Tesco & the Euro Car Parks scam

Murt10

Nice little earner for Euro Car Parks and Tesco.

Earlier today I came back to my car in Roselawn car park. Under the wiper was a document in a clear plastic bag.

The document was called a Parking Charge Notice:eek:

The offence I was guilty of was " Not parking within a marked bay" (which is true).

The "ticket" told me that I was required (by who and with what authority, it doesn't say) to pay a Parking Charge of E50, if I paid within 21 days or E30, if I paid within 14 days.

It then went on to list the ways I could pay the fine

1. by phone

2. Over the internet or

3. I could send Euro car parks a cheque


The "ticket" continues that if I don't pay the fine, my details could be requested from the VRLI. No idea of who they are. Google suggesting either Virtual Reality Laboratories Inc. or Virtual Reality Laboratory Incorporated.

I think they mean to imply, or want me to believe, that they will seek my details from the Department of Transport in Shannon, whose records have no authority to request, although I suppose, they can request the details, they just won't be forthcoming.

They then proceed to threaten me that if I don't pay the fine, that they will pass my details on to a third party for collection, and I will also have to pay an administrative charge.

Just imagine Martin "The Viper" Foley turning up at your front door. A bill for E50 fine in one hand and a bill for an E250 administration fee in the other.

If even 1 in 10 people pay the fine, imagine the amount of money Euro Car Parks they must be scamming.

Tescos, the owners of the centre, should be ashamed of themselves allowing poor, uneducated or naive people being taken advantage of in this way.

Having said that, with the way Tesco's is run they are probably getting a cut of the illegal "fines". With the way their share price is gone, they need every cent they can get.

It's just not fair Joe. The Government should do something about it.:D:D:D

Seanie_H

Murt10 wrote: »

Nice little earner for Euro Car Parks and Tesco.

Earlier today I came back to my car in Roselawn car park. Under the wiper was a document in a clear plastic bag.

The document was called a Parking Charge Notice:eek:

The offence I was guilty of was " Not parking within a marked bay" (which is true).

The "ticket" told me that I was required (by who and with what authority, it doesn't say) to pay a Parking Charge of E50, if I paid within 21 days or E30, if I paid within 14 days.

It then went on to list the ways I could pay the fine

1. by phone

2. Over the internet or

3. I could send Euro car parks a cheque


The "ticket" continues that if I don't pay the fine, my details could be requested from the VRLI. No idea of who they are. Google suggesting either Virtual Reality Laboratories Inc. or Virtual Reality Laboratory Incorporated.

I think they mean to imply, or want me to believe, that they will seek my details from the Department of Transport in Shannon, whose records have no authority to request, although I suppose, they can request the details, they just won't be forthcoming.

They then proceed to threaten me that if I don't pay the fine, that they will pass my details on to a third party for collection, and I will also have to pay an administrative charge.

Just imagine Martin "The Viper" Foley turning up at your front door. A bill for E50 fine in one hand and a bill for an E250 administration fee in the other.

If even 1 in 10 people pay the fine, imaging the amount of money Euro Car Parks they must be scamming.

Tescos, the owners of the centre, should be ashamed of themselves allowing poor, uneducated or naive people being taken advantage of in this way.

Having said that, with the way Tesco's is run they are probably getting a cut of the illegal "fines". With the way their share price is gone, they need every cent they can get.

It's just not fair Joe. The Government should do something about it.:D:D:D

I wouldn't have thought that had anything to do with Tesco or Euro Parks. Did you go in and talk to Tesco about it? Does not sound legit at all.

That's my instinct only, maybe you know better but didn't think Euro Parks had anything to do with Rose Lawn.

Wanderer78

ignore and move on!

webpal

Park properly next time

dodzy

webpal wrote: »

Park properly next time

Ah, here they come :rolleyes:

I'm gonna pop down today and park sideways, just for the craic like.

January

Seanie_H wrote: »

I wouldn't have thought that had anything to do with Tesco or Euro Parks. Did you go in and talk to Tesco about it? Does not sound legit at all.

That's my instinct only, maybe you know better but didn't think Euro Parks had anything to do with Rose Lawn.

Euro Car Parks do actually look after Roselawn car park. There are big yellow signs all over the place.

ThisRegard

Tescos, the owners of the centre, should be ashamed of themselves allowing poor, uneducated or naive people being taken advantage of in this way.

What, no vulnerable elderly people included in your list? What's the world coming to.

I would think most people in your little list there know how to park though.

Larbre34

Simple, don't ever return.

It seems strange though, there are always loads of motors badly parked in Roselawn SC, ive never seen anyone attempt to do anything about it.

PixelTrawler

I shop there a bit and ive seen a guy go around with a handheld machine taking reg plates. So its definitely being managed.

I also got done myself for a PCN in scotland last year for similar. In that case there was a website to look at which had a picture of my car where it was parked (in that case it was a local council car park)

Was there anything on the ticket about a website to get further details?

Del2005

PixelTrawler wrote: »

I shop there a bit and ive seen a guy go around with a handheld machine taking reg plates. So its definitely being managed.

I also got done myself for a PCN in scotland last year for similar. In that case there was a website to look at which had a picture of my car where it was parked (in that case it was a local council car park)

Was there anything on the ticket about a website to get further details?

Different country so different laws. The only thing that they can do is ban the OP from parking there and they might clamp them if they do, but since the notice has no legal status they'd be on dodgy ground if they do clamp the OP providing the OP is parked correctly.

rolion

Not sure related to Tesco and parking company...but can I beg the to come over for few days and check the status of parking in Ongar Village !?
Beside cars and vans with logos been parked with no respect to passengers or other driver ,today some driver parked his new jeep directly in the front of the entrance door in Dunes. Took a photo and asked the management in the store what's going on ,they said that they hates the situation but out of their control.

So... Euro Car Park ...can you come to Ongar as well ,please !?

Thanks.

AlanG

rolion wrote: »

Not sure related to Tesco and parking company...but can I beg the to come over for few days and check the status of parking in Ongar Village !?
Beside cars and vans with logos been parked with no respect to passengers or other driver ,today some driver parked his new jeep directly in the front of the entrance door in Dunes. Took a photo and asked the management in the store what's going on ,they said that they hates the situation but out of their control.

So... Euro Car Park ...can you come to Ongar as well ,please !?

Thanks.

Tyrrelstown shopping centre has the same problem - no parking controls so a few morons make it dangerous and inconvenient for the majority who park in bays. Tesco seem to have the right balance.

ThisRegard

You get the gardai ticketing the lazy ****s who park outside the shops rather than in the spaces there, I've seen it before. And I was talking to the girls in the chemist one afternoon as we watched some guy almost have his door removed as he parked outside the door and opened in into the path of a car, they said tickets are issued regularly enough.

amtc

It's a pain. The guy goes round with handheld scanner and max stay on two hours.

So I spent 20 mins in tesco and went to get my hair coloured...two hours....receptionist went and moved my car but of course wasn't insured!

beauf

amtc wrote: »

...he guy goes round with handheld scanner and max stay on two hours...

I have never seen this in that car park. In Roselawn?

Cathmandooo

A relative of mine parked for twenty minutes one morning in Roselawn and ended up going back in the afternoon to pick something else up in the shops, presumably in a different spot. Got a ticket for parking longer than the 2 hours allowed as they assumed the car was there all day. The ticket went in the bin and nothing further happened. This was a few years ago now.

If they want to be serious about monitoring it they at least need to paint numbers on the parking spaces.

beauf

beauf wrote: »

I have never seen this in that car park. In Roselawn?

I'll answer my own question. there was guy there today, very keen.

RustyNut

beauf wrote: »

I'll answer my own question. there was guy there today, very keen.

Anyone up for a bad parking flash mob?

KGLady

beauf wrote: »

I'll answer my own question. there was guy there today, very keen.

Aye I thought of this thread when seeing him yesterday and had a little grin. However, I then saw him run over to stop a driver who parked right outside the door of Tesco as she was strolling off into the shop and leaving the car basically abandoned in the most obnoxious fashion. Briefly watched an interchange that appeared to be excuses and 'no speak english' arm waving and thought 'fair f*ks rather him than me!' Clearly based on OP admitting parking badly and what I saw yesterday, maybe this carpark needs the monitoring/ticketing

Seth Brundle

I got loads of tickets for parking for over three hours in the overflow car park in Stillorgan. Never paid any of them nor did I ever get stopped from parking there again.
The ironic thing was that I had to park there because the spaces outside our office were taken up by shoppers!

beauf

RustyNut wrote: »

Anyone up for a bad parking flash mob?

No. People park like morons in that car park. Let them be fined.