I remember I used to get free parking s/e of zaragozza back in the day never got a ticket or follow up from authorities… BAG parking I think it was called 
.well thats what i told the x missus… when the c/c bill came in…happy days… 
ROADRANGER:
I dont mind paying to park when I get something proportionate for my money.
But, as has been said many times msa’s take the p1ss
Their land, they’re entitled to charge. If you don’t like it you’re just as entitled to take your business elsewhere. You chose to park there so you accepted their terms which you decided to break so the company will get to pay the penalty for that and as it’ll end up being a business to business debt then ultimately if it gets to the point the bailiffs can just force entry to your business premises and take what they please. Also you’ll find that things like county and high court judgements against the company tend to not look favourably on your O licence status.
ROADRANGER:
Thanks for all the replies.
I genuinely forgot to pay.
No I didn’t.I forgot to obscure my number plate on the way out.
I’m going to pay the £60.
After all, I’ve parked on the services loads of times free.
I dont need the stress on top of all the other ■■■ going on.
The wife hates getting the grief, so I will move on.
I dont mind paying to park when I get something proportionate for my money.
But, as has been said many times msa’s take the p1ss
Works for me 
peirre:
dieseldog999:
theres no enforcement despite what the letters say.Unfortunately until we finally leave the EU other European countries are still able to pursue you for the debt for dodging the tolls/fines in their country, as they still have access to the DVLA database to get your info. As the companies have the support of the authorities in those countries, I’ve been chased for fines/debts in both Spain and Portugal, so a simple €2 toll turned into a £20 fee once they added their admin fee. Likewise if you do a similar thing in a hire car whilst in country, the hire company has your credit card number so you can’t dodge it. I now have the necessary toll tags for each country that I frequent on a regular basis
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this would be where pepipoo would be your friend.
every time i pass the dublin toll i expect to get numerous attempts to get me to pay from the uk leeches they have bounced the fine onto.
they have no powers or right to collect toll fines ect as ireland is europe and dvla vehicles( uk ) are a different country.
a debt collector cant pursue you for a toll in another country.
the letters the write are horrific with penalties,but since they changed to having no barriers then they could have saved half the rain forest with the letters they have sent me that have been ignored.
As a side note, because all the food outlets at Rivington are now closed, though the Spar shop is still open, they have now stopped charging for overnight parking. You still need to log your reg number with them at the till.
I expected the usual if you cant do the time dont do the crime comments.
So thank you for that, the fact is, I never complained to anyone.
I was just seeing if I had a way out of paying the inflated charge.
For the first time in my life I have paid it, just to avoid possible hassles.
The point about, if we don’t pay for parking, we can expect less places to park is valid, to a point.
But, in truth, most of the non British trucks that park on services overnight don’t pay, so why should I.
There is a solution to this for them.
Fence the truck park, install barriers, in the way the ulceby truckstop has, for example.
ROADRANGER:
Fence the truck park, install barriers, in the way the ulceby truckstop has, for example.
What usually happens…
Is someone inevitably drives into the barrier and pulls it over. In time, unless it’s properly run, the entrance device becomes broken or vandalised. I just can’t see greedy MSA’s wanting to spend a penny more than they have to to provide us with parking slots.
Welcome Break some years ago fanfared a ‘trucker friendly’ parking experience. They were going to making the parking better, change priorities for us in and out as well as upgrading the showers etc. They did none of those things.
yourhavingalarf:
ROADRANGER:
Fence the truck park, install barriers, in the way the ulceby truckstop has, for example.What usually happens…
Is someone inevitably drives into the barrier and pulls it over. In time, unless it’s properly run, the entrance device becomes broken or vandalised. I just can’t see greedy MSA’s wanting to spend a penny more than they have to to provide us with parking slots.
Welcome Break some years ago fanfared a ‘trucker friendly’ parking experience. They were going to making the parking better, change priorities for us in and out as well as upgrading the showers etc. They did none of those things.
Aust (Severn View) services used to have a separate truck area, with it’s own dedicated building. Since they opened the New Severn Crossing, and the subsequent downgrading of the original M4 to M48, traffic volumes dropped, and now the drivers part has been converted into the main services… 