Car parking woes - Luton airport drop off zone

[Mitching]

I planned to ignore it anyways (as I've done with other private fines before)
Just needed a tiny bit of reassurance!

BTW, I found I good way to get out of carparks that use cards and barriers.
I overstayed at a sainsburys carpark in Wycombe (run by Euro Car Parks),  if you spend £15 you get 2 hours free, anything over 3 hours you pay £50! :O
You get a little plastic card from the barrier on arrival to the car park, then you can give it to the person at the checkouts when you shop to get the free parking, they just scan it.
I'd just done my weekly shop, went and put my shopping in the car then went to the machine.

I put the card in the machine and it wanted £50, I went to customer services in the store and the woman said what I should do is drive up to the barrier, put the ticket in the machine and push the help button.
It goes to a security intercom and she said I should tell the bloke over the intercom that it was flashing red at the tills when they scanned the parking card (means it's a faulty card, I guess)

Worked a treat and I didn't have to pay a penny, might do it all the time now 

[MAW73]

Gatwick's a frigging nightmare as well. It seems like they change the pick up and drop off points on a weekly basis. Very confusing.

[Bellend]

I planned to ignore it anyways (as I've done with other private fines before)
Just needed a tiny bit of reassurance!

BTW, I found I good way to get out of carparks that use cards and barriers.
I overstayed at a sainsburys carpark in Wycombe (run by Euro Car Parks),  if you spend £15 you get 2 hours free, anything over 3 hours you pay £50! :O
You get a little plastic card from the barrier on arrival to the car park, then you can give it to the person at the checkouts when you shop to get the free parking, they just scan it.
I'd just done my weekly shop, went and put my shopping in the car then went to the machine.

I put the card in the machine and it wanted £50, I went to customer services in the store and the woman said what I should do is drive up to the barrier, put the ticket in the machine and push the help button.
It goes to a security intercom and she said I should tell the bloke over the intercom that it was flashing red at the tills when they scanned the parking card (means it's a faulty card, I guess)

Worked a treat and I didn't have to pay a penny, might do it all the time now 

Or do what we do in Maidstone. Push for a new ticket and just go out. They give you ten mins to put a card in and pay nothing, assumably if there's no spaces etc.

[RandomJord]

f**k Luton..... a quid just to drive up an drop someone off in the drop off zone!

[Diamond Hell]

I hate airports - the flights may be cheap, but the places wring money out of you at every single turn.  Utter, utter shyteholes.

[Mikester]

I love the way all of these companies use names that are similar to police forces or organisations. I bet that alone makes some people pay.