The £655 pizza

PD IS telling of a family birthday party held at a local branch of Pizza Hut.

There are about twenty family members present, four car loads of them.

"You can imagine our shock when, on Saturday morning, we all got parking tickets for £150 each!" PD says.

It seems they didn't read the posted notices, saying that the car park was a private one, and that only the first two hours were free. After that, the charge was £10 a minute!

And, due to the slowness of service, they were fifteen minutes late in finishing their party.

Needless to say, PD and all his family are somewhat upset. "We thought fifty-five pounds for a family treat was really good value," he says sadly. And he adds, "It was a party; we didn't look at the car park notices; we didn't worry about the time!"

Anyhow, the family have rung Pizza Hut to complain, they've rung the police to seek advice, and PD even rang My Good Lady to consult her legal knowledge.

The advice is universally the same: "Don't pay!"

They've been advised to write a letter of complaint to the car park owners and to Pizza Hut.

If nothing else, £655 for a pizza would seem somewhat excessive.