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[Chopsdad]

What were you doing in Aldi for 2 hours ??  

[FRE07962128]

Ok where do i start.
Got a ticket thru the post today saying i was parked in Aldi carpark 12 mins longer than allowed and been fined £40.00 going up to £70.00 if not paid in 14 days. This is not a council carpark just a private firm trying to con motorist out of yet more money . Legally how do i stand. I have read elsewhere that these fines are not legally binding and that they have to prove who was the actual driver of the car not the registered keeper. :-/

I am afraid Keiran that I believe you will find that as long as all the legal warning notices have been placed around the Aldi car park, which is private land, you will be held liable as the registered keeper of your vehicle.

The new parking laws only relate to Council land and car parks, NOT private property where you can still legally be clamped and charged accordingly.

There was a big public / media row about our local Lidal's fining customers, but after they put up sufficient signs, legally they are free to do so.  They also have the power to obtain your details via the DVLA.

I was a superstore manager who employed a national car parking control company, and we functioned in this way.  However, if it was one of my customers just "forgetting" about going over the time limit, I used my discretion to instruct the parking company to squash the charges.  But, with a city / town centre store as I had 'illegal' ( and that is what it is!) parking was a problem, and I know from personal contacts in the trade that Aldi and Lidal are buggers for not giving way on these charges.

Sorry, but unless you can win the heart and mind of the local Aldi manager, just pay the £40 and put it down to life.  I don't normally give up like that, but you are legally at fault and if you leave the fine it will escalate to ridiculus levels as it does with local council's.

Sorry for this bad info!
 

[Martin_1962]

Threaten to take your trade elswhere and also tell your friends ect ect

[tunnie]

was it a pay and display car park?

If not, they need to prove what time you entered the car park.

[FRE07962128]

i seriously doubt that the ticket is legally enforcable.if you were shopping at aldi at the time,contact customer services and create merry ding dong.tell them you want vouchers,lots of them.

Please also see my other reply, but;  

it is legally enforceable providing all legal conditions; number, size, content and placing of signs, is in order.

In addition it is hard to imagine any customer spending over two hours in Aldi, and if they did theywill have to prove it by producing a till receipt (all timed and dated), and the manager identifying on their CCTV exactly when that customer actually entered the store.  

[FRE07962128]

was it a pay and display car park?

If not, they need to prove what time you entered the car park.

I am afraid that it is irrelevant, although I suspect it may have been, but regardless as long as legally correct warning signs are in place warning of the time limit / conditions of parking on this private land then any penalty notices are legally enforceable.