thieving council spoilt birthday

[harrytool]

Exeter city council are robbing cheating bastards!
went out for my birthday on sat and got a £100 parking ticket !
when I parked up I read the sign it said in big writing with a yellow background parking permit holders only 8am till 6.30 pm after 6.30 pm free Parked up at 7.30!
went in had Chinese all you can eat !! came out about 8.45 had a ticket 5 cars parked there 3 more also had ticket !
went up and looked at the sign again under the parking permit bit it said non permit holders pay and display after 6.30pm !
the way it was written was like it was free after 6.30 nothing short of decetfull cheating on the councils behalf,
It was written in such a way that it was deliberately done to catch you out! it did me and the others !
it is the first ticket I have had any one else been done?

[Pieface]

Christ, aren't parking tickets usually like £30?

[Chris_O]

yeh ive had a couple of £30 tickets before, never knew you could get £100 ones!

They will try and get money out of you for anything mate

[harrytool]

Christ, aren't parking tickets usually like £30?

I had so much to write I forgot to add that I can have a discount !!
if paid in 7 days £50 ! to add I could have parked 50 ft away for free !!!!

[Dom]

Firstly, does it say a PARKING FINE or a PARKING CHARGE, it makes alot of difference, Lidl car park give me a PARKING CHARGE, but I didn't pay it, and its not legally binding by the government or whatever, was some advice off a nice lady at the Citizens Advice place..

And secondly, Should have gone to specsavers. :y:

[evans1089]

do a runner fuck it lol

[saxokid100]

Christ, aren't parking tickets usually like £30?

yer there £30 up our way thank god:fcuk::y:

[SaxBuild]

Refuse it, they have to prove who the driver was. As all parking tickets are fined against the driver and not the car.

[SAXOSi]

a.) I doubt it was deliberatly written to catch you.
b.) If you read the sign properly you wouldn't of got fined, which you've obviously read properly now you've got a ticket.
c.) Pay up, shut up, they didnt ruin your birthday, you did by parking up and not paying

[Saxo-SX]

yer there £30 up our way thank god:fcuk::y:

£25 up here:fcuk:

......£50 if not paid in 2 weeks though

[Saxo-SX]

Refuse it, they have to prove who the driver was. As all parking tickets are fined against the driver and not the car.

Surely everyone would get away with it if this was true?

[mattygoulding]

i got one other week for pretty much same reson they need to be more clear the signs grrrrrr they must get paid on commision

[luke1988]

if it's not in a council car park or issued by the council/local authorities then you don't have to pay it i don't think.

failing that, skip the country and live life as a fugitive in the Algarve

[gouldy87]

lollz.