On Jul 17, 8:28 am, John Rumm wrote:

Other branches of the same supermarket however have different policies;
some allow use of the car park as long as you also shop in the store,
others restrict use to only those that shop there and for no other
purpose. So unless you read the small print *every* time you visit you
are not always certain of what "rules" apply (its common practice for
parking "enforcement" operators to modify the terms of use with some
small print on a sign somewhere so as to catch regular users in a bait
and switch manoeuvre, changing an allowable practice into a revenue
generating one overnight with no warning or explicit signage - itself a
questionable practice.

A shop in NZ has changed their parking system to one where you get a
ticket for free parking for half an hour. Unfortunately the machine is
under cover in the dark, and the screen is backlit only when you press
any button.
If you don't spot which is the free button, you get to a menu that
only accepts money. They don't seem to understand how stupid this is.
I see lots of people doing without tickets as they don't understand
the system.