'It's outrageous' – I was given unfair £100 fine for 'overstaying' in 'gridlocked' car park, but there was no way out | LWKGSXJ | 2024-03-02 12:08:01
Natalie Minker, was slapped with a penalty charge after allegedly getting caught
A MUM has lashed out at an unfair £100 parking positive after claiming she was trapped in a carpark by "obscene" visitors.
Natalie Minker, was slapped with a penalty charge after allegedly getting caught in "gridlocked" jams when making an attempt to go away a purchasing centre automotive park.
Natalie, 39, had taken a trip together with her two younger daughters, eight-year-old Verity and four-year-old Edith, to purchase a automotive seat at their native retail park in Kidderminster, Worcestershire in December 2023.
The location's car park permits drivers to remain for three hours with out having to pay.
Natalie claims that the family arrived at 11.22am and returned from the outlets at 11.50am, only to be confronted by "nose-to-tail" queues, leaving them unable to go away.
Utterly stuck, Natalie says she determined to walk house and decide up some lunch for the youngsters, returning at 1.30pm to seek out the queues still immobile.
They ultimately managed to seek out away out, however the secondary school instructor was surprised to obtain a effective from parking company G24, informing her that she had "overstayed" within the automotive park by 12 minutes.
She stated: "I'm not going to lie, this entire state of affairs is just causing me stress that I might do without.
"Nevertheless, I can't deliver myself to climb down off this specific hill I've chosen to die on.
"It is outrageous that these massive corporations can act on this approach, and someone must take a stand.
"The fantastic is only for £100, and consider me, if I had genuinely overstayed because of my own actions, I might not hesitate to pay it.
"This is not concerning the money. It by no means has been. This is about fairness."
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> Natalie claimed that she appealed the positive, but that her software was rejected and solely a "generic response" given in return.
A second attraction was, in response to her, subsequently rejected on the idea that she did not name the corporate's helpline (which is displayed on the automotive park's indicators) on the day, though she insists she was not conscious of the number.
G24 didn't reply to a request for comment.
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