Wednesday, August 25, 2010

The Most Expensive Parking Fee in a Shopping Mall



The above photo was taken at the parking payment machine located at Premier Park Lot at Empire Shopping Gallery, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.

My friend parked there for approximately 5 hours and they charged her RM599.00. Isn’t it the most parking fee even being charged for just parking in a shopping mall?

How can this happen?

The story goes like that. Apparently when Empire Shopping Gallery was open for business in April 2010, it offers free parking till end of June 2010. My friend has initially taken the parking ticket during the free parking period. Since the parking “palang” was lifted up during the time she exited the parking, she totally forgotten that she has taken a parking ticket.

Today, we went there again for dinner. While searching for the parking ticket to pay, she took the wrong ticket (you know lah, the one which she took many months again). When machine ask her to park RM599, she has a shock of her life. Then I asked her whether she has put in the right ticket, she suddenly remember that today parking ticket is actually still in her purse. What a joke!!!!

The conclusion is that the parking in Empire Shopping Mall is calculated on hourly basis. So do not try to leave your car there for a time more than necessary unless you want to break current record of RM599.

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