Thank you BB - I will check the signs as you suggest.

Thanks for this Bernie - I have just collected a £50 unwarranted charge from EuroCar Parks - Luckily before I fired off a fuming letter I read your advice which I will follow - Thank you again I have posted on the subject under 'Euro Car Parks £70 charge' thread if you are interested in details for the record.

Yesterday I parked in an ECP carpark at the local Sainsbury(4 hours free then £50 charge) for about 30mins. leaving at 11:15 - My Wife returned to the same park at 15:30 and returned to the car about 16:00 to find a £50 overstay charge - The attendants had gone so she could not take it up with them - The attendants use hand held devices to record cars but do not log them out so you can guess what some numpty has done- The site is owned by the Mall landlord - The signage is relatively clear - My initial reaction was to write a furious appeal/complaint letter then I found this site and thread. After reading all the excellent material on 'Private' car parks I am going to stay my hand and follow all the good advice - Thank you all - I will use the excellent approach and template letters posted by Bernie the Bolt in 'Private parking tickets/template letters. I will post progress reports from time to time.

Hello All, Just found this interesting site with all its helpful people - I am retired and hope to help by posting experiences of battles with unreasonable 'officialdom' as they happen from time to time.