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hulahips 04-14-2015 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by otherbruddaDarrell (Post 1045036)
I think I have it figured out...............the commercial space that is to be located where the current Katie Belles is will be a parking garage.:ho:

That could be the answer lol

JoMar 04-14-2015 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by TNLAKEPANDA (Post 1045010)
If the valets don't get tips they won't be around for very long. My guess is that tip will be very little or none.

The valets work for Bags not TV. I believe that most people that live in TV understand tipping is a part of service and will tip. Those that won't will be in the minority....I think that has been the case at the restaurants and bars. Maybe the trial will fail, maybe it will succeed....lets just wait and see.

blueeagle65 04-14-2015 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by TNLAKEPANDA (Post 1045010)
If the valets don't get tips they won't be around for very long. My guess is that tip will be very little or none.

Boy, did you say a mouthful here! To paraphrase a famous movie line: "Tips? We don't leave no stinkin tips!"

hulahips 04-14-2015 04:22 PM

How much should we tip? $2.00?

mtdjed 04-14-2015 04:34 PM

I don't have any problem with someone attempting to start a service. One of the things I always marveled at was the abundance of free parking available for the squares. Perhaps not right on the square, but certainly within a block.
It should be fun to see how they handle golf cart security and ID. And then the mass exodus when it starts to rain and thunder. Where will the people wait while they wait for their carts? Inside the movie theater? Parking is such a problem now that two days a week we take away all of the closest parking and give it to vendors.

lanemb 04-14-2015 04:42 PM

It is business at its best. If they make money they will continue. If they don't they will quit. I am sure there are some who have a hard time walking a good distance and they will use. The question is will there be enough to continue the service.

stroglass 04-14-2015 04:50 PM

What is. Next meters in the lots .charge for prime seats @the square ?
Is our life style changing to favor those with unlimited funds for such things .The bubble is losing air ?

Shimpy 04-14-2015 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by stroglass (Post 1045102)
What is. Next meters in the lots .charge for prime seats @the square ?
Is our life style changing to favor those with unlimited funds for such things .The bubble is losing air ?


I agree....Everywhere I've seen valet parking in busy areas
they had a large mostly empty area reserved for "valet parking" while everyone else drove around looking for a parking spot. The article in the paper mentioned that $5 for golf cart and $10 for cars was such a bargain and the normal fee is usually $20 to $30 to park your car. Maybe just me but I can't even imagine someone paying some kid $30. to just park their car then tip them unless you're Donald Trump.

JoMar 04-14-2015 05:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Shimpy (Post 1045128)
I agree....Everywhere I've seen valet parking in busy areas
they had a large mostly empty area reserved for "valet parking" while everyone else drove around looking for a parking spot. The article in the paper mentioned that $5 for golf cart and $10 for cars was such a bargain and the normal fee is usually $20 to $30 to park your car. Maybe just me but I can't even imagine someone paying some kid $30. to just park their car then tip them unless you're Donald Trump.

You never use valet right?

CFrance 04-14-2015 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by scarecrow1 (Post 1044929)
Just another way to take away parking close to the square that a disable person might get and charge them to park their car or cart. Another way to make money on the backs of the disabled. They should provide more parking for the disabled as they are out of compliance with ADA as it is.....

In what way are they out of compliance? And who do you mean by "they"? They are public streets, so it wouldn't be TV, would it?

Shimpy 04-14-2015 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by JoMar (Post 1045129)
You never use valet right?

I guess I'm not lazy or trying to impress people how much I spend or how high class I am. I could care less how those people think of me.

CFrance 04-14-2015 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by lanemb (Post 1045098)
It is business at its best. If they make money they will continue. If they don't they will quit. I am sure there are some who have a hard time walking a good distance and they will use. The question is will there be enough to continue the service.

Wouldn't they have gotten a better idea of how well this would work if they ran the test while the rental season was in high gear?

Beechie 04-14-2015 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by stroglass (Post 1045102)
What is. Next meters in the lots .charge for prime seats @the square ?
Is our life style changing to favor those with unlimited funds for such things .The bubble is losing air ?

Au contraire, the bubble is not losing air. The bubble is being inflated by a whole lot of hot air.

JoMar 04-14-2015 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Shimpy (Post 1045146)
I guess I'm not lazy or trying to impress people how much I spend or how high class I am. I could care less how those people think of me.

Then why take shots at those that might? "You can't imagine" seems to me that you have an agenda against anyone that can plus "those people" must be beneath you too.

skip0358 04-14-2015 07:09 PM

It's a trial. If people don't use it, it won't work. I'll find my own spot. If TV wanted to make parking easier they'd put an archway to the lot behind the Sales Center in LSL. Lot is rarely used. Archway would be similar to the one by Starbucks. We lost a bunch of spots in Starbucks lot when all the District Offices moved upstairs over Johnny Rockets.


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