Stafford shops closing - Turning into a ghost town?

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EasMid

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I don't know whether anyone's mentioned this in other posts. It looks like the council have come up with another plan to get more shoppers/visitors into the town centre.
I parked in the car park under the old civic centre yesterday, went to put my £2-40 in the machine for 3 hours parking ( as I did just over a week ago) only to find that the price has increased to £3 & its now £3-50 for 4 hours. What was a short stay car park, maximum 4 hours, is now a variable stay park with a maximum charge of £8 for 24 hours. It was previously free to park on Sundays, there's now a charge of £1-50 for the day. More revenue for the council when all those drivers that aren't aware get a nice parking fine this Sunday
 
The Hawk

The Hawk

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EasMid said:
I don't know whether anyone's mentioned this in other posts. It looks like the council have come up with another plan to get more shoppers/visitors into the town centre.
I parked in the car park under the old civic centre yesterday, went to put my £2-40 in the machine for 3 hours parking ( as I did just over a week ago) only to find that the price has increased to £3 & its now £3-50 for 4 hours. What was a short stay car park, maximum 4 hours, is now a variable stay park with a maximum charge of £8 for 24 hours. It was previously free to park on Sundays, there's now a charge of £1-50 for the day. More revenue for the council when all those drivers that aren't aware get a nice parking fine this Sunday
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http://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/parkin...gulations-in-stafford-and-stone-november-2016
 
jacs

jacs

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EasMid said:
I don't know whether anyone's mentioned this in other posts. It looks like the council have come up with another plan to get more shoppers/visitors into the town centre.
I parked in the car park under the old civic centre yesterday, went to put my £2-40 in the machine for 3 hours parking ( as I did just over a week ago) only to find that the price has increased to £3 & its now £3-50 for 4 hours. What was a short stay car park, maximum 4 hours, is now a variable stay park with a maximum charge of £8 for 24 hours. It was previously free to park on Sundays, there's now a charge of £1-50 for the day. More revenue for the council when all those drivers that aren't aware get a nice parking fine this Sunday
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We had similar at Sainsbury's yesterday. Put £1.50 in to get 2 hours parking, checked ticket to make sure the date/time were correct, and discovered we'd only got an hours parking as it was now £1.60 for two hours. And then the Sainsbury's cashier would only refund £1 as he'd apparently been told that's all he could refund. I expect we weren't the only ones to fall victim and some may not have checked their tickets before going off for 2 hours.
 
littleme

littleme

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jacs said:
And then the Sainsbury's cashier would only refund £1 as he'd apparently been told that's all he could refund. I expect we weren't the only ones to fall victim and some may not have checked their tickets before going off for 2 hours.
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'Could' only refund the £1, as its set by Stafford council who own the carpark, not Sainsburys. :(
 
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gilesjuk

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Paying for parking, combined with really bad traffic is why I almost never go into Stafford town centre. Luckily some shops there realise this, I buy my games from Shogun mail order, the delivery is still cheaper than parking, fuel and time wasted going into Stafford.
 
HopesDad

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bigbluewolf said:
Go to Birmingham or Manchester and pay to park if you really want to moan about the prices.

I paid £20 to park for 12 hours in Manchester.
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There are a lot cheaper car parks in Manchester than that. And there are a couple more shops than in Stafford
 
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