BigAl1 143 #1 Posted February 20 For as long as I can remember the car park at infirmary road sheffield has allowed virtually unlimited parking time. Suddenly with no announcement the parking time has been reduced to only 2 hours. I know it is contracted out to a private company but I can not for the life of me understand why either Tesco or the company has not put out big signs at the two entrances warning drivers of the change. Does anyone really expect customers who have been using the car park for years to study the parking rules every visit just in case they are changed? Typically the response I got from the customer services was the car parking is out sourced so there is nothing we can do when of course there is. This quite frankly is astonishing as it is loyal Tesco customers who will be fined and of course Tesco could erect the signs or force the contractor to do so. I sincerely hope Tesco will pay the fines for all unsuspecting customers who have fallen foul of the new rules until large warning signs are placed at both entrances. I have no issues with the reduction in time allowed just the crass disregard for customers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
*Wallace* 333 #2 Posted February 20 I don’t know of any supermarket car park with no restrictions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Mr Bloke 1,445 #3 Posted February 20 14 minutes ago, BigAl1 said: For as long as I can remember the car park at infirmary road sheffield has allowed virtually unlimited parking time. Suddenly with no announcement the parking time has been reduced to only 2 hours. I know it is contracted out to a private company but I can not for the life of me understand why either Tesco or the company has not put out big signs at the two entrances warning drivers of the change. Does anyone really expect customers who have been using the car park for years to study the parking rules every visit just in case they are changed? Typically the response I got from the customer services was the car parking is out sourced so there is nothing we can do when of course there is. This quite frankly is astonishing as it is loyal Tesco customers who will be fined and of course Tesco could erect the signs or force the contractor to do so. I sincerely hope Tesco will pay the fines for all unsuspecting customers who have fallen foul of the new rules until large warning signs are placed at both entrances. I have no issues with the reduction in time allowed just the crass disregard for customers Hmmm... What puzzles me is how anyone can spend more than 2 hours in a supermarket... ... in which case, how can it be the "loyal Tesco customers who will be fined"? 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
BigAl1 143 #4 Posted February 20 31 minutes ago, Mr Bloke said: Hmmm... What puzzles me is how anyone can spend more than 2 hours in a supermarket... ... in which case, how can it be the "loyal Tesco customers who will be fined"? Many will leave their cars there and catch the tram into town but also pick up shopping at Tesco on way home or perhaps visit the nearby library as I say I don’t object to the new rules just the lack of publicity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HeHasRisen 3,410 #5 Posted February 20 They aren't fines btw, they are speculative parking invoices. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
metalman 21 #6 Posted February 20 6 hours ago, *Wallace* said: I don’t know of any supermarket car park with no restrictions. Morrisons at Hillsborough is one example, I think. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longcol 608 #7 Posted February 20 23 minutes ago, metalman said: Morrisons at Hillsborough is one example, I think. Despite the number of football fans parked in the top car park when Wednesday are at home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Meltman 314 #8 Posted February 20 All supermarkets that I know of have parking restrictions of some kind. I think its to deter park-and-ride activity/ car sharing and ensure parking spaces for customers.......or could just be a money making plan! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Longcol 608 #9 Posted February 20 7 minutes ago, Meltman said: All supermarkets that I know of have parking restrictions of some kind. I think its to deter park-and-ride activity/ car sharing and ensure parking spaces for customers.......or could just be a money making plan! Never seen Teco's Infirmary Road car park anything like full even when it's prayer time at the nearby mosque. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
BigAl1 143 #10 Posted February 22 On 20/02/2024 at 22:32, Meltman said: All supermarkets that I know of have parking restrictions of some kind. I think its to deter park-and-ride activity/ car sharing and ensure parking spaces for customers.......or could just be a money making plan! Like I have said it is not the new restrictions I have an issue with, although like Longcol I have never seen the car park anything like full, it is the lack of adequate publicity that the rules have changed. Yes they have the standard signs at the entrances and around the car park but how many regular users of a car park will think to read them just in case there has been a change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
HeHasRisen 3,410 #11 Posted February 22 (edited) 9 minutes ago, BigAl1 said: Like I have said it is not the new restrictions I have an issue with, although like Longcol I have never seen the car park anything like full, it is the lack of adequate publicity that the rules have changed. Yes they have the standard signs at the entrances and around the car park but how many regular users of a car park will think to read them just in case there has been a change. What "publicity" do you think is sufficient in this case then? Put it on receipts? Nobody reads those either, and most people dont even bother. Edited February 22 by HeHasRisen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Resident 1,195 #12 Posted February 22 (edited) On 20/02/2024 at 15:56, BigAl1 said: For as long as I can remember the car park at infirmary road sheffield has allowed virtually unlimited parking time. Suddenly with no announcement the parking time has been reduced to only 2 hours. I know it is contracted out to a private company but I can not for the life of me understand why either Tesco or the company has not put out big signs at the two entrances warning drivers of the change. Does anyone really expect customers who have been using the car park for years to study the parking rules every visit just in case they are changed? Typically the response I got from the customer services was the car parking is out sourced so there is nothing we can do when of course there is. This quite frankly is astonishing as it is loyal Tesco customers who will be fined and of course Tesco could erect the signs or force the contractor to do so. I sincerely hope Tesco will pay the fines for all unsuspecting customers who have fallen foul of the new rules until large warning signs are placed at both entrances. I have no issues with the reduction in time allowed just the crass disregard for customers You mean these signs? (Circled in red for your convenience). These ones are only the ones visible from Albert Terrace Road. via StreetView. There are equally visible signs from Montgomery Terrace using the same method. If you don't see multiple bright blue signs appear in a car park where previously there weren't any then I wonder if you should be behind the wheel of a car given your observational skills are severely lacking. Also, the image attached was taken in July 2023 so they've been there a good 7 months, dispelling your assertion that it was 'sudden' Edited February 22 by Resident 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
