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‘Free’ parking? There’s no such thing!

Ray Bentley, Bere Alston, Devon PL20
03 February 2012
The parking may be free but we pay for it through our purchases, says Ray Bentley
The parking may be free but we pay for it through our purchases, says Ray Bentley

 

Although complaints are often heard about the price of fuel and sometimes tax increases on fuel get delayed, we never hear demands for free fuel. Nor do we expect our local garage to maintain our cars free of charge. We complain about high parking charges at stations but don’t expect it to be free. However, we (or Government retail advisors) do call for free shopper parking (‘Free car parking vital to boost town centres, says PM’s high street guru’ LTT 16 Dec 11 &...

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