willsy Posted January 13, 2013 Report Posted January 13, 2013 Angie and I went to Brighton for the day, Bit of breakfast, shopping round the Lanes, Lunch and then home. Parked up in North Street ( Sunday by the way) On our return, i put the ticket into the machine and hay presto, " £25.00 please sir" What a rip off!!!!! rip off Britain !!!! Anyone else been the victim of NCP????
Mrs O/H/C Posted January 13, 2013 Report Posted January 13, 2013 Got robbed many years ago in the NCP at Brighton... Will never park in there again !!
garyv6100e Posted January 13, 2013 Report Posted January 13, 2013 Brighton is a Green Party council and they hate the car so are trying to price it out of the city centre
Skimmer Posted January 13, 2013 Report Posted January 13, 2013 Went upto Hyde park just before christmas for the bavarian & ice skating thing always go but this year NCP totally ripped us off ,got there around 8pm and left around midnight'ish so around 4 hours that was also 25 quid .......it was 14 quid the last few years ,glad theres a recession on or it could have been more expensive
Admin Mk2Jo Posted January 13, 2013 Admin Report Posted January 13, 2013 Jeez that's an offensive amount of money :shock::shock: I always park in the marina for free and walk to town in Brighton
puddy Posted January 14, 2013 Report Posted January 14, 2013 Angie and I went to Brighton for the day, Bit of breakfast, shopping round the Lanes, Lunch and then home.Parked up in North Street ( Sunday by the way) On our return, i put the ticket into the machine and hay presto, " £25.00 please sir" What a rip off!!!!! rip off Britain !!!! Anyone else been the victim of NCP???? Got done like that when we went to Brighton speed trials a few years ago. Would have been cheaper to get a race entry ! Normally do the park and ride in Brighton,but they were using the stadium that day. puddy
fieldy1972 Posted January 14, 2013 Report Posted January 14, 2013 Being a Brighton lad I know too well what the rates are like for parking in the city. I heard on the radio the other day that it is or one of the most expensive place to park in England. Me?? I have a traders permit. So I can park in pay and display or residents bays 7 days a week. Residents until 4pm and no limit on pay and display. The girlfriend dusnt know any of this soooo I don't get lumbered in going fooking shopping in Brighton. Sod that!
jamie Posted June 16, 2013 Report Posted June 16, 2013 Remembered this thread... Yep I recently had this, inserted ticket.... £25.00 please. I had to laugh...
dacar Posted June 16, 2013 Report Posted June 16, 2013 Fecking 25 quid! Being a tight arsed scot I'd died of a heart attack!!
mk2 mike Posted June 16, 2013 Report Posted June 16, 2013 I can top that. Well not me personally but I knew of an NCP in central London on my patch. I used to do regular visits as it was getting spanked for thefts. Back in 2001 there was a brand spanking new Porsche 996 in there with no reg plates on it so it caught my attention. Upon closer inspection it was an American import, freshly brought over, still had the import and shipping labels from New Jersey on the screen. Not registered in the UK. Did a few checks both over here and the other side of the pond to make sure it wasn't stolen but it all seemed legit so I left it and carried on. The last time I checked down there (around 2010) it was still there, in the same bay with 9 years of dust and grime on it, flat tyres etc. Hadn't been moved once in all that time. I spoke to the guy in the NCP office and he reckoned the outstanding parking fees would outweigh the cars current value. (Although if it was me I'd buy an old banger for £50, drive in, get a ticket then drive out in the Porsche using the bangers ticket and pay for an hours parking).
popeye Posted June 16, 2013 Report Posted June 16, 2013 well...........no symphathy from me.........LAW BREAKER... not the first time you've been done by the same crowd.....is it
Admin Vista Posted June 16, 2013 Admin Report Posted June 16, 2013 I can top that. Well not me personally but I knew of an NCP in central London on my patch. I used to do regular visits as it was getting spanked for thefts. Back in 2001 there was a brand spanking new Porsche 996 in there with no reg plates on it so it caught my attention. Upon closer inspection it was an American import, freshly brought over, still had the import and shipping labels from New Jersey on the screen. Not registered in the UK. Did a few checks both over here and the other side of the pond to make sure it wasn't stolen but it all seemed legit so I left it and carried on. The last time I checked down there (around 2010) it was still there, in the same bay with 9 years of dust and grime on it, flat tyres etc. Hadn't been moved once in all that time. I spoke to the guy in the NCP office and he reckoned the outstanding parking fees would outweigh the cars current value. (Although if it was me I'd buy an old banger for £50, drive in, get a ticket then drive out in the Porsche using the bangers ticket and pay for an hours parking). That's bizarre, who leaves a brand new 996 untouched in a public car park for 9 years? And why hadn't NCP had it removed in that time?
mk2 mike Posted June 16, 2013 Report Posted June 16, 2013 No idea? I thought it was iffy too hence why I checked it out. To be fair it wasn't a nice combo, dark blue paintwork with a orange interior, but still a nice car. The NCP bloke said they were looking at having it auctioned to recoup some costs. No idea what happened in the end though. I did start to look into claiming it myself ( claiming an abandoned vehicle) but as it wasn't registered in the UK DVLA couldnt help. :/
Kieran Posted June 18, 2013 Report Posted June 18, 2013 me and my mates went Brighton and the underground car park cost us £18 for four hours... parking charges are stupid there
2litreScapri Posted June 20, 2013 Report Posted June 20, 2013 Park up at a car park in Hove & walk down the seafront.....I know it's a bit of a walk takes about 15/20 minutes but I think it's £1.50 an hour or around that price.
mk2 mike Posted June 20, 2013 Report Posted June 20, 2013 Haven't been to Brighton in a while, can you still get the old scratch off parking permits from newsagents?
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