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    Excel Parking firm pays £10,240 after losing case, again.
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    Excel Parking firm pays £10,240 after losing case, again.

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    1. Glittering_Copy8907 on

      > We stand by our position that the terms of parking are lawful, reasonable, and unambiguous.

      I hate these companies so so much

    2. PatrickTheSosij on

      They’re all so corrupt. Go look at Zoe Bread tiktok for Manchester SIPs and that some are known to not pay business rates for over 6 years and yet nothing is done by the council.

      There will be someone in derby making a very small bit of money out of these excel car parks

    3. RightSaidJames on

      Rogue parking companies aside, I really like how this article tells you the current situation, then goes on to summarise the whole case history in plain English, including the back and forth of legal arguments in the original court case.

    4. Fraenkelbaum on

      It really feels like the parking model for large operators is to set conditions that some nonzero proportion of drivers will inevitably fail to meet, then try to extort them for as much as possible. It’s shocking that it’s legal to run a national business in that way. Some credit also needs to go to the businesses commissioning operators to run their parking then turning a blind eye to how they have facilitated these pirates in extorting their own customers.

    5. gwentlarry on

      Excel still insist they are in the right!

      Fortuntately, because so many private parking companies behave so badly and their trade associations are unable or unwilling to enforce guidance, the government is in the process of establishing mandatory regulations for all private parking companies.

      Currently a consultation is under way, so give your thoughts here:

      [https://consult.communities.gov.uk/off-road-parking-team/private-parking-code-of-practice-consultation/](https://consult.communities.gov.uk/off-road-parking-team/private-parking-code-of-practice-consultation/)

    6. JonathanJK on

      Why should the charity get the money. She incurred a ton of stress through this situation and deserves compensation as well. 

    7. mickturner96 on

      Sounds like Excel Parking isn’t getting the massage…

      Hey Judge, I think an extra 0 on the end each time they appeal would be a good idea.

    9. Express-Doughnut-562 on

      I used to work in an office where one of these parking companies was based. The director had an Audi R8 as his daily car and the receptionist got an Audi RS3 as a gift.

      They were scumbags of the highest order. And all parked really badly in he office car park.

    10. limeflavoured on

      Parking companies are massively predatory, film at 11. There needs to be strict regulation.

    11. Extra-Fig-7425 on

      Parking is such a scam.. if anyone is interested.. look up “zoe bread” on instagram.

    12. opinionated-dick on

      Stuff like this doesn’t half give you optimism that we occasionally still get things right.

      Well done to the lass for standing her ground.

      Well done to the lawyer representing her for free.

      Well done to the judge in making the right call and ensuring losses were handed to a charity providing representation in future for people fighting without money to back them up

    13. cloudewe1 on

      Ohhh how I hate the parking companies, I lived near excel exhibition centre and my partner drove to the front door to drop a few things for me to pick up, he never left a car, he never turned off the engine. One of the goons took a picture of his car from behind and a few weeks later he received a fine. I gave them a call, guy told me to send an email (I feel for their call centre tho, I assume people call and yell all the time). I did send an email to which they never replied……

    15. lordnacho666 on

      We need a law to stop this. Every parking lot must have ANPR, and everyone is simply billed by how long they are in the lot.

      No more parking fines. It’s completely insane anyway, the company has an interest in making it as hard as they can to make people pay because they end up with 20x the amount of money they would have made just collecting the fee.