Parking in Gloucester

In the past people may have parked in the Peel Centre in Gloucester and wandered off into town. This is now a very bad and expensive mistake. Parking is now in the hands of Premier Parking Services UK. This is how the scam works:

The guys from this cowboy outfit sit in their van and watch the people get out of their cars. If the people walk out of the centre instead of into one of the shops they instantly clamp the car and stick a £125 removal notice.

Then the victim has to call the number signposted in the car park to get the clamp removed. This apparently costs £125 to drive the van across the car park to unclamp the car. "The fee of £125 is charged according to the guidelines of The British Parking Association.". These guidelines are available to members only so we have to take their word for it.

Then to add insult to injury they sneak on an extra charge of £100 for the "deployment" of the towing truck which of course is nowhere to be seen.

In the past I'm sure many people went around town and also came back for lunch or a trip around the Peel centre shops. Obey the rules very carefully or get ripped off. Or better still, go shopping in friendlier places.