{"id":954,"date":"2014-12-10T08:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T08:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/?p=954"},"modified":"2014-12-10T05:10:04","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T05:10:04","slug":"srta-members-condemn-44000-over-selling-of-phantom-car-parking-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srta.org.uk\/wp\/posts\/954","title":{"rendered":"SRTA Members condemn \u00a344,000 a year over-selling of 30 phantom car parking places"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This is Car Park 4<\/p><\/div>\n

SRTA member Marion Price and SRTA Chairman Tony Clayton are both quoted in the Sevenoaks Chronicle’s revelation<\/a> that Southeastern and their contractors have been over-selling up to 30 Car Park 1 places at \u00a31467 a year each – an additional profit of some \u00a344,000\u00a0a year\u00a0to the rail company, on top of the above-average fare increases imposed for 2015<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marion Price is one of a number of SRTA members and supporters who have over the last few months reported problems getting the space for which they have paid. Marion told the Chronicle\u00a0that:<\/p>\n

“The full number of available car parking spaces has already been sold and the charges collected by the operator.\u00a0To sell some of those spaces again is a form of usury and is completely unacceptable.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tony Clayton added that:<\/p>\n

“It is not reasonable to sell a season ticket for a space which doesn’t exist, or which has been sold to somebody else.\u00a0The idea that you can sell the chance of a parking space \u2013 like airlines do with seats \u2013 only works if you pay large compensation for overbooking when all the customers turn up.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yet the Chronicle’s investigations have shown that Southeastern are charging \u00a31467 for only the chance <\/em>of a parking place –<\/em>\u00a0Southeastern’s\u00a0conditions actually say: “purchasing a permit in advance does not guarantee a space” –\u00a0<\/em>which raises the question of what purchasing a permit\u00a0does\u00a0<\/em>guarantee?! Overall Southeastern seem to be selling 165 tickets for 135 places.<\/p>\n

It is also telling that Southeastern changed their story to the Chronicle, and that their second response made an irrelevant point about there being spaces in Car Park 4 – which was not in issue.<\/p>\n

It’s notable that the two Sevenoaks District Council car parks near the station both have a system of numbered spaces that are reserved for specific season ticket holders until 0930 – which many will think is a somewhat fairer system.<\/p>\n

If you have had problems finding the parking place you have paid for in Sevenoaks Station Car Park 1 – or Car Park 4 – please let us know by using the comment box below or by emailing enquiries at srta dot org dot uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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