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“Refund for cancellation”

★☆☆☆☆

written by john1yorkshire on 12/05/2020

I booked airport parking with this company some time ago. Two months ago I cancelled the booking. They replied saying they were busy but would refund my booking fee. Next they closed their business premises and have refused all contact since. Now they have sent a no reply email informing me they have decided to keep my money and will give me a token for future use. This is against the law and against their own terms and conditions. 

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“not if you value your car”

★☆☆☆☆

written by grumpier1 on 07/12/2018

the following is a copy of the letter I sent to aph 3 weeks ago by 4 different methods without reply. when I collected my car BB54 TLS yesterday I found that anything inside it that could have been messed with, was messed with. all the seat settings including the front passenger's were altered along with the mirrors, radio stations, heater settings, door locking system and worst of all the lighting settings. is all this necessary just to move the car a few yards??????? I have only had this car a couple of weeks and still getting used to it but as with previous cars i always have my lights set to auto and when I left aph park in the daylight I didnt notice that this wasn't the case. later on as it got darker and darker, the motorway traffic was heavy and the dashboard lights were on so I didn't notice that the outside lights werent. so when other drivers started flashing me more and more frantically I thought that there must be something wrong at the back of the car structurally so I slowed down and limped along to the next services whereupon leaving the main carriageway it became instantly apparent that the auto setting on the light stalk had been interfered with and I was driving with no lights. if this is just a sport among your drivers they need to be told ITS NOT FUNNY. I will wait 7 days to see what action you intend to take on this before I send the copy to your head office

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“ROBBED BY APH MEET AND GREET”

★☆☆☆☆

written by neveragain1966 on 04/09/2014

Booked the so called Meet and Greet at Manchester for the 6th August 2014, phoned them up 15 minutes before like they request. 30 minutes later they still had not arrived. By this time we were worried that we would miss the plane, so we decided to park in the Airports long stay car park, which would cost us an extra £188 after already paying this joke of a company £73. Please if you value your holidays DO NOT use this company or else they will take your money like they did with me. This company just takes your money and runs. DO NOT USE APH, THEY WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND RUN.

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“Beaware of cancellation policy!!!”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Bauer284 on 16/07/2014

We booked AHP parking T1&T3 long stay carpark at Manchester airport starting monday 7th July. 48 hour's prior to the start of the parking period booked we needed to cancel. Reading the terms & conditions its states, cancellations can be made upto 24hours before parking period starts & you will receive a full refund.We booked through a 3rd party,emailing 38 hours before hand (saturday afternoon). We received an email from the third party on the Sunday morning,informing us we would not reveive a refund as AHP said the cancellation period was 48 hours prior to booking!. Erm so they make it up as the go along to avoid refunds! Disgraceful service & we're now £55 down.

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“never use again”

★☆☆☆☆

written by sirloinsteak44 on 14/07/2014

very poor service the bus driver on arrival snatched my case from me, then refused to let a 80 year old ladies daughter on because he said there was no more room for baggage when there was plenty he just could not be bothered so the old lady had to get of the bus

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“DAMAGED OUR CAR AND THEN EFFECTIVELY ACCUSED US OF LYING!”

★☆☆☆☆

written by les12 on 09/10/2013

We left our car at APH manchester carpark .When we arrived and gave our keys in no one checked the condition of our car or mileage.We were ushered to the bus to airport at once .Staff on bus very good.When we returned from holiday our cars 4 tyres had been painted/sprayed with Tyre black without our consent something which we would never do.The tyre black was still wet and both us and the manager got the black on our hands whilst touching tyres. This black was also on the alloy wheels as well. It was still wet in streaks. Both the front alloy wheels were scuffed and they were in perfect when we left the car ,no scruffs or marks. A report was taken by manager and when they later sent us a decision letter and photos of CCTV of us arriving in the dark at the beginning of the trip they said, THEY could clearly see that the black on tyres was already there and that they have no kerbs in their premises that could damage the alloy wheels. They are effectively accusing us of lying about our cars condition when we put it in their care. Both my husband and I are disabled and pensioners and definetly honest people. The CCTV sent to us shows no proof of anything because of shadowing on the photograph and the cars lights being on as we drove into their premises. We know that our car was not in that condition when we put it in their care but we can not prove it. I have seen many stories on their facebook page of damage to cars ,some costing the customers 1000's of pounds but no compensation from APH. What they do is try to silence anyone who makes a complaint on social media or any other websites about them, or pretend to be helping unsatisfied customers ,when in fact they are going out of their way to cover up the damaging of customers cars so that they do not pay compensation or repair. It is very hard to prove that your car has been damaged in their care even if you have your own photographs beforehand.Maybe one of their staff used our car for personal use we wouldn't know ? But someone from there damaged our car during its stay and APH deny all responsibilty.Use this carpark at your peril! There are people with far more damage than ours, some complaining that damage nearly caused a fatal accident on the motorway going home.Obviously there are good reviews about them too ,but if your car is damaged by them you will never get compensation so beware.

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“Beware pricing policy”

★★☆☆☆

written by Malchester on 16/09/2013

Have used APH Manchester Airport for about 10 years now and always had good service. Always booked early because of their 'promise' that the earlier you book the cheaper it is. Oh no it's not! Booked 4 months in advance hanging on their promise of book early for cheapest prices. Thought it a bit expensive at £47 but took them at their word. Several weeks later the price had gone down to £37. Rang up and was told the only thing I could do was to cancel and rebook - that meant losing the credit card charge. But did so. Then, 10 days before travelling found the charge was down to £27. The only way to do anything was to cancel and rebook, another credit charge lost. I wonder how many times this has happened in the past ten years, and to how many people. How many times have I overpaid by believing their promise of cheaper charges the earlier you book. Will not be using them again.

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“Bad Bad Bad”

★☆☆☆☆

written by CHEEKYDAVID on 26/08/2013

Dont book never got confirmation email got address off web site when i got to postcode couldnt find it rang them they were SHUT had to park at t2 at a cost on £55 for 2 days not happy they refused to refund me AVOID

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“Completely fobbed off. ”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Angry_Man on 30/12/2012

The true measure of a company is how they treat their customers when things go wrong. Things go wrong from time to time, we are all human and mistakes are made. However the experience I've had from A.P.H Parking has exasperated, annoyed and frustrated me and could possibly have resulted in my death tonight. I returned from my flight to pick up my car to find the hazard lights flashing, despite the engine being off. I then discovered a letter on the passenger seat saying my cars battery had gone flat, but they had saved the day by recharging it with a "power surge protected power pack". After questioning the duty manager I was told in no uncertain terms that it was all my fault because the battery had gone dead and I would have to deal with the problem myself. He then insisted I leave immediately because they needed the space my car was in. I later called the R.A.C because I couldn't turn my hazard lights off. The engineer said my battery was in perfect condition. He had also never heard of a "power surge protected power pack" and in all likelihood they had overloaded my cars electrics by poor use of jump leads. He was unable to fix my problem at the roadside and 200 miles from home I had to continue my journey, hazard lights blazing and visit the dealer in the morning. Things went from bad to worse when my lights suddenly died on an unlit stretch of the M.50 which almost made me career off the road at high speed. I have attempted to phone them to complain but they have become aggressive and hung up on me. Please I beg you, do not trust this company. They should be investigated by the authorities.

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Les12's Response to Angry_Man's Review

Written on: 08/10/2013

have heard this type of thing being complained about on their facebook site too could have caused a fatality terrible is it going to take someones death to stop this?

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Les12's Response to Angry_Man's Review

Written on: 09/10/2013

I think I have read of your experience on APH facebook page I would like to speak to you if possible as I had car damage too ,really bad and dangerous what happened to you.

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“APH Need clearer directions”

★★★☆☆

written by TheDogsDooDahs on 09/11/2012

APH's directions read: Keep in the left hand lane and the entrance to "Valet Parking" is signposted ahead of you. At the car park entrance (Valet Parking).... Now forgive me but looking for signs, at 3:30am, in the dark, I expect signs to show "Valet Parking" ! No ! No reply from the telephone numbers at this time of day! Apparently signs dont read "Valet Parking" they show - Meet & Greet!! & you head for area 4. Once this matter was finally clarified, by the kind man in the fuel station, and a mad panic as time was moving on, we could have used our usual method of parking elsewhere & being shipped in by bus. That aside, now its been used once, and when APH's directions are updated, its a quick easy (as-cheap) parking base.

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Les12's Response to TheDogsDooDahs's Review

Written on: 09/10/2013

Wish we had never found the place after our car damage

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“APH Parking Manchester”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 31/10/2012

Second time we used them - the first time we waited over 20 minutes for the prompt meet and greet - we renamed it meet and wait - we gave them a second chance in September - again we waited over 40 minutes for them to collect the car and when i asked them directly why they had lied to me as to where they were on the 4 occasions we called them they then went on to blame the switcboard who in turn blamed the collector so i commented that whoever lied APH are a bunch of liers. On my return to Manchester my car was there and the man did not check that i was the owner but actually cleared off pretty quickly -when we got in we found that the battery was flat and at 1.30am we were outside the terminal with jump leads. We thought as we were having a good motorway run home that would recharge but the next day it was flat again - i knew it was a fairly knew battery so called my garage - after jump starting the car again took it to my garage where it conked out when i arrived. On checking the mechanic said the battery had been taken out and not put back properly and this is not something that could have come loose it had actually been removed. The mechanic then went onto say he did not think ths was the battery they sold us but could not guarantee it. Our mechanic further said that this has been done now as we would not have managed to get to the airport in the first place and that we were lucky we had not gone over any bumps or pot holes on the way home because it wold have stopped and cut out as it had just done at the garage and being on a motorway it could have caused a fatality - we have complained but nothing....

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Les12's Comment

Written on: 08/10/2013

have heard this type of complaint on APH facebook site where someone could have had a fatality

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“DO NOT USE”

★☆☆☆☆

written by on 09/08/2012

DO NOT USE this was the worst service I have ever received was waiting over an hr for my car to be returned they were extremely rude when I rang up to find out what was going on and hung up. Service was that bad and the car missing for that long thought I would have to report the car missing with the police, will never use again and will reccomend every one not to use them.

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Les12's Comment

Written on: 08/10/2013

They put the phone down on us as well car damage

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“NEVER-NEVER-NEVER USE METEOR MEETANDGREET SERVICE”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Rayodee on 11/05/2012

I have used APH/formally Security Park Manchester for over 30 years 3 to 5 times a year with No Problems. Booked latest airport parking thro APH / Meteor meetandgreet Service. On delivery at Terminal 1 No inspection carried out to my Veichle on returning from holiday Colletion was told to go outside terminal to a point on a very busy road setting travellers down and collecting returnig clients. was not instructed to check my New Car for damage handed over in pouring rain by driver very keen to get away(other drivers waing in car)Only when I got Home Noticed DAMAGE TO MY NEW CAR. Meteor /APH not interested. saying no damage caused by there drivers No Claim because I Did Not Inspect before I left Airport. There e-mail implied that I Caused the damage.

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Les12's Response to Rayodee's Review

Written on: 08/10/2013

I can believe every word of this, nil customer service and more or less call people liars when they in fact are.

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“Never use again!”

★☆☆☆☆

written by Sylvester17 on 12/04/2012

We used Meet & Greet service at Manchester. All went well until we got into the car to drive off. It was then that we noticed the front seat had been jammed so it can't move forwards or backwards. Someone had then decided to move the seat with brute force & ripped the seat in doing so. Obviously APH are denying all knowledge of this & we are left with hundreds of pounds worth of damage. Terrible service. Will never use again!

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Les12's Response to Sylvester17's Review

Written on: 08/10/2013

Yes can quite believe this after our experience with them most staff were great but someone damaged our car

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“Faultless Service”

★★★★★

written by homermac64 on 16/08/2011

Did exactly what it said on the tin. Much better idea than taxis. Out of car, onto a smart bus, off at airport, onto plane - off plane, straight onto a smart bus, into car, and off to the supermarket, then home. So easy.

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Les12's Response to homermac64's Review

Written on: 08/10/2013

well done a happy customer wish we had been lucky with them

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“booked a hotel in hale for one night with 10 days...”

★★★★★

written by on 08/01/2011

booked a hotel in hale for one night with 10 days parking, cost £43 for both, thought this was a great deal, aph could not have been better, it was a fast efficient service with a smile and a friendly approach, something you don't always get these days. their transfers were quick, with the driver helping you on and off with luggage...just brilliant, top marks,

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“Have used several times before with no problems, but...”

★★☆☆☆

written by on 14/12/2010

Have used several times before with no problems, but arriving back this time we picked our car up late at night, where we picked up the car from was too dark to check, after driving out and down the road we realised we had been driving with a flat tyre, had to stop and change this and had to pay £136 the next day for a new tyre. I telephoned APH to ask why the driver had not noticed the flat when he drove the car to where I picked it up from I was told that it can be up to 24 hours before you return that the cars are moved to the collection bay I toild him that they should have lights so you can check on your return as it would have been easier to change there than on the roadside. I will not be using them again.

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Les12's Comment

Written on: 08/10/2013

so it cost you alot more because they didnt check that the car was roadworthy

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“We found APH Manchester through...”

★★★★☆

written by on 16/08/2010

We found APH Manchester through http://www.airportparkingreviews.net/aph-parking/. The level of service was great. Car was delivered on time and the staff were polite and friendly. We're heading from Gatwick at Christmas so we'll be using the aph car park near there.

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Les12's Comment

Written on: 08/10/2013

They were very good ontil we arrived home and found our car damaged and they blamed us just a joke

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“Having used meet and greet at Manchester's Terminal 2...”

★★☆☆☆

written by solhenitsyn on 02/08/2010

Having used meet and greet at Manchester's Terminal 2 previously where you park the car, hand in the keys and wheel your luggage straight across the road and into the terminal I mistakenly assumed that the experience at Terminal 3 would be the same. Having parked the car and handed in the keys (all good so far) I placed my luggage on a trolley and looked for a sign for Terminal 3....and looked and looked. I asked a member of staff and was directed through Terminal 1.....right through Terminal 1 and out the other side, along a path, across a road etc. A walk which took a good 10-15 minutes. All this with a trolley full of cases.
Arriving back at Manchester at 2am I was faced with either a wait for a bus to take me back to Terminal 3 or the same 10-15 minute walk! I chose to walk. When I spoke to the car park attendant regarding the distance from the terminal and told her how it ran at Terminal 2 I was told to "use Terminal 2 next time". Good answer if not very helpful. Suffice to say I won't be using meet and greet at Terminal 3 any time soon.

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“I've used this park for years, it was originally...”

★★★☆☆

written by brigadier 53 on 03/04/2010

I've used this park for years, it was originally called "the security park" and was just that! Booking was simple, check in and transfers were immediate, the staff friendly and efficient. Oh how the big boys ruin a good thing, it's still easy to book but the waiting times for transfer to and from the airport can be tiresome, even the staff don't look happy now.

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