I hate being Ripped Off

[NoBBy]

Just been to Manchester for the afternoonin the car. Parked in a NCP car park just off Deansgate. The fucking bastards charged me ?16.80 to park the car for 5 hours. I feel realy pissed off, that what you call a rip off.

 

[frenchuk]

Bargain mate, come to London, it's ?36 for 5 hours, and of course you have to fork out the ?5 congestion charge first, which is about to become ?8 soon - not counting the resident parking permit if you don't have off-street parking :bang:

 

[Jaws]

And the fuckin govt has the audacity to suggest it is working for the people..

To park in London for a few hours costs half what an awful lot of people have to live on for a week.

Like all brit govts for the past 30 years, they want us all to sit in our box's, be silent, do not move around the country unless it is to go to and from a factory job.

Fuckin glad I am a biker and still more than able to stick to fingers up at them all

 

[duncan]

only cos there aint a tax on fingers {at the moment } :yo:

 

[Jaws]

Well iif there were I would settle for metaphoricle ones ! LOL !

 

[granite]

Bargain mate, come to London, it's ?36 for 5 hours, and of course you have to fork out the ?5 congestion charge first, which is about to become ?8 soon - not counting the resident parking permit if you don't have off-street parking :bang:

HEY fella think thats bad---me and wify go town 40p firts hour then up to 50p for two:} :}

 

[paranoid]

rip off

:bang: wouldn`t it be cheaper to pay a parking fine ?

 

[Punchy]

Simple really...

dont go to Manchester or London...

shit places both of em


man8um

 

[frenchuk]

Simple really...

dont go to Manchester or London...

shit places both of em


man8um

Punchy, you have the wiseness of Obi Wan Kenobi :yo:

 

[D.S.]

Simple really...

dont go to Manchester or London...

shit places both of em


man8um

London shit? :dunno: yes mate, ok, I'd much rather live in Wales :t :}
Frenchy, when have you ever paid for parking and the congestion charge in London? I know I haven't. Personally, if on business I take the bike or use public transport. If I'm out in the evening, I mostly drive in the winter, as the congestion charge is not applicable and parking is easy & free in most of central London after 6.00pm. :dunno:

 

[Punchy]

London shit? :dunno: yes mate, ok, I'd much rather live in Wales :t :}
Frenchy, when have you ever paid for parking and the congestion charge in London? I know I haven't. Personally, if on business I take the bike or use public transport. If I'm out in the evening, I mostly drive in the winter, as the congestion charge is not applicable and parking is easy & free in most of central London after 6.00pm. :dunno:

I did some survey work at Shepperton Studios two years ago which wasnt too bad but central London is a complete nightmare to work in. With the amount of equipment we need for our job public transport is out, the risk of clamping whilst unloading your gear is frightening and the ferkin astronomic price of parking for 5 days is more than my son in law earns in a week!! I regularly travel the M25 on my way to Dover.. its feckin mad. Manchester is starting to be as bad, high parking fees, clamping and its own special car park... the M60.

Think I'll stick to Anglesey its far less stressful... although Tescos at Holyhead was packed at Christmas.. there were 3.... yes 3 people in front of me at the checkout.. dont know what the town is coming to.

:-:

 

[frenchuk]

Frenchy, when have you ever paid for parking and the congestion charge in London?

I don't pay on the bike but a lot of peeps have to cos public transport isn't an option for them for various reasons (tradesmen etc...) Having said that, try taking the bike and trying to park after 09:30... fucking IMPOSSIBLE, all the motorcycle parking bays are full, the motherfuckers fucking REMOVED many bays since congestion charge has been implemented, really clever way to push people to use two wheel transport to aleviate the congestion don't you think? Also since then the laws on parking on pavement glass blocks have been toughened, now the fucking ticket people can legally remove the bag you put over the license plate although a bike is private property parked on private property (over the glass blocks is private property - but with right of passage). As a result I had to pay quite few fines which I disputed but I might have well farted in the wildeness... So yes London fucking sucks, it's the rip-off capital of the fucking world and I can't wait to fuck off this fucking dump. There you go, aintcha glad you asked? w;;v

 

[D.S.]

I did some survey work at Shepperton Studios two years ago which wasnt too bad but central London is a complete nightmare to work in. With the amount of equipment we need for our job public transport is out, the risk of clamping whilst unloading your gear is frightening and the ferkin astronomic price of parking for 5 days is more than my son in law earns in a week!! I regularly travel the M25 on my way to Dover.. its feckin mad. Manchester is starting to be as bad, high parking fees, clamping and its own special car park... the M60.

Think I'll stick to Anglesey its far less stressful... although Tescos at Holyhead was packed at Christmas.. there were 3.... yes 3 people in front of me at the checkout.. dont know what the town is coming to.

:-:

Checkouts? What's one of them? :dunno: Internet shopping dude - it's the way forward. They deliver the stuff right into ya kitchen (seriously) :yo:
I guess if ya having to carry tools into London & everyone knows driving a car in & around London or any major city on the UK can be a nightmare, but I'm sorry, I've tried living elsewhere in the UK and hated it.................so boring, so dull, no choice and TBH found the people to be a little narrow minded (waits in corner and awaits a torrent of abuse which, will of course, be mostly ignored).
Frenchy, it may well be the rip off capital of Europe :B , but let us remember one thing when we move on to our farm houses in paradise :bow: , London gave us the opportunity - you would not have got the same return in your investment, work opportunities and in the interim enjoyed your stay as much anywhere else in the UK. And where else would ya have been able to wear those gay gloves and got away with it????? :dunno: :}

 

[birdinflight]

Er............................

And where else would ya have been able to wear those gay gloves and got away with it????? :dunno: :}

BRIGHTON?????? :m :}

 

[derek kelly]

Anywhere as long as he's stood next to Ian Robbo

 

[Punchy]

Checkouts? What's one of them? :dunno: Internet shopping dude - it's the way forward. They deliver the stuff right into ya kitchen (seriously) :yo:
I guess if ya having to carry tools into London & everyone knows driving a car in & around London or any major city on the UK can be a nightmare, but I'm sorry, I've tried living elsewhere in the UK and hated it.................so boring, so dull, no choice and TBH found the people to be a little narrow minded /QUOTE]

Yes we do a bit of the internet shopping for the odd item that is cheaper but we also have the option of stress free shopping as well. Boring... read quiet and peaceful (except when the RAF are flying.. but that is only on weekdays 9-5). Dull.... yes all those twisty, bendy Welsh roads, Snowdonia... a race circuit within 15 minutes ride, fishing, diving, boating, a 2 mile beach all to myself that I can chill out on walking the dogs. Jump on the fast ferry (90 mins) to Dublin for ?15 to enjoy one of the best cities in these fair isles or travel on to the Skerries road races. No choice... do I take the coast road winding along the cliffs and beaches or go for that flat out blat down the A55?? decisions, decisions. I really miss the city life
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[D.S.]

Checkouts? What's one of them? :dunno: Internet shopping dude - it's the way forward. They deliver the stuff right into ya kitchen (seriously) :yo:
I guess if ya having to carry tools into London & everyone knows driving a car in & around London or any major city on the UK can be a nightmare, but I'm sorry, I've tried living elsewhere in the UK and hated it.................so boring, so dull, no choice and TBH found the people to be a little narrow minded /QUOTE]

Yes we do a bit of the internet shopping for the odd item that is cheaper but we also have the option of stress free shopping as well. Boring... read quiet and peaceful (except when the RAF are flying.. but that is only on weekdays 9-5). Dull.... yes all those twisty, bendy Welsh roads, Snowdonia... a race circuit within 15 minutes ride, fishing, diving, boating, a 2 mile beach all to myself that I can chill out on walking the dogs. Jump on the fast ferry (90 mins) to Dublin for ?15 to enjoy one of the best cities in these fair isles or travel on to the Skerries road races. No choice... do I take the coast road winding along the cliffs and beaches or go for that flat out blat down the A55??

Enjoy it mate :beer: sounds like you've opted for the quiet life, which I intend to do when I get to your age, but I'm going somewhere a tad warmer where it doesn't rain quite as much as it does in Wales :k

 

[Punchy]

[Enjoy it mate :beer: sounds like you've opted for the quiet life, which I intend to do when I get to your age, but I'm going somewhere a tad warmer where it doesn't rain quite as much as it does in Wales :k

Yes the weather is the only drawback and I would love to live somewhere a little warmer but not south coast of Spain type blistering hot.

We moved here when the property prices were right at rock bottom.. the value of the house we bought 6 years ago has now trebled. I still have to do part of my work in some of countries shit holes but then retire to a beautiful part of the world to complete the computer side of the job which allows me to feck off down the beach with the dogs or my fishing rod to chill out or drag the bike out midweek for a trundle round Snowdonia etc.

I know if you own property in the London area you can flog it, buy a reasonable pad in, say, Normandy and still have a wad of cash to provide a pension. But then that might be my option in another 5-10 years time just depending on what my pension funds have to offer.

:yo:

 

[frenchuk]

And where else would ya have been able to wear those gay gloves and got away with it????? :dunno: :}

Up your arse? :f

Got a point about us having made our money here, but it still is shit %$fan

Remind me of a story, no time now, will post later

 

[D.S.]

Yes the weather is the only drawback and I would love to live somewhere a little warmer but not south coast of Spain type blistering hot.
:yo:

My parents (who are about your age) retired there 15 years ago & seem to like it, but I know what you mean.
My gaff in Spain is just south of the Pyrenees and doesn't get quite so hot, although you can forget about riding in leathers come July & August.
Pierre, we'll have to agree to disagree. Personally, I love London and love the life style & opportunities it's given me.