Comments on: South Woodford Waitrose and a £25 car parking ticket

By: Martin Kelly

Martin Kelly — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 09:19:35 +0000

Why should you get special treatment. You didn’t pay attention. You got caught. Take it like a man. Anyway, it’s Britannia parking not Waitrose.

By: westminster parking fines

westminster parking fines — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:53:31 +0000

I think all markets allow 2 hours parking only

By: Sybs

Sybs — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:51:46 +0000

Most supermarkets only allow 2 hours free parking, so whats your problem, organise yourself better and spend less time in a supermarket, or do the shopping and let you wife and child stay home

By: fred

fred — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:16:21 +0000

i work for britannia parking all i say google it and our tickets aint worth a shit THERE JUST INVOICES AND THEY BULLIE YOU TO PAY JUST GOOGLE IT AND YOU ALL SEE

By: HappyShopper

HappyShopper — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 20:53:41 +0000

I know the South Woodford store very well as I know someone who works there – it isn’t that big so how on earth can it take anyone over 2 hours to do a shop?! I know for a fact parking is difficult around that area and people abuse the Waitrose carpark thinking they can go in there and get free parking whilst shopping elsewhere – 2 hours should be more than enough time. During the peak times even most managers aren’t allowed to park in there so there’s more room for customers – think yourself lucky you don’t have to pay £5 parking like the staff do. I very rarely use Waitrose myself as I don’t have one near me but whenever I visit one the staff are always friendly, quality of food is great and usually the parking is free for 2 hours which in my opinion is a bonus. My local Tesco charge 80p an hour, maybe if you’re thinking of spending over 2 hours food shopping you’d prefer to pay that every time?

By: Barrie Segal

Barrie Segal — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:41:19 +0000

The charge of £25 is just not enforceable _ I trust that you did not pay it.

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Barrie Segal — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:20:19 +0000

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By: mark

mark — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:05:33 +0000

Good comments, Andrew. Thanks for the advice. Good to see you recognise the timing issue, too. I guess the issue now is about how much time it takes to keep writing and moaning.

And Karl, I agree – we do need to speed up…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:11:50 +0000

Suggest you keep up the pressure. Write again explaining your disatisfaction with their response. Escalate to someone more senior ( have you contacted your local store manager). Eventually, they will get fed up and refund you. If it was me I would cut off my nose to spite my face although most supermarkets are in my bad books (except for Waitrose and Ocado) so might be reduced to increased visits to the corner shop. Finally, whether or not 2 hour warning sign is displayed is irrelevant. Sometimes it legitimatly takes more than 2 hours.