Why dont Tesco issue a day pass for match days possibly £3,allowing it to be purchased in any Tesco store.Try parking at pieland, wire,leeds ,salford etc,for free.you will certainly have quite a lot of walking to do,also the worry of your vehicle being damaged.
There’s only really the rugby that is a real positive for the town. Whilst Tesco have every right to do what they’re doing, sometimes you have to embrace those around you to help each other along. A strong, well supported rugby club will undoubtedly benefit the town as a whole in terms of investment, profile etc which leads to jobs and more money in people’s pockets to spend in Tesco, so to me you have to be careful about putting barriers in the way of that. In any case it’s a ridiculously oversized car park anyway so it’s no big deal in terms of getting a space to do your shopping
A few years ago, I'd have ignored it and parked anyway. I must had had a couple dozen of fake parking 'fines' off the parasitic scum private parking companies. They get ignored, and the several letters (increasingly threatening for effect) get binned. They stop eventually and would never persue through the small claims court (their only route to get a penny out of you is to sue you for breach of contract).
Unfortunately, some Tory tw*t of a judge ruled in favour of the corporate giants in one case, the precedent of which has been used since in a few other cases.
If you get one of these, follow the advice on Martin Lewis' moneysavingexpert site and it's hugely unlikely you'll have to pay, but just ignoring the gobshites is no longer the guarantee it was, sadly
You do realise that if you had read the thread you would have seen a post six before yours that says exactly this???
http://forums.redvee.net/showthread....l=1#post783941
To be honest we're more tempted, 4 of us car share and park a good 15 minutes walk away..
If the car park is generally a bit quieter, £3 a game probably works about £9 each for the season for parking next to the ground..
Will have a look at the Salford game
Getting out of that car park is a nightmare after a game. Only ever been picked up though.
If I do drive, I use the multistory by world of glass. 1.50 for match day parking and not really a hassle to get out.
But tend to use the train more often than not.
Bob into Tesco afterwards to grab a few bits before ambling to car, and the queue has normally subsided a bit - but even so, it's 10 mins max at even the worst times.
A few times, though, I've seen dickheads overtaking all the queuing cars on the wrong side of the roads because they're presumably too special to have to queue. Always a car full of blokes. I always wish a puncture on them. Or, if I'm in a bad mood, a head-on with a bin lorry. W*nkers.
I think it's due to the time it can take after a game. It's not really fair on their customers who have come to shop if it's taking 30-45 mins to get off the car park, that could potentially lose them business or at the very least annoy customers who may only be able to shop at that time on a Friday or whatever.
I've been sat on there nearly an hour after we played Wigan once on a Thursday so I can't imagine how annoyed you'd be if you'd just nipped to do the shopping.
I get the sensible thing would be not to go shopping when Saints are playing but suppose Tesco just have to think of everyone customer wise.
I'd like to hope/think anyone with issues walking from town etc due to health/medical issues could contact Saints and they'd support those people. Be disappointed if they wouldn't.
I’d like to see how many people actually go in to Tesco and do their shopping on match days and finish doing it between 9.30 and 10.30pm, i think its very few if any. Surely most people tend to stay away from the site around game time unless they are attending the match. Just seems like an incredibly short sighted act that could create a bit of ill will towards Tesco.
Probably, i just dont see it increasing the number of people going in to Tesco during that time by that much anyway. It may stop people parking there but will not stop people dropping off and picking up, so there will still be disruption getting in and out of the car park before and after the game.
I wonder if there was any stipulation made regarding parking when the original planning permission was requested for Tesco and the ground.
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The sign by the camera at the entry to the car park still states “3 hours free parking” so I suspect that anyone challenging a fine for staying over 1.5 hours would win that argument. Probably not worth the hassle but should be borne in mind if you receive an invoice.
Tried to book on Horizon web site.Put in my times,blanks them out on friday night,won't accept a booking.Contacted them but as usual with these people no reply.Don't mind paying £3 that's reasonable,not crying for it to be free like some.
Even though they have said it has changed I’m sure whatever it says on the signs is what the rules are, so if the signs say 3 hours then its 3 hours parking. Don’t quote me on that but there is information online to say that:
http://www.knowyourparkingrights.org...ing-is-managed
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/sc...rivate-land-s/
I know the second one is Scotland but it may also be applicable in England, it may be worth people checking the sign before going.
Sainsburys Oldham give 3 hours free parking if you spend £5....
Takings increased by 13% when they introduced it.
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