Just a heads up to all when parking your motorbike in a popular supermarket car park.

Do not park there for more than 20 minutes (i was 3 minutes over)  if you are spending less than 150baht or you will be, as i was fined by some (i counted 4) rather eager car park attendants who seemed to take great pleasure in making the falang pay.

Not much money and i suppose rules are rules which as was pointed out to me were there, printed on the back of the ticket, (should have read the back of the ticket i know) but got a sour taste in my mouth after this episode and won't be going back there to spend any more money.

How much was the fine? You've left that out.

5 baht. 

6 minutes ago, Happy Grumpy said:

5 baht. 

Can you pay by credit card?

Even as a sporadic visitor I know that this not new.

 

The free unchecked parking at Friendship could not go on.

Used by everyone around (market) and so packed that you could hardly find a space in the late morning.

47 minutes ago, JamJar said:

How much was the fine? You've left that out.

what's the amount got to so with anything?

1 minute ago, Peterhua said:

what's the amount got to so with anything?

I suppose the approach is different from one person to another. 

 

Personally when I do something wrong (by ignorance) and I am fined therefore, I have less problems if the amount is 10 than 1000 Thb. 

 

But we are all different. 

3 minutes ago, Peterhua said:

what's the amount got to so with anything?

 

Don't you think that it is an important part of the tale?? 

Otherwise it's like telling that the price of eggs has risen, but not bothering to tell by how much.

Is it that you are too embarrassed to tell?

For instance, if is 10 baht for an hour, I might consider ok to leave the bike there after shopping and pop across to the market for fresh fruit. If it is fifty baht, I'll park on the street.

 

So if you are going to give us a 'heads up', do it properly.

1 hour ago, Peterhua said:

Not much money and i suppose rules are rules which as was pointed out to me were there, printed on the back of the ticket, (should have read the back of the ticket i know) but got a sour taste in my mouth after this episode and won't be going back there to spend any more money.

 

Did you actually spend any money at all in the supermarket?

 

Why don't you shop in the much cleaner and better value supermarket on Pattaya klang. And i believe it' free parking there too.

Why don't you shop in the much cleaner and better value supermarket on Pattaya klang. And i believe it' free parking there too.

Are you referring to Foodland ?

Most dont charge,but i can see why they do ,its to stop those that just use it then go off somewhere else ,they have very limited parking. So no complaints from me.

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1 hour ago, Crossy said:

 

Did you actually spend any money at all in the supermarket?

 

He didn't go to the supermarket, he just used their parking. 

9 hours ago, Peterhua said:

what's the amount got to so with anything?

ooh dear....simple straightforward honest question is met by disdain....... 

VERY happy they enforce the parking rules, as I shop in Friendship regularly and enjoy finding parking spaces for CUSTOMERS

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3 hours ago, Peterhua said:

eager car park attendants who seemed to take great pleasure in making the falang pay.

Yeah, they'd have loved that more than the girlfriend on her monthly salary day. 

1 hour ago, johng said:

2 hours ago, Kenchamp said:

Why don't you shop in the much cleaner and better value supermarket on Pattaya klang. And i believe it' free parking there too.

Are you referring to Foodland ?

Yes. A much nicer shop than the other one.

5 hours ago, JamJar said:

How much was the fine? You've left that out.

He also left out the name of the supermarket!

 

Ok, I guess it's Friendship supermarket based on the other people's posts.

6 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

5 baht. 

 

    OMG , you could not make that one up , matey . 

 

 

 

24 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

He also left out the name of the supermarket!

 

Ok, I guess it's Friendship supermarket based on the other people's posts.

 

You mean, based on the title of the thread.

14 minutes ago, elliss said:

 

    OMG , you could not make that one up , matey . 

 

 

 

 

We don't know if that is the case, since the OP refuses to reply. Seems that small thing ruined his whole day.

12 hours ago, Peterhua said:

but got a sour taste in my mouth after this episode and won't be going back there to spend any more money.

Good , no point for you to visit anymore so real customers like me can enjoy the free parking.

Off-topic posts removed.   Keep it civil.  

If I remember correctly there is a fine for U-turns around 30 baht and overnight parking is 100 baht per hour.

You are in someone elses country, at a busy parking lot, with a fine for overstay of 5 baht, which is 00.14 Euro, or 00.17 USD, and this bothers you so much? Because they would not bend the rules for you? And you think they took some deep racist pleasure out of extracting 5 baht from you? You should go to the beach today and order a big ridiculous drink with an umbella in it.

15 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said:

5 baht. 

Hope you got a receipt for that large amount

.23Aud, seems like true cheap charley

Living up to the second part of your nic

Would the OP have posted if there had been only one guard who gave him a deep wai while grovellingly asking Missatah for 5 baht? ???????? 

 

Sure the guards there are an arrogant bunch (especially compared to the ones at Foodland, who tend to be quite respectful), and I don't like them, but you can keep your dealings with them to a minimum. At the end of the day they're of no consequence.

2 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

Hope you got a receipt for that large amount

.23Aud, seems like true cheap charley

Living up to the second part of your nic

 

Pay attention.... HG is not the OP.

2 hours ago, WalkingOrders said:

You are in someone elses country, at a busy parking lot, with a fine for overstay of 5 baht, which is 00.14 Euro, or 00.17 USD, and this bothers you so much? Because they would not bend the rules for you? And you think they took some deep racist pleasure out of extracting 5 baht from you? You should go to the beach today and order a big ridiculous drink with an umbella in it.

 

Was it 5 baht? The OP refuses to tell.

Perhaps someone who next parks there can confirm what is written.