supermarket "3 hour limit" on parking: bit confused
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Hi folks,
The curiosity has gotten the better of me, hence the post. Quite a few of the out of town supermarkets near me have put in number plate scanners at the entrance, coupled with many yellow signs dotted around the car park
I was mildly curious what made them decide to do this, I really can't believe that so many people were parking up for > 3 hours that it was worth installing all these gubbins - or am I missing something?
I suspected that it might be them outsourcing car park management to a 3rd party who are looking for ways to make extra cash - but I still don't beleive it's a good revenue earner.
Cheers
-ace
The curiosity has gotten the better of me, hence the post. Quite a few of the out of town supermarkets near me have put in number plate scanners at the entrance, coupled with many yellow signs dotted around the car park
I was mildly curious what made them decide to do this, I really can't believe that so many people were parking up for > 3 hours that it was worth installing all these gubbins - or am I missing something?
I suspected that it might be them outsourcing car park management to a 3rd party who are looking for ways to make extra cash - but I still don't beleive it's a good revenue earner.
Cheers
-ace
CampDavid said:
There's one at Bicester Village's Tesco. 3 hours maximum. Works for me, it limits the shopping trip to three hours, gives us easy parking and we can get the food shopping at the end of it
but thats kind of my point; neither of the ones near me are particularly convenient for the town (sevenoaks) or the train stations. - I'd assumed it was to stop lorry drivers holing up for the night - but even that seems tenuousbelieve it or not its sometimes down to staff!
they dont want 30/40/50 staff cars taking up potential customer parking from their place OR rival firms. this deters that. in one local shopping centre to me 70% of the car park was taken up by staff parking ALL DAY! translate that into pound signs from people that think ' bugger this' when they cant get a space and thats a lot of moula. all our local car parks for big firms get full.
they dont want 30/40/50 staff cars taking up potential customer parking from their place OR rival firms. this deters that. in one local shopping centre to me 70% of the car park was taken up by staff parking ALL DAY! translate that into pound signs from people that think ' bugger this' when they cant get a space and thats a lot of moula. all our local car parks for big firms get full.
redstu said:
^
but as the "fines" are not enforceable, won't the staff just ignore this after a while?
Alternatively they could partially obscure the front plate before driving in, bit of a pita though!
indeed - the clock on the sainsbury's one near us seems to be quite often wrong (they have obviously screwed up their NTP sync) slightly curious if they ticketed me and their clock was wrong, what would happen.but as the "fines" are not enforceable, won't the staff just ignore this after a while?
Alternatively they could partially obscure the front plate before driving in, bit of a pita though!
Bonefish Blues said:
redstu said:
^
but as the "fines" are not enforceable, won't the staff just ignore this after a while?
Alternatively they could partially obscure the front plate before driving in, bit of a pita though!
They could do, but it would quickly become a disciplinary matter, I'm sure.but as the "fines" are not enforceable, won't the staff just ignore this after a while?
Alternatively they could partially obscure the front plate before driving in, bit of a pita though!
geeteeaye said:
Bonefish Blues said:
redstu said:
^
but as the "fines" are not enforceable, won't the staff just ignore this after a while?
Alternatively they could partially obscure the front plate before driving in, bit of a pita though!
They could do, but it would quickly become a disciplinary matter, I'm sure.but as the "fines" are not enforceable, won't the staff just ignore this after a while?
Alternatively they could partially obscure the front plate before driving in, bit of a pita though!
Bonefish Blues said:
geeteeaye said:
Bonefish Blues said:
redstu said:
^
but as the "fines" are not enforceable, won't the staff just ignore this after a while?
Alternatively they could partially obscure the front plate before driving in, bit of a pita though!
They could do, but it would quickly become a disciplinary matter, I'm sure.but as the "fines" are not enforceable, won't the staff just ignore this after a while?
Alternatively they could partially obscure the front plate before driving in, bit of a pita though!
They've just done this at one of the out-of-town retail parks outside Chester and caused some consternation. With shops and "restaurants" on the site, it's very easy to stay over 3hrs and has been catching a lot of people. Apparently they will cancel the ticket on production of suitable receipts. Staff cars are registered and can park all day.
The operators said people were parking there and then travelling into Chester for the day, some people even bringing fold-up bikes. That seems most unlikely to me. I don't believe the bike thing, and it's not within walking distance and by the time you'd faffed around and got a bus which would still be a couple of pounds (each so makes no sense at all for more than one person) you might as well just park in town.
The operators said people were parking there and then travelling into Chester for the day, some people even bringing fold-up bikes. That seems most unlikely to me. I don't believe the bike thing, and it's not within walking distance and by the time you'd faffed around and got a bus which would still be a couple of pounds (each so makes no sense at all for more than one person) you might as well just park in town.
Deva Link said:
The operators said people were parking there and then travelling into Chester for the day, some people even bringing fold-up bikes. That seems most unlikely to me. I don't believe the bike thing, and it's not within walking distance and by the time you'd faffed around and got a bus which would still be a couple of pounds (each so makes no sense at all for more than one person) you might as well just park in town.
interesting. This could be the deal in sevenoaks. one of the super markets that has done this is very bike-able to the station -.Thanks for all the responses!
-ace
geeteeaye said:
How so? You have worker > workers company > site owner > third party car park scum
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