[ton-up-gaz]

There was an story in the daily mirror,about a disabled coupled who were warned by tesco,that they would face a £70 parking fine for a repeat offence,if they exceeded the 3hr limit,after it was expired by 1hr 9 minutes before.
the man is wheelchair bound aged 80,and his sick wife is 75,they spent £300 and had a meal at the store as well.
they used a tesco wheelchair but the electric battery ran flat so it had to be pushed taking extra time.the man suffers from the muscle wasting condition myasthenia gravis,and his wife has parkinsons disease.

the letter they recieved warned them of the repeat offence fine,
tesco spokesman said,we feel that 3hrs parking is more than enough.

the couple are now snubbing tesco.
what a total disgrace,being warned for shopping for 4 hrs.

what do you think right or wrong ?

[Lucydog]

maybe its about how you go about things. I use Tesco most of the time and often go over the 3 hrs by the time Ive had a sandwich and fed the kids!. I keep an eye on the time and if I feel its getting on a bit I go and speak to the customer service desk and explain to them. I give my registration and thats always been the end of it. Ive offered to move the car and repark but have never had to. Ive never had a bad experience in any of the stores, Im just polite and courteous and Ive always got it back from the staff.
Thats just my experience anyway.

[hockeydahc]

what is tesco? doesn't really matter, really. A time limit on parking?! seems to me thats fantasticly ridiculous unless it's after store hours.

[Elzeen]

hockeydahc, on Dec 15 2007, 09:07 AM, said:

what is tesco? doesn't really matter, really. A time limit on parking?! seems to me thats fantasticly ridiculous unless it's after store hours.

I'm a bit bewildered, too. The store has a limit on how long you can use their parking lot when you are in their store giving them money? A strange concept for those of us in the US.

[kewlcatkez]

Elzeen, on Dec 15 2007, 06:10 PM, said:

hockeydahc, on Dec 15 2007, 09:07 AM, said:

what is tesco? doesn't really matter, really. A time limit on parking?! seems to me thats fantasticly ridiculous unless it's after store hours.

I'm a bit bewildered, too. The store has a limit on how long you can use their parking lot when you are in their store giving them money? A strange concept for those of us in the US.

strange for us here in the UK too..well those where I live.

We live in a large town ( same as a small city) and here Tesco is free parking when you are shopping.

I tend to get home shopping delivered, but I am going to change back to Asda as we have had a definite decline in standards across the board since the deliveries began being dispatched from our local store.

K

[Lucydog]

They limit it so commuters cant park at 8am free of charge, catch the bus into town and then come back at 5.30. if they didnt do this then the car park wouldnt have any room for real shoppers. Having said that, Sainsburys has a barrier where you take a ticket. you then validate it at the til when you get your shopping, so there is no time limit. Probably an easier soln IMHO.

[Angela250153]

Great wish they were that vigilant with ABs taking the disabled bays. My local Tesco has approx. 20 disabled bays over 2 access lanes. At 10 am on a Sunday morning every space was occupied. While I was waiting for a space I spotted on the next lane several people getting into their cars and driving of and they certainly had no problems. After I found a space got my wheelchair out and in passing checked for Blue Badges. Not even half the cars had any on display.

So Tescos instead of trying to screw money out of a legitimately parked car of an elderly couple who are both disabled would do better to go after those who mis-use these spaces.

[Elzeen]

Lucydog, on Dec 15 2007, 11:38 AM, said:

They limit it so commuters cant park at 8am free of charge, catch the bus into town and then come back at 5.30. if they didnt do this then the car park wouldnt have any room for real shoppers. Having said that, Sainsburys has a barrier where you take a ticket. you then validate it at the til when you get your shopping, so there is no time limit. Probably an easier soln IMHO.

OK - I see. Thanks for explanation. Sounds like a reasonable business concern gone awry through bureaucracy.

Here in California, with a disabled placard, you can park in any handicap space with no time limits. You can also park in spaces with parking meters for free.

That would work quite well except for those who misuse the placards and/or park in handicap spaces without a placard at all.

This post has been edited by Elzeen: 16 December 2007 - 01:00 AM