Parking fines are a turn off for shoppers

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Morrisions Parking Ticket Charlotte and James Fuller and son Lucas with parking ticket from the Debt Company SUS-141113-162746001 — W46533H14 Morrisions Parking Ticket Charlotte and James Fuller and son Lucas with parking ticket from the Debt Company SUS-141113-162746001

SHOPPERS have warned fines received after parking in supermarket car parks are driving them away to alternative stores.

Three residents told the Herald they received penalties of up to £150 after spending three figure sums on their weekly shops.

Private parking firms operating car parks at Lidl, in North Street, Worthing, and Morrisons, in Newland Street, sent letters to the trio after they overstayed the time limits.

Heavily pregnant Charlotte Fuller, 28, of Thorn Road, said: “It’s absolutely disgusting. The customer should feel comfortable and have time to shop, especially with children.

“The longer I’m there, the more I am going to spend. I haven’t been back since.”

Mrs Fuller was visiting Morrisons with four-year-old son, Lucas, spending £150 on shopping and a visit to the store café.

She later received a demand for £150 from a debt collection agency. It is believed the original £90 fine, from Euro Car Parks Ltd, was lost in the post.