GreenGiant 287 Posted April 17, 2015 I'm off on my hollibobs this weekend, so only time for a quickie... (ooh matron!) Went in a Pay-and-Display car park this week. All good so far. The charges? 20p for 15mins. 80p for an hour. £1.50 for 2 hours. I scrabbled around the shrapnel pot in the car and found a £1 coin, 1 Euro and 10 US cents. For an experiment, I tried them all. The dime and the Euro were spat out immediately. The £1 coin was accepted and the display told me that I had paid for just 1 hour. I could add another 50p for the second hour if I wanted, but an hour was all I needed. There were no other options. So, there's another one to add to the list of Greedy, Greedy Boys. This car park machine can recognise every foreign coin on the planet, but can't give 20p change. It's sooo depressing when you know you're being ripped off and can do bugger all about it, isn't it?. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Baggott 227 Posted April 20, 2015 Apparently that very case of overcharging is worth millions every year... They're not stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreenGiant 287 Posted April 20, 2015 I knoow, but they work on the assumption that we are. How is it that we have to abide by the 'Treating Customers Fairly' regulations, but the very authorities that are tasked with enforcing those rules (ie local councils) are the ones that are allowed to have our trousers down? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Baggott 227 Posted April 23, 2015 Good point, well made Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
