Comments on: Parking fines introduced at the Willow Brook Centre

By: Scooby

Scooby — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:04:41 +0000

Simples dont go a Tesco There Rubbish, The petrol station is terrible could be ran better by a tin a tuna!!!

By: Anon2

Anon2 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:32:09 +0000

Batz – must agree as since going there again I have seen cars parked where I got ticketed and yes… no ticket issued!! Adam – yes the signs are more than clear now….. but certainly weren’t when I parked there.

By: batz

batz — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:11:03 +0000

i really cant get over all the goody goodies on this thread, no wonder this country is in a general state, too many softies who are not ready to stand up and be counted.

ps, as much as a great job they do, this evening at around 6.45 an ambulance was parked up in the petrol station and the occupants were snacking, one rule for one and one for another!!!!

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:53:47 +0000

Anon2, there is no parking around the petrol station, the actuall petrol station is more of a quickly grab something place if your filling your car up.
There are other cash points next to the main car park. And i suppose if you didnt want to go into the main Tesco, you could park and then walk to the petrol station.
Also saying you had to “Scrape the barrel to find it”, why did you risk it in the first place? The signs are really quite hard to miss.
But as you said live and learn.

By: Ade

Ade — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:32:12 +0000

How rude and arrogant some people are….Dom you should despair at these people (yourself included) and not those who actually make a conscious effort to not cause trouble for others…..

By: Anon2

Anon2 — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:47:11 +0000

Batz, thanks but too late – didn’t realise and sent the £35 off (scraping the barrell to find it!!) as certainly couldn’t afford the £70 if I’d left it more than 2 weeks. So wish I’d looked at this site first – never mind you live and learn. Just one question though where should you now park if you only need to visit the cash point/shop at the petrol station???

By: sukie

sukie — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:20:15 +0000

I wonder if KFC and the other food retailers have found their profits have shrunk since people are no longer able to park behind the outlets? Ive stopped going to KFC since my food is cold when I get it home due to the increased walk to a car parking space.

Ah well, good for my figure anyway!

By: batz

batz — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:42:49 +0000

anon2, do not pay fine, you really really dont have too.

By: Anon2

Anon2 — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:41:49 +0000

G – exactly the same happened to me on Sun 24 Jan. Stopped off at petrol garage at 4pm for some cash and milk – no parking as garage forecourt totally packed. Knew I wasn’t going to be more than a couple of minutes and 2 pints of milk costing 86p has now cost me £35.86. In future I shall have to block a pump further infuriating petrol customers as this is not a price I am able to pay on a regular basis when the main Tesco store is closed.

By: batz

batz — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:58:30 +0000

Too many do gooders on here, I feel for ‘G’, How simple would it have been for the attendant to ask the Wife to move on and not park there, I must say, I’d not have held back, but thats another story. but ‘G’ dont pay it, Its really not legally binding.

As for myself, I got booked and didnt pay, but have learnt my lesson and no longer park there.

By: Orson

Orson — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:25:24 +0000

G, Cowboy or not you chose to ignore the signs and park where you should not have – it’s snow excuse to blame the weather – he was only doing his job.

Clearly not a ‘sensible’ decision on this occassion. They wouldn’t need the cowboys if they didn’t have to round up the strays – so to speak!

Pretty expensive Bread & Milk!!

By: G

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:31:44 +0000

I recently got fined by parking in the centre.

Normally I would not park there and would normally drive into the main car park but on this occasion because there was a lot of snow and ice on the road, It was late at night, I only wanted to go to Tesco to pick up a loaf of bread and milk and as my wife and baby son were in the car I decided that on this occasion it was sensible to park there rather than going all the way round to the main car park.

I left my car keys with my wife who would be perfectly able to move the car if it was an inconvenience to anyone.

Five minutes later when I returned to the car I could see someone looking at my car from a distance in a position where my wife would not be able to see him. Only when he saw me heading towards the car did he approach the car, take photo’s and put a ticket on my windscreen.

His only reply was ‘there are signs everywhere’.

The cowboy who issued the fine did not even have the decency to even ask my wife to move the car if it was an inconvenience to anyone, also it was only the rear wheels of the car that were touching the yellow line in the zone, his only interest was to earn his commission…..

I too have lost all faith in the Williow Brook Centre by resorting to employing such a bunch of cowboys.

By: Rich

Rich — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:14:42 +0000

Was looking for local info now the Examiner is no longer and came across this site. Amazed that people like Dum have so much time to write nonsense over and over again. 100′s of spaces, rarely anywhere near to full, but that’s not enough for some. That my good man is what is wrong with this country, not clampers or Tesco’s, but people who want the world to revolve around them and park where they want, let their kids roam around till all hours, drink till they puke and not work cos they don’t fancy it.

By: Orson

Orson — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:34:34 +0000

Dom, I have just re read the whole thread and your arguments are completely inconsistent!

In one you state – ‘Also parent and child spaces don’t need to be nearer the door so why have them. I am perfectly happy to walk a little further with my child in a push chair.’

and them you state – ‘Oh, and regarding the disabled bays: they are actually a long way from the entrance. Thats why people park in the no parking zone.’ Then you state – ‘Having restricted mobility I cannot actually VOTE WITH MY FEET thank you very much.’

To top it off you state ‘I just want to do my shopping and walk as short a distance as possible!’

So what is it are you disabled and can’t walk when your on your own, or a parent with child that can walk a distance or just somebody who seems to find fault with everything? It strikes me you make comments to suit the post and go off on a tangent critising everybody and everything – are you on something or just a grumpy bloke?

You say – ‘I too am educated in matters of law’ – right – if you were you wouldn’t commit to writing such inconsistencies.

The discussion was on parking fines and has gone way off track I suggest you think about that before you go off on one in your replies, stereotyping people and to be quite honest being rude and aggressive yourself.

By: SH (Editor)

SH (Editor) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:07:14 +0000

Please note that yesterday's comment from George of the Willow Brook Centre management team (see above) was held in the moderation queue until we could verifiy its authenticity. Centre Manager Scott Lahive has now confirmed that the message is genuine and authorized by him.

By: dom

dom — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:00:45 +0000

SH, I have attended before however to be honest nothing gets done there. It is a platform for the willow brook and local councillors to forward their own agendas. indeed i watched as one local councillor laughed when some residents complained that a house nearby was being used as a brothel. these poor residents raised a valid concern and were laughed out of the place by a councillor!

That was enough for me to know that little of any relevance gets done there, so I won’t be attending that one. its all a bit freemasonish for me.