Having been away at Glasgow & Lincolnshire last Friday I arrived home to quite a bit of mail.
Included amongst it was a letter from Horizon Parking. (Who?).
They claimed I'd parked at Tesco Ilkeston for 4 hours one morning last month, which is in excess of the allotted time, & so were fining me £70. They offered photographic proof too, as in a photo of my car entering Tesco at 7am (correct) & another photo of it leaving at 11am (also correct). Suffice to say, they were wrong. I DID enter at 7am, then left at 7.20am. Later that morning, at around 10.30, I returned to buy some US Dollars from the Currency Booth, which does not open until 10am. So they had missed two photos - my Exit at 07.20 & my re-arrival at 10.30.
I mean, I can probably live with that. Life's too short & all that. Argue on principle? Nah, wars are started on principle. Sod that.
Except.....
The letter said (something like) this.
"The Fine is £70, but as a Goodwill Gesture, if you pay within 14 days, we will reduce it to £40".
I mean, these days I'm dead chilled, & make a point of never arguing with anyone about anything.
But....
"as a Goodwill Gesture"?
Somehow that sparked some resentment deep inside me. And I just decided fuck you.
I've appealed, & I'd rather go to prison that pay it. Seriously.
Watch this space.
Happy retirement Tikay and fingers crossed for you in Vegas.
On the parking front, my experience is that your appeal will be rejected by the parking company and you'll need to go through Tesco customer services for them to get the fine annulled!
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