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Priory parking app

On 23 Nov 2017 at 8:36pm Parking app. wrote:

If you park at the priory at mo you will notice the machine is broken. You have to download and use the app which assumes you have a smart phone and Internet. Fees are chargeable from 9 am so if you arrive at 8 and use the app the clock starts ticking straight away and you won't get the full 8 hours you were expecting. This doesn't happen with a ticket. It's also more expensive with the app. How is that even allowed?

On 23 Nov 2017 at 9:12pm Mavis wrote:

Can't you park at 8, go about your business and use the app at 9 ? Or is that too technical ?

On 23 Nov 2017 at 9:48pm Parking app wrote:

Didn't know you could do that. Thanks. Would a ticket stand if you just said you don't have a phone?

On 23 Nov 2017 at 10:05pm Parking enforcer wrote:

Try it and see. Kind regards.

On 23 Nov 2017 at 10:14pm David wrote:

Once set up these parking apps are really good. Pain the first time though, especially if you are in a hurry. Also I currently have three different ones to cover different parking providers. Being able to buy the ticket at a different time, as suggested, is a real boon. If you are unexpectedly late or have to stay away or something it is great to just click on some more time.

On 24 Nov 2017 at 7:40am Red Herring wrote:

These apps are brilliant & highly recommended.
The option to extend if you are delayed (eg at the GP) is such an excellent idea.

On 24 Nov 2017 at 8:45pm blind wrote:

the plebiscite have rioted for less.
say 30p for a ticket paid with coins then costs 70p via the app.
that's a 233% increase. daylight robbery in most people's books......

On 24 Nov 2017 at 10:28pm Parking app wrote:

Exactly! And we suck it up every time.W@n#+/s. What if you don't have a phone or is that now illegal? B@s#r/s

On 24 Nov 2017 at 11:58pm Dreamer wrote:

In other countries parking apps charge for the time actually parked (i.e. Click on arrival, click on leaving, pay for the time between). Why we in the UK are willing to accept solutions that still have us paying for longer than we park... God only knows.

On 25 Nov 2017 at 9:51am Driver wrote:

This is probably the shape of things to come. More machines will be "out of order" and then the statistics will show that most people pay by app. There will then be a case put forward that the machines are redundant as hardly anybody pays cash.