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Now the Homebase on the Retail Park joins the parking fine trough |
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Sep 24 2009, 02:12 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Sep 24 2009, 02:35 PM) In the Newbury Weekly News, it gives a story on how people at the Retail Park could be fined for parking on Homebase 'permit holders only' - £75.00 or more!!!
A simple thing to do is don't go to these places. I haven't been to Newbury town nor Homebase shopping for many months. The simplest thing to do would to not park in a permit only bay without having a permit, not a problem at all then
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Sep 24 2009, 02:55 PM
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QUOTE (Andy @ Sep 24 2009, 03:12 PM) The simplest thing to do would to not park in a permit only bay without having a permit, not a problem at all then Andy, that's far too sensible a comment for this forum.
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Sep 24 2009, 02:58 PM
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QUOTE (Darren @ Sep 24 2009, 03:09 PM) Perhaps if people didn't park there and trot onto a bus into town for work all day the landlords wouldn't have to introduce a penalty system. They kicked learners off there years ago because of the problems they were causing. Always some selfish opportunists who spoil it for everyone else. Some years ago a large hospital which had free car parks, found that the visitors and patients had very few spaces to chose from owing to fine, upstanding citizens parking there all day and catching coaches up the motorway to London. No prizes for guessing how they stopped that one. A time limit is fine in most circumstances, though, not sure what exactly the new arrangements are at the retail park?
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Sep 24 2009, 03:34 PM
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Unfortuantly although this story comes from NWN they haven't posted it on the web, but the story isn't as simple as you think. £75.00 is MORE than being caught doing 40 in a 30 past a school at kicking out time. Another thing, a private company would not 'fine' a potential customer who was visiting, for parking in their staff car park. QUOTE (Andy @ Sep 24 2009, 03:12 PM) The simplest thing to do would to not park in a permit only bay without having a permit, not a problem at all then That is true and I haven't...for many months!!!
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Sep 24 2009, 05:54 PM
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QUOTE (Hugh Saskin @ Sep 24 2009, 05:47 PM) Just read the Retail Park story myself and it seems that, away from the permit-only areas, you still get four hours free parking and that the trading standards people didn't have any issues with the signs. Good enough for me, then Yes, the same people that have had to admit after declaring the bollard signs as adequate, need re-evaluation. A £10.00 fine would have just the same effect, £75.00 is obscene. Especially as it is most often likely to be an accident. I also think the disabled sign is dubious.
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Sep 24 2009, 06:10 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Sep 24 2009, 04:34 PM) That is true and I haven't...for many months!!! But I thought you said you were boycotting them entirely because they were trying to enforce what sound like perfectly reasonable restrictions.
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Sep 24 2009, 06:11 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Sep 24 2009, 06:54 PM) Yes, the same people that have had to admit after declaring the bollard signs as adequate, need re-evaluation. A £10.00 fine would have just the same effect, £75.00 is obscene. Especially as it is most often likely to be an accident. I also think the disabled sign is dubious. Were trading standards actually involved in this, being asked to comment on signs on a public road? I know they have a wide remit nowadays, but not sure if it stretches that far.... PS - I think you will find that the disabled sign referred to is behind HMV in Northbrook St, nothing to do with Newbury Retail Park, perhaps a case of two fairly thin stories being put together for effect.
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Sep 24 2009, 09:38 PM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Sep 24 2009, 07:10 PM) But I thought you said you were boycotting them entirely because they were trying to enforce what sound like perfectly reasonable restrictions. And perfectly reasonable fines??? No, I don't go because I don't need to AND making it more 'hazardous' means I am unlikely to bother casual shopping either. QUOTE (Hugh Saskin @ Sep 24 2009, 07:11 PM) PS - I think you will find that the disabled sign referred to is behind HMV in Northbrook St, nothing to do with Newbury Retail Park, perhaps a case of two fairly thin stories being put together for effect. That is right, but I was commenting on the credibility of the Trading Standards point of view, not that it was to do with the Retail Park.
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Sep 24 2009, 10:30 PM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Sep 24 2009, 02:35 PM) ........how people at the Retail Park could be fined for parking on Homebase 'permit holders only' It's the people who DESIGNED the bleedin' car park layout who should be fined!! It's all right angled junctions with high kerbs (which knacker the wheels of the unwary) ...and one way circuits (and ineffective No Entry signs) that don't work! As a Saturday morning shopping experience it's a nightmare.......
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Sep 25 2009, 07:26 AM
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QUOTE (Iommi @ Sep 25 2009, 07:50 AM) I hope you have no intentions for political life, but judging by some of the comments on here, this sick country gets the sick administration that is deserves. I don't see the connection. How is this country's administration linked to the charges for parking in a private car park?
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Sep 25 2009, 07:37 AM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Sep 25 2009, 08:26 AM) I don't see the connection. How is this country's administration linked to the charges for parking in a private car park? yep. Emphasis on Private. Why do people assume that because it's private land, they can park on it for as long as they want, however they want?
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Sep 25 2009, 08:21 AM
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QUOTE (user23 @ Sep 25 2009, 08:26 AM) I don't see the connection. How is this country's administration linked to the charges for parking in a private car park? The country is full of administrators. Homebase have one that like to charge £70.00 a day for parking in 'reserved' parking spaces, whether deliberate or not. Incidentally, this country's administrator, the Government, seem quite happy for wheel clamping to exist unregulated, but that's another story. QUOTE (Darren @ Sep 25 2009, 08:37 AM) yep. Emphasis on Private. Why do people assume that because it's private land, they can park on it for as long as they want, however they want? I'm not sure I know personally anyone who thinks like that.
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Sep 25 2009, 08:51 AM
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QUOTE (spartacus @ Sep 24 2009, 11:30 PM) As a Saturday morning shopping experience it's a nightmare....... Which I why I would never go there at weekends Re the amount of the fine: what on earth does it matter how much? Don't park where it's clearly (apparently) marked you shouldn't. Simple. The fine is a deterrent. If people were more conscientious and did as directed, fines would not be necessary. Free parking on private land is a privilege, not a right. So in return, the owners of the land are entitled to make whatever restrictions they choose.
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Sep 25 2009, 08:57 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Sep 25 2009, 09:51 AM) Re the amount of the fine: what on earth does it matter how much? Presumably it is a quantity that you have no need to worry about! QUOTE (JeffG @ Sep 25 2009, 09:51 AM) The fine is a deterrent. If people were more conscientious and did as directed, fines would not be necessary. Free parking on private land is a privilege, not a right. So in return, the owners of the land are entitled to make whatever restrictions they choose. Do they want customers or not. The point is some people are unaware, especially when it is a new installation. I have a feeling, however, that the charge is unenforceable, but that isn't my specialised subject. Like I said, the public gets what the public wants.
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