Carpark parking changes. 50% increase

[StressMagnet]

I was driving through my nearest large town and decided I would swing in for a hour to check if some vouchers was still valid after endless shop closures.

When I parked up the carpark has gone from hourly starting at £1.60 to minimum of three hours at £3.

I'm sure I could go to another car park and presumably it might be a cheaper rate. But with so many shops shut recently I dont see the logic in this.

I was going to mooch around a few shops but I didnt need three hours so drove a mile from high street to check my vouchers on the free trading estate.

I dont really like the other car parks as the top is on a killer hill. One is central and the spaces are tiny and the other is at the top of the hill. The shopping centre is at the bottom.

So unless I really need to go to a few shops I do think it would put me off going into town. Poor high street. Going there feels more like hard work as time goes on.

Where I live is free parking for another few months then charges are being introduced. I often pop into town for a coffee because it's free parking. I'm not paying for a coffee and £2 to park! And then I'm not going to wander into Boots or New Look either, and impulsively part with my cash. I do think it will cripple the high street.

That's the thing, I only really needed one shop.but I was thinking I could have a browse at a few shops near it. But faced with paying £3 just for a quick look around didnt appeal. It will definitely make think twice about how much I need to buy anything in the future. Good for my pocket and the environment but bad for the high street. I often used to in for one thing then buy some more on a whim in other shops.

same here on our high street

just no point othering, we have an out of town retail parka couple actually. free parking

they win!

I've taken to parking in the supermarket car park which has 1.5 hours parking if you purchase something. I never need more than that.
The car park is £2.50 per hour, up to £6 all day and I begrudge paying that.