Vinci Car Parking Charges
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Haven’t Wrexham Council got no influence or say over these prices ? because as previous posts on here and elsewhere are saying it is killing not just EM but Wrexham as a whole, surely someone can see this !! :rolleyes::rolleyes:
Greed. I think Vinci would rather see 200 cars paying £3.10 than 1000 cars paying £1.
But their thinking is not helping the businesses there.@MP1953 14172 wrote:
Haven’t Wrexham Council got no influence or say over these prices ? because as previous posts on here and elsewhere are saying it is killing not just EM but Wrexham as a whole, surely someone can see this !! :rolleyes::rolleyes:
I think the answer that you’ll get is no. As I understand it, even EM haven’t got any control over these charges.
As for Wrexham Council……..their agenda is now to raise revenue to cover current costs. Whilst I have a sympathy with their economic plight, it is not good for them to adopt the same approach as the private sector Car Parks to milk the parker. I understand that Wrexham is cheap compared to Manchester or London but that argument is not good enough.
As many have said, if Wrexham Car Parking charges are raised, current Customers will shop in different ways. Firstly, there will be those who shop outside the Town Centre and this means the Supermarkets cleaning up. Secondly, there will be those who look for other places like Broughton and Cheshire Oaks where parking is free. Thirdly, there will be those who go to other towns where parking might be dear but the offer is much better. We all know where that means.
It is ironic that lots of money has been spent trying to turn the Town Centre into a Tourist hub and that the Manchester Met is trying to analyse the optimal way forward for Wrexham PLC at this time. Car Parking increases suggest that there is some confused inconsistency in thinking on this whole matter
The customer pays for the value that it adds to their life. As an every day charge in work, on average we may well not see this as value or affordable. As a retail consumer, the value would be driven by the experience we get in the town
@Alunh 14175 wrote:
I understand that Wrexham is cheap compared to Manchester or London but that argument is not good enough.
I paid £2.50 for 24 hours in Manchester City Centre a couple of weeks ago.
Ridiculous charges for what the town has to offer, what have WXM council done with the town??
It used to be a nice place to visit, with a nice town centre. Now there are 3 or 4 different “out of town” shopping centres that are just far enough away to be an inconvenience, but not close enough to be any use.
The shops are now so spread out, stretching from Tesco at one end up to Sainsburys the other, with a husk of a town in the middle. And now they are going to open another one at the site of the Esso garage opposite the post office. Madness, and no one seems to want to stand up and say “we made a mistake”.
@jamesbwxm 14181 wrote:
I paid £2.50 for 24 hours in Manchester City Centre a couple of weeks ago.
In which case, adds to the clamour
Just seen Eagles Meadow’s PR company put a release up Roy Norry’s NorthWalesExtra site saying footfall appears up due to the nice weather and start of the holidays.
Could be a normal release or perhaps out to head off the negative stories this week?
( Sadly we no longer get said releases as we refused to allow them to say what does and does not go on Wrexham.com , plus a few unanswered Q’s :D )
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