[Article] Pay and Display on the way

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I know that buying a ticket for travel does not guarantee you a seat, it entitles you to carriage.

The difference here is that a parking ticket doesn't have an equivalent distinction between carriage and seating - you can either fit your car into a space or you can't. If they sell me a parking ticket and then can't provide a parking space within the validity period of the ticket then surely there is some failure to provide the services contracted for.

If the ticket was valid for a certain number of stays without limit on the validity then it would be different.

Imagine buying one of those season tickets for a multiplex cinema and turning up in good time for a series of films and being told each time that there were no seats available. At the end of the month your ticket expires and you have received no service. I don't think most people would be happy with this scenario and the parking would be no different. Indeed, I can see what Mark is referring to above - I am sure IE will lose some passengers after people get tired of shelling out for the parking and not getting their space for the best part of the week, and having to go park somewhere else and missing their train for a few weeks. At least some of these people will switch to other transport modes.

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