Pay for Reserved Parking. Good Idea or Bad?

The ta in rogers mn has had this for a month. Only seen one truck in it so far. It's just dumb they won't make any money at this location off of this at all.

 

Just a cost of doing business and when my costs rise, so do my rates. It's simple math.

 

Last time I looked, truckstops are businesses and businesses exist to make a profit for the owner. None of us are required to stop at them, nor are they required to provide parking for us. Look at the locations where this new program is at. None of them are lacking for business, infact, they are overrun. Have you ever pulled into Rogers, MN, or Baytown, TX, late? You cannot find parking, so you either park where you aren't supposed to and possibly get run off, or you go somewhere else. $12 for a guaranteed parking space, for 24 hours, sounds like a deal to me. If I do get there early enough to find a free space, I'll take it, but if I can't, I'll pay. It's worth that in time wasted, aggravation and fuel burned, to go somewhere else.
Remember the first rule of business, Supply and Demand.

 

if the place fills up quick, a local competitor should buy up the spots and put big signs and directions to their place in those spots.

 

LOL...I never have a problem parking. Then again, I dont usually park at any of the mega truckstops either. I personally like helping out the little man. Get better service too. Be safe out there drivers.

 

Come on now, don't be fooled. Those business's profit a lot already from all the trucks parking there. Do you really believe they would be in business long if no trucks parked there? Truck parking is hard enough to find with all the rules continuing to put more trucks on the road. Now you think it's ok to have spaces go unused for the thought that someone might call in and reserve a spot. I'm a customer that could park now and go in and eat or buy things now. Not sure why drivers continue to believe they are doing us a favor by having parking. They make a lot of money from us being there. We don't have to park there. Nor do we need to pay to park there. Like another person posted...where does it end? Besides, it's up to $15 in some places and next that'll go up. It's not a good idea for us drivers. Sorry, paying to park doesn't help me or my business profit. Not sure how it can yours either in the long run. I've seen several of those spots go unused and who gains from that? Hope the idea fails.

 

I won't pay to park if I buy my fuel there..If this turns to be the trend I know I can park almost anywhere. Lots of Walmarts along my runs.

 

BAD IDEA!!! Here is the issue, when parking is a problem and they chose to capitalize it. Are the gonna use those funds to build a bigger lot??? Not likely. Why would they do that when they are trying to make you pay for some of the spaces they do have. Plus, if im a CEO or COO or someone in charge at a mega carrier I would say, well we wont fuel at your stops unless we get X amount of spots reserved for our trucks.


Another thing is, they arent doing this at all locations. They arent doing this in cheyenne,WY or in Montana somewhere. They are chosing the smaller locations, Seffner,fl Eaton,oh, etc.......