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Remember all the shouting about charges being made to park at Mr Pound in Girne, well they are moving. If you have not seen it, the old shop has had all the signage removed although still open for business.

Mr Pound is moving to what I think was called Ipek Ferforge & Kumas, coming from Lapta just before Deniz Plaza on same side. There is a big sign close to the road at present.

So Ya, Boo, Suks to the greedy barsteward land owner who started charging for car park. Not only is he not getting parking money from Mr Pound customers but lost the client renting his property.

Goodluck to Mr Pound, only problem is I cannot see where people will park at new shop but I am sure there is a lot more free spaces than at present.

They are hoping to complete their move this week.

There is supposed to be parking around the back - how much I do not know but good luck to them.

Not much parking just on the road at the back.

Thanks so much for that info. Some of us must be blind. I have driven past but am so busy looking at the road that I did not see signs. Actually there is a little parking on the forecourt, and the road behind may well have osme. There is a little directly on to the rear of the building and then of course the road (as yet) does not have yellow lines. So could be much better all round.

I am so glad he has found an answer. Really good news, as I am sure he lost quite a bit of trade . Also when I drive past I see very few cars in the car park (yes, I do glance down there out of curiosity), so that does seem to have not been a good move for the butcher.

All's well that ends well, I hope. |And thanks again for the info. if you get a date for opening, please share it.

It was supposed to be 10th,but some problem with the new shelving so delayed!!

Although I am agreement with everyone, the parking charge being introduced is a joke if you are going only to Mr Pound, but today I went wondering if the move had took place and also planning to visit cotton if it had not, how joyful was it when I realised I could park easily and also exit wihtout some lazy prat thinking he had a right to block me in, cos that is what used to happen, and if we are all honest, if someone owns that land why should they not capitalise, sorry don't get me wrong, I don't like paying when I don't have to, but can we imagine going shopping in England and getting free parking?

L:ove you to bits Barbie, but the last thing we want here is British standards of greed. so please don't compare to them, or maybe it would be better if they compared to us and were a little more generous with things in life that used to be free!

I totally agree with Barbieb the owner saw a business opportunity which I would not classify as greed - he obviously spent a lot of money on making a very nice car park with an attendant. It is very dangerous trying to park all along that road & there is no parking at the new location either.

Why do people think they have the right park on another persons land for free?

The owner could have sold the land for flats.

He made a commercial decision to make his land work for him and at the same time create a much better place to park.

Where he went wrong, and this is so typical of the flawed thought process here, he just went and did it.
If he had consulted with all the effected businesses and got a broad agreement of useage and cost the result would have been equitable to all.

The Brits of course would moan like hell and then just accept it.

itfcmike,
This land could not be used for building because of local planning laws and lack of adequate access. You are correct about the flawed thought process. Look at what happens when a new business opens, if it appears successful then another half dozen of the same open very quickly - result all close within a few months!

The land owner in this case tried to cash in on the success of Mr Pound and it had the consequence that most expected, it is not only "Brits" who voted with their car wheels. So unless he has a "cunning plan" then he is out of pocket big time.

Joined Up Thinking is one of my favourite quotes that apply!!

Didn't see what was wrong paying to park to be honest . The simple answer would have been for the owner of Mr Pound to simply deduct the charge from the shoppers bill as long as the shopper spent the money of course.
A lot of fuss about nothing in my humble opinion

I agree with Barbie, because it was actually easy to be able to park, when with so many other shops it's a nightmare. I didn't go to Mr. Pound every week, maybe each month, so did not resent 3 lira for easy parking, but good luck to them in the new place. Will people then be complaining because there is no where to park!

Buy an item for 4tl, the owner of Mr Pound gives you 3tl back out of his own pocket, that is nonsense!!!!
Of course it is a lot of fuss about nothing but most of us enjoy having a bit of fun debating the pros and cons of the situation in a non-threatening arena!

Stella, nobody will complain about nowhere to park because they already know that. There is plenty of off street parking nearby for those that are prepared to walk 50 yards!! Sadly will be seeing you later.

It is all pretty speculative that he is moving for that reason he may be looking for a bigger shop, he may have bought a shop elsewhere. To be honest if it is where I think the new one is I will probably use it less for parking reasons. I have never been charged to use the one behind the current Mr £ as always seemed to be allowed short term parking for free. Whoever owns that land is free to do whatever he wants with it, if not included on the Pound lease/deal it is not anything to do with Mr £ and for all intents and purposes it could have been sealed off. The real fact if the land has nothing to do with Mr £ was that anyone parking on it prior to being charged was in fact to some degree taking liberties.

Have I missed something here? I visited Mr Pound several times after the parking charges were introduced and never once had to pay anything. I made it clear that I was just visiting the shop and would not be long and the young guy gave me a pass for 15 minutes or so, did others not experience this?

Barbie I am going out now to a local town here in Cheshire free parking all day on any of 5 large car parks, I suppose it depends on where you live. Southport and Chester have park and ride £1.50 for all day too.

We all make a decision as to where to park and whether to pay. Personally I have not been to Mr Pound much since the parking was introduced and always park elsewhere. The main problem is that if one goes out shopping to several p0laces , not too close to each other, or in my case an essential to be able to park almost on the doorstep, one can end up spending a huge chunk of cash, paying out parking fees to each shop visited. Other shops do NOT have paying car parks like this, and of course it was NOT Mr Pound that surfaced the car park , - as someone says above, a bit of joined up thinking would be goodl.(or maybe just plain good old market research)

Equally if one goes to central London it can costs a week's basic pension to park in a couple of places in a day, but then those who cannot afford it don't go. Choices. It does seem that Mr Pound was not given a choice, but he has now made one.

The other down side to all this is that Mr Pound is now moving to a spot where a similar shop has been on the corner at the back for some considerable time and no doubt his business will be affected. Ripples on a pond!

If the new shop is where I think it is I would imagine that parking is going to be a real issue. That stretch of road is very busy and already cars park outside the bank/opticians causing problems, all we need is for extra people to think they can park on the doorstep of Mr. Pound and it could be chaos, or an accident waiting to happen.

frontalman wrote:Have I missed something here? I visited Mr Pound several times after the parking charges were introduced and never once had to pay anything. I made it clear that I was just visiting the shop and would not be long and the young guy gave me a pass for 15 minutes or so, did others not experience this?

That is what I have found too. Perhaps it was Mr £s after all and he wanted to charge users for using it whilst they shopped elsewhere. So much of all this is based on assumption, including the assumption that Mr £ is moving because he is loosing business because of parking charges which has never been the case with me or it would appear you Frontalman. Nobody really knows anything but everyone thinks the worst and makes up the rest it would appear.