Jed D
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...at superstores. i.e asda were i work 
we went in as customers to do our shopping and finally found a space... two infact (well 1 and a half) as the car that WAS beside me was over the line about a foot or so. so i parked over the 1 and a half spaces that we're left to avoid bumping their car and to avoid getting mine bumped. came out and the elderly lady who was on car park shift was writing me a ticket out... i explained nicely please dont... all the usual... come on i work here man bollocks, but she carried on writing it. so i literately chucked the shopping in the boot and drove off not giving her chance to stick the sticker on
no doubt il get wrong when im in on shift tonight but what the hey...
iv had a couple of other parking tickets in the past... 1 i disputed and claimed they hadn't observed my car long enough, which i ended up getting off with
iv also HEARD (off a few people including colleges) that asda actually have no legal rites to fine you, its more so to scare you and 90 odd % pay up, is this true and what would you do in my situation?
obviously dont park over two spaces i know but that was my only option
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flybikeslee
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nothing will come of it
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Jed D
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just been reading up a few iv found via google and the first 4 or 5 iv read are all saying the same thing... ITS A LOAD OF BULLSHIT!! dont pay... i will apparently get 1 letter asking to pay £25 then later a 2nd saying a £10 admin fee have been added including a 14 day deadline before it goes to a debt collecting company, which is also bull!!
any more confirmation on this will be great 
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Gary
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Mrs got one from KFC.
Ignored it and it went away
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sc0ott
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Get a hold of the CCTV footage and send them a copy. Surely the car next to you would have received a ticket as well.
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willay
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Anything other than a Police/Council ticket is not worth a wank, its a invoice between the company and the driver IIRC. Just ignore it.
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Jed D
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cheers lads. iv also been onto the citizens advice and their saying the same thing... fair enough i was in the wrong for parking over the line and its still my fault even though the car next to me was (which didn't get a ticket cos the inspectors a fat bloater that couldn't get there quick enough )
she didn't actually stick the sticker on my car which is the legal binding document and the company PPC is a load of dog muck
just hope i dont get wrong when i go in for shift tonight 
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Butler
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Never pay one unless its from the council, ignore the reminders
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Jed D
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cheers
for some further info on council ones for peoples future reference - you can get off with them if they haven't observed your car for the correct amount of time if its a pay and display zone.
got off with that one before 
[Edited on 23-02-2012 by Jed D]
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nathy_87
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You work there, take it to your boss let him deal with it.
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Ben G
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i got one before when i worked at scummerfields.
i just told the bloke it was my car and he cancelled it for me.
we weren't supposed to park up there though. asda auperstore is a bit different as they usually have about 20,000 spaces. i think you'll be fine.
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sc0ott
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You better hope will doyle doesnt send them the picture
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Originally posted by will_doyle
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Jed D
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corsa-torque
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
Anything other than a Police/Council ticket is not worth a wank, its a invoice between the company and the driver IIRC. Just ignore it.
SPOT ON
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Butler
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Also, if your car has more than one person on the insurance policy, they could never prove who parked the car without photographic evidence which they wouldnt have anyway so its impossible to charge anyone legally.
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Mertin
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I had this with a travelodge car park, few photocopied letters saying il be in court in x amount of weeks and nothing came off it.
If in doubt google for pepipoo forums and have a look on there
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Jake
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what do you mean dont get wrong
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stan_the_man
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Parking tickets at ASDA?? Move to Scotland Where we haven't heard of such tomfoolery!
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AlunJ
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not worth the paper it's printed on
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LeeM
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bin it, i got clamped once and cut the fucker off. police had a good laugh with me when they came to collect it
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Mertin
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quote:
Originally posted by stan_the_man
Parking tickets at ASDA?? Move to Scotland Where we haven't heard of such tomfoolery!
Aldi do it up here, halfords have someone as well and saw signs at tesco saying its in force. Allowed 2 hours free parking, to stop people parking there all day for work or going into town
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John
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Both local asda's here do it.
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davo18
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you dont have to pay that happend to my mate and his lass looked into it and it turned out you are not obliged to pay it, just some people dont look into it and just pay so they dont get hasstle
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sc0ott
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When going into edinburgh city centre i park a few miles away in a retail park carpark and get a train which takes 2 mins. Never had a ticket yet and i do this all the time.
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Stuart H
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quote:
Originally posted by stan_the_man
Parking tickets at ASDA?? Move to Scotland Where we haven't heard of such tomfoolery!
Happens in morrisons up here as well , mrs works in there and has to have a gold star stuck to her interior mirror so she doesnt get a fine
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