I’ve Seen The Future And It’s ***

[Hymie]

Last week I was working at a client’s premises where they had limited parking spaces for staff and visitors. On Thursday they had a group of VIPs visiting, and instructed all staff and other visitors to park in a public car park nearby.

On arrival at the car park, the only way to pay for the parking was via the parking company’s app on a mobile phone. My works mobile has no payment method loaded, even if I did download the app. There was no phone number to ring to pay by bank/credit card, so despite having cash and bank/credit cards there was no way I could pay to park.

I would be interested in NJ view on this – if I was to park and not pay for the parking and the company took legal action to claim the penalty charges for not paying; would a court accept my excuse that they did not provide a reasonable method for me to pay for the parking?

If I were a judge in such a case, I would rule that it was unacceptable not to allow some other payment method (other than on their mobile app) – and dismiss the case.

[Hymie]

This was supposed to be under law.

[ToraToraTora]

You'll probably find that by parking there you accept their terms and conditions which will be displayed somewhere. In those TOCs will be the payment method you must accept to park there.

[ToraToraTora]

I thought you put it in jokes deliberately!