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Gemini Car Park/ Whipps Cross Hospital
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Hi

I went to visit a friend at the hospital this morning, its been over a year since i last went to whipps cross. On arrival i drove into a car park and saw it had been taken over by Gemini. I am a blue badge holder and sign said 'blue badge holders have to register at 'Apcoa.co.uk' and scan on the way out.  I immediately left and tried another carpark i used to use but that too had same gemini signage.

I was in both car parks for less than 2 mins (cctv will prove this) but im worried gemini will still try sending me a fine, ive had bad experience if them before in the past.

Does anyone know if they have a 5min grace period and/or am i likely to receiving a fine. If so how do i proceed? usually i would contact the landlord who owns the car park but i dont think whipps cross will bother responding.

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Re: Gemini Car Park/ Whipps Cross Hospital
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There is a 5 minute minimum “consideration period” allowing you to read the terms and choose not to accept them.
It’s not a “fine”, it’s an invoice for payment under a contract which, in this case, the driver did not enter into.
For future reference, never use “I” but “the driver”, but in this case I don’t expect anything will come of it.
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Rather than us advising on what might happen, let's see what does. Come back if you receive a Parking Charge Notice. 2 minutes is well within any consideration period.
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Rather than us advising on what might happen, let's see what does. Come back if you receive a Parking Charge Notice. 2 minutes is well within any consideration period.

cheers, i know im jumping the gun but its just ive had very bad experience with gemini before and they can be very ruthless and petty. hopefully nothing comes of it