Man's disbelief over £1,200 parking bill at city centre NCP car park

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A man was left stunned after he received a bill of more than £1,200 for parking in a city centre NCP car park. Gareth Price left the car park on Greyfriars Road in Cardiff last Thursday (July 13) and saw on his phone that he had been charged £1,201.85, WalesOnline reports.

The IT Consultant travels to Cardiff once a week for work and uses the NCP app's autopay system to pay for parking. This uses cameras to capture registration plates entering and exiting the car park and calculates a charge.

Last Thursday, a technical glitch is believed to have caused the huge charge. Join our WhatsAp p Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link. Mr Price fortunately had a promotional code through his work which brought the bill down to £320.35.

But as of yesterday (July 17), he said had not yet been issued a refund. NCP issued an apology. Mr Price said: "I drove out of the car park on Thursday and on the app I had two receipts come through. "One of them said £7.95 for the day, and the other was for 42 days I think it was in total.