: Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:54 am  

Spoke to a very helpful lady at Quinns today called Petra who promised me the matter was going to be thoroughly investigated. She said all stewards should be clearly marked with the usual yellow fluorescent clothing. The guy who took my money just emerged from a car with no identification at all and charged me a fiver. I am informed that as there were five of us in the car, the charge should have been £3 plus we should have been issued with a ticket.

We had arrived early at around 3pm to take in the reserves match too.
If anyone else arrived early and was not issued with a ticket or had their car damaged, I suggest they contact the Harlequins club.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:58 pm  

Zaphod wrote:

Spoke to a very helpful lady at Quinns today called Petra who promised me the matter was going to be thoroughly investigated. She said all stewards should be clearly marked with the usual yellow fluorescent clothing. The guy who took my money just emerged from a car with no identification at all and charged me a fiver. I am informed that as there were five of us in the car, the charge should have been £3 plus we should have been issued with a ticket.

We had arrived early at around 3pm to take in the reserves match too.
If anyone else arrived early and was not issued with a ticket or had their car damaged, I suggest they contact the Harlequins club.

At the entrance to the said car park a metal sign clearly stated that
parking was a fiver. Like you I wasnt issued with a ticket either and the price discrepancy forms part of my e mail to the club.
Im certainly not tight fisted but the customers deserve to be charged the going rate and preferably be able to return to their car to find it as it was left. Its good to hear they are investigating though.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:43 pm  

It's always been £5 hasn't it? At least it was when we parked there in '06

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:29 pm  

Stooper wrote:

It's always been £5 hasn't it? At least it was when we parked there in '06

It may have been back then but I was informed by the club
at the start of the season that it ranged between £3 and £8 depending on
the numbers in the car., I assume that is for the Rosebine as I have always been charged £5 when I have been able to access the main stadium car park. The only reason I know this is because I enquired about buying a seasons pass for the main car park but was told the club were not issueing them.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:54 pm  

pronto wrote:

It may have been back then but I was informed by the club
at the start of the season that it ranged between £3 and £8 depending on
the numbers in the car., I assume that is for the Rosebine as I have always been charged £5 when I have been able to access the main stadium car park. The only reason I know this is because I enquired about buying a seasons pass for the main car park but was told the club were not issueing them.

The Rosebine got rid of that "numbers in car rule" for at least 1 game last season (only parked in there once) and its something they only do for the Rugby Union.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:33 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

The Rosebine got rid of that "numbers in car rule" for at least 1 game last season (only parked in there once) and its something they only do for the Rugby Union.

Not according to Zaphod who spoke to the club this morning or the contents
of the e mail I received prior to the start of the season.

: Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:45 pm  

pronto wrote:

Not according to Zaphod who spoke to the club this morning or the contents
of the e mail I received prior to the start of the season.

Yer, again only going on previous experience of last season, where the board had 2 sides to it, one for RL and one for RU.

: Tue Apr 14, 2009 6:54 am  

According to the Quins Ru come all within site there was another
theft from motor vehicle in the Rosebine during sunday`s Heineken Cup
fixture.

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:06 am  

Hi, we are travelling down on Sunday by car and having read all of the above, I am a bit concerned about using this car park, although we never had problems other years. Can anyone recommend any other parking areas within walking distance of the ground?

: Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:53 am  

rlgear wrote:

Hi, we are travelling down on Sunday by car and having read all of the above, I am a bit concerned about using this car park, although we never had problems other years. Can anyone recommend any other parking areas within walking distance of the ground?

There is the college car park about 100yards before the ground entrance as well as the Rosebine.