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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Zoe Wood

Zipcar sent me a £305 bill for parking in one of its bays

A VW Golf Zipcar in the rain in south London
A Zipcar parking bay – but look out for any ‘issues’ or suspensions. Photograph: UrbanImages/Alamy

I’ve been a Zipcar member since 2013 and I use the service six to eight times a year. At the end of January I made a booking for an hour, with the car collected from and dropped off at the same location.

I became aware there was a problem in February when my banking app showed Zipcar had taken £305 from my account. I searched my emails and found a message from it in my spam folder.

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