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Adrian wrote:
On Fri, 09 Oct 2015 18:13:08 +0100, Nightjar cpb wrote:

The Lidl branch I most use is at Clapham Junction. They have number
recognition cameras, and ask you for your car number at the checkout.
Which then gives you up to 90 minutes free parking...

Why don't they just read the number going in and the number going out,
which is what my local Lidl does?

Probably because even short-term minutes parking near Clapham Junction
is at an expensive premium, and if the store want to provide it free to
their customers, they want to ensure their customers aren't blocked out
of all spaces by non-customers...

Yes - there is a Boots next door with no car park. The ASDA - where you
you don't need a purchase to park - is rather further away.

Other Lidl car parks in the area don't seem to have any restrictions at
all - apart from the usual signs.

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