Merrilands Shopping Centre

Same experience with parking infringments at the Merrilands Shopping Centre - ours Sunday 6th November $65 for parking 1.5 hours, having lunch at the Stumle Inn. 60mins does seem a rather short amount of time to allow patrons to have a relaxed lunch, and on a Sunday afternoon when even parking in CBD is free, does seem excessive (not to mention that the NPDC only charges $12-$15 for overparking in town). Making it harder to support local business seems very counter intuitive during these times. At least the Auckland parking company is making some money.

I normally like calling into Merrilands shopping Centre when we in town however, called in on Saturday 1at October so our grandkids could spend their pocket money I went on to buy a lotto ticket… this is at 5.20pm ish car park was reasonably empty it was pouring with rain… we decided to go and have a meal at Stumble in NJ as our 7 month old granddaughter was crying and hungry as were our other older grandkids… We than receive a parking ticket for overstaying our hour by 20 mins… I could understand if the car park was full and shops were busy but that was not the case but it was after 5pm on a Saturday night and it was quiet when we came In and same when we went out.. good way to drive away customers… I won’t be going back sadly as obviously common sense doesn’t come into account. Not a happy customer!