alf Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 23 minutes ago, Woodley Ram said: That's not true, they just need to show that they have signage to show the rules for parking. The case law around this is to do with NCP carparks More info here https://www.parkingcowboys.co.uk/parking-eye/ GB SPORTS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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