newbury parking charges Options

[masons]

just overstayed my four hours by a few minutes in Kennet Centre car park and was charged for an extra TWO HOURS resulting in charge of £6.50.

[dannyboy]

Jeez, we are talking a few quid here - about the cost of a Latte......

[Andy Capp]

Jeez, we are talking a few quid here - about the cost of a Latte......

If one has spent, say, £20.00, that's like paying a 10% tax. Even worse if you have not managed to get the thing(s) you want. This is about a feeling of profiteering. Remember the discussion along this theme a while back: being late by a minute cost me a Latte (which I don't drink).

If parking is oversubscribed and in demand (like Oxford for instance) I could see a point, but the car park is rarely near full. People don't have to go to town these days, so I feel the town's administration would do well to realise that. In this case it seems on face value that the penny has dropped, but it wouldn't surprise me if we learn later that there's been some deal struck between Parkway and the council behind closed doors (at the tax payers expense).