Yup, 'fraid so. outstayed my welcome on the local Morrisons free car park. I've been using it over 35 years and spent thousands in the place, which is a bit of a dump...but handy. Ex Safeways.
Anyway I hadn't noticed the small signs ' fining ' one for more than 2 hours......tough. The first ' ticket came whilst I was in hospital, wifey told me, panicking. I told her to ignore it, she knew the gen from my previous form. They wanted £85...I bet they did ! 2 weeks later, another one, still £85, nice front and back pictures of the Vitara, with the times shown on these two. They film you in and out, haven't got the bottle to have a man put something on the screen.
Next one, no nice pictures this time, came on "20th March......more threatening...good job I'm not a poor old pensioner !.....oh, just a mo, I am ! Nothing to ignore since then, feeling quite neglected now. A friend got one from the same firm, Parking Eye, a few weeks ago. This time for overstaying somewhere in Uttoxeter and initially for £100. He knows the score as well but we haven't compared notes yet as he's on a cruise atm.
Figures released by the DVLA under the Freedom of Information Act indicate that Parking Eye have made over 900,000 applications for owners details. If you knock a number off for non-payers, I would imagine it still tots up to a chunky bit of money at a minimum of £50 a catch for them, for basically doing nothing ! I wish the DVLA would put their prices up a bit or stop doing it.
Nice work if you can get it.
Ted
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