Free parking anywhere!

Nod said:
Of course, in most places, the answer for free parking is something like this!

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I'm not allowed to drive these things and probably they could result with an easy injury. I like the safety of big cars. Given choice I'd pick range rover for town shopping trips.
 
Our high street and city markets are quite good! probelm is that the parking is expensive and even on sundays, I dont drive and this would kill me!

If you want me to shop dont make it a PITA
 
If you don't drive, why is it a problem for you if parking is expensive. ...and why is it a PITA?
 
viv1969 said:
If you don't drive, why is it a problem for you if parking is expensive. ...and why is it a PITA?
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Personally i dont drive but that doesn't mean i dont get into other people's vehicles and share the commute. As a passenger or behind the wheel, the spaces are still limited, normally not cheap if you want to get into the city center ( I share the expense if someone is giving me a lift). Then you deal with the traffic and the one way systems...
 
Films in blockbusters wee too tame for me to bother with
 
I miss blockbusters , I don't watch films much now , I used to like the browsing and choosing , I know it's odd because renting online is more convenient but it annoys me that the world is going online, mostly because it's at the expense of the working person.

With blockbusters and the like there's a multitude of jobs supported by us picking a film off a shelf and taking it home to watch , what is there with a download, a click of a hard drive, IT support and a lot of rich men getting richer, yes I'm partly to blame for the demise of blockbusters by subscribing to Netflix and now TV but if it re-opened I'd be first in the door.

Now might be a good time for the independent DVD rental store to make a comeback
 
wack61 said:
I miss blockbusters , I don't watch films much now , I used to like the browsing and choosing , I know it's odd because renting online is more convenient but it annoys me that the world is going online, mostly because it's at the expense of the working person.

With blockbusters and the like there's a multitude of jobs supported by us picking a film off a shelf and taking it home to watch , what is there with a download, a click of a hard drive, IT support and a lot of rich men getting richer, yes I'm partly to blame for the demise of blockbusters by subscribing to Netflix and now TV but if it re-opened I'd be first in the door.

Now might be a good time for the independent DVD rental store to make a comeback
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My little local store has a thriving DVD rental section.
 
I much prefer to use equivalent online services over retail, as they are 24/7, no travelling in a crowded city, and an easier price comparison. If the retail staff were always knowledgeable, friendly, and available when you need them, things might be different.
As people want less retail, the workforce is drifting into other areas. Such as delivery services, IT jobs etc. Big business, like Blockbuster, are all over the retail market too. And is often making big losses. The small guy has less investment to provide online services. Where small retailers must borrow from big banks to get started.
And as with any change, things take time to equalise out. It doesn't help to be uneconomical just to try to protect a few jobs.

If you save your money somewhere, as well as spending less on fuel and parking, you will still spend it somewhere else.
 
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Or you can look on youtube, most films find their way on their, Last weekend I watched Jurassic World and Spy, neither available on DVD yet.
 
ianp5a said:
I much prefer to use equivalent online services over retail, as they are 24/7, no travelling in a crowded city, and an easier price comparison. If the retail staff were always knowledgeable, friendly, and available when you need them, things might be different.
As people want less retail, the workforce is drifting into other areas. Such as delivery services, IT jobs etc. Big business, like Blockbuster, are all over the retail market too. And is often making big losses. The small guy has less investment to provide online services. Where small retailers must borrow from big banks to get started.
And as with any change, things take time to equalise out. It doesn't help to be uneconomical just to try to protect a few jobs.

If you save your money somewhere, as well as spending less on fuel and parking, you will still spend it somewhere else.
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true but when you want to make that big purchase how do you look at it first, I hear over and over, go and try a camera out in a shop to see how it feels then order it from panamoz , look at a TV in John Lewis then order it online , I do most of my shopping in Costco, certainly the big purchases, if they sell it I buy it there but then their customer service is second to none and before anybody says it not even John Lewis will refund the full purchase price on an 18 month old sofa because the mechanism developed a fault and refund the OK one because they didn't have a replacement in stock, over £2500

and it's not just a few jobs, you"ve got manufacture, delivery, import, wholesale, retail, used retail, shop fitting, maintenance, rent, gas , electricity ,rates ,even for a relatively small business like blockbuster that would be thousands of jobs gone and it applies to anything that can be downloaded, games,music,films,software

a lot of companies are getting very rich off the internet because the prices haven"t fallen in line with how much their overheads have dropped
 
Meanwhile, back on topic, apparently parking is free at the main town centre car park where I live.

It's supposed to be a state-of-the-art system with ANPR and the option to pay on foot or pay online later, but apparently the latter option doesn't work. Epic quote from a council spokesperson: 'In hindsight, the Royal Borough did not buy the best system'.

http://www.maidenhead-advertiser.co...or-free-at-the-Nicholsons-Centre-22072015.htm
 
wack61 said:
I miss blockbusters , I don't watch films much now , I used to like the browsing and choosing ,
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I can't argue with that, I feel the same TBH
 
wack61 said:
true but when you want to make that big purchase how do you look at it first,
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Yes. That is important. For cameras there is a trade show twice a year near me. I don't like time wasting in shops and not buying. Some items I will buy in shop though. But it's often so inconvenient, and time consuming to get into the city. And once in a shop with reasonable prices, getting served is another pain. So I prefer online where possible.
 
Food? Can I go to Tesco, poke and prod all the fruit, veg, bread etc. then go home and get it cheaper on the interweb?
 
Nod said:
Food? Can I go to Tesco, poke and prod all the fruit, veg, bread etc. then go home and get it cheaper on the interweb?
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I'm sure they won't mind :thumbs:
There are lots of companies doing home deliveries for food these days :D
 
For ME, half the fun of food (OK, maybe 10%!) is choosing and selecting it. Apparently, Sainsbury's delivery was a lifesaver 3 years ago when I was SBaPP (work THAT one out!!!) but not used it other than then. We do get very nice veg delivered sometimes though.
 
I went to "Mccoys" after walkers et al filled the bags with air, but even they are doing the same now, if its not that, its the crumbs off the floor :(
 
Bit of free parking at the back of the queues on the M20 right now.
Food, drink and portaloos, and a mere 19 hour wait to access the euro tunnel terminal in Folkestone :-)
 
Actually the solution is quite obvious for the unlucky ones in horrible red trousers and white stray hair mayor towns. We need a national database of commuters and driveways - and the software that works out who goes where and when to lock councils out of immoral revenue. A bit like uber, just not for profit.
 
daugirdas said:
We need a national database of commuters and driveways - and the software that works out who goes where and when to lock councils out of immoral revenue. A bit like uber, just not for profit.
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Eh? I'm afraid you've confused me with that comparison. Does Uber have a national database of cars and drivers, and software to work out who gives who a lift? I didn't think it worked like that.

But take the communist command-and-control element of your proposal away, and what you describe already exists in the free-market economy. Read about it in this BBC News article - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-29365454
 
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Cobra said:
CBA but you knew that :p
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Sick Bad and Proper Poorly!

Cobra said:
I went to "Mccoys" after walkers et al filled the bags with air, but even they are doing the same now, if its not that, its the crumbs off the floor :(
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That's the problem with crisps - you can either package them with plenty of air (probably more like Nitrogen than full air so it keeps the crisps crisp and fresh) to stop the getting crushed in transit(/luton/artic) or let them get crushed and supply what look like the factory floor sweepings.
 
Cobra said:
I went to "Mccoys" after walkers et al filled the bags with air, but even they are doing the same now, if its not that, its the crumbs off the floor :(
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Well at least they are putting something in there that is of benefit to your body, unlike the rest of the contents. ;)
 
StewartR said:
Eh? I'm afraid you've confused me with that comparison. Does Uber have a national database of cars and drivers, and software to work out who gives who a lift? I didn't think it worked like that.

But take the communist command-and-control element of your proposal away, and what you describe already exists in the free-market economy. Read about it in this BBC News article - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-29365454
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how is that better than council rip off? It's a bloody steak a day to stop somewhere. Outrageous.
 
Nod said:
you can either package them with plenty of air
or let them get crushed and supply what look like the factory floor sweepings.
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And both a lot of the time too :(

Nod said:
to stop the getting crushed in transit
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The boxes are rigid enough to stop that so I don't buy that as an excuse

nilagin said:
Well at least they are putting something in there that is of benefit to your body, unlike the rest of the contents. ;)
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Allegedly , the cornflake packet contains more protein than the contents :D
 
Ok, at POS then! And possibly in Transit if someone's transporting their packed lunch in the works van! :P
 
daugirdas said:
how is that better than council rip off? It's a bloody steak a day to stop somewhere. Outrageous.
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So you think you should be allowed to park your car on somebody else's garden, without offering them what they would consider to be fair compensation? Good luck with that.
 
StewartR said:
So you think you should be allowed to park your car on somebody else's garden, without offering them what they would consider to be fair compensation? Good luck with that.
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The idea is they will park in someone else's garden too. At the end of the day everyone will be equal and with money still in the pocket. Win win, unless you are a greedy council :)
 
daugirdas said:
The idea is they will park in someone else's garden too. At the end of the day everyone will be equal and with money still in the pocket. Win win, unless you are a greedy council :)
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No, the money will go to me and my new bollard-installing business.
 
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