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Sam91

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#1659696 28-Oct-2016 12:43

This car park (Albany Mall) is an interesting one. The left side is owned by the mall, so it is free to park there. The left side is owned by Auckland Council, so it's pay and display.

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#1659782 28-Oct-2016 13:35

You cannot contract away someone's right to take photos from a public place.

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SepticSceptic

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#1659806 28-Oct-2016 13:59

It's like dejavu:

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=48&topicid=171619

Parking/traffic infringements - How do you prove innocence?

wasabi2k

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#1659889 28-Oct-2016 15:28

Fred99:

The legal position (and IANAL) is I suspect, not in your favour at all for doing that. They can even clamp or tow your vehicle, it's on their property.

OTOH, they are scum, and they do need to "prove" their loss, so there's a good chance if you ask them to do this, in a letter with an offer to pay $xx.xx as settlement, calculated as the amount you overstayed in their parking space at the going rate per hour, they may accept it - or forget about it.

If you dispute the amount, I don't think they're supposed to set debt collectors on you, as it's a dispute - not a debt. They'd probably give up on trying to recover the $65 through disputes tribunal, as they'll probably lose, as everybody knows that they're issuing the $65 "invoice", pretending that it's got some legal status like a council parking infringement notice. Even the way they call themselves an "enforcement" service rankles me.

However, if you wind them up by telling porkies or reading them their pedigree, then you probably will motivate them to take action, and that might be expensive.

From my last experience - a $65 ticket is for $25 lost revenue (the cost of a day's parking) plus a $40 "collection fee"

The lost revenue is refundable if they are at fault. The collection fee isn't.

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kiwiharry

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#1660593 29-Oct-2016 18:51

We received a breach notice at a Westfield Mall about 2 weeks ago for overstaying by about 1 hour in a 90 minute designated area.

I appealed the notice and sent in copies of our shopping receipts. The fine was waived.

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richms

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#1660635 29-Oct-2016 19:36

Thats because westfield are sensible. They dont want people using the park as an all day thing. Its a huge problem for them up at albany mall.

Whereas highbury mall seem to be idiots, its a non westfield one.

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