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A driver in New Zealand was shocked to return to her car and discover a car park had been erected and she had been fined NZ$85 ($77).
Josephine Williams parked in an empty gravel clearing in Westgate, a regional town centre in Auckland on Monday.
Ms Williams had been using the car park for months with between 50 and 100 other commuters before catching a bus into the CBD.
But after returning to her car this week she was stunned to see a Wilson Parking fine on her windscreen.
'To my unfortunate surprise - and many others - I was greeted by an NZ$85 (AUD$77) parking ticket for a breach and a flyer from Wilson Parking saying paid parking had started that day,' Ms Williams told Stuff.
'But what breach exactly was made? How was I supposed to know paid parking started that day when there was nothing at all displayed anywhere in the car park?'
After returning to her car Ms Williams was stunned to see a Wilson Parking fine on her windscreen
By 6pm on Monday a large red and white Wilson sign had been erected at the carpark entrance displaying '12 hours for $4'.
'Wilson deliberately put their sign up
