At the moment, the fact is for the past 2 weeks, reality is showing that the
demand for those parking spaces during 9 to 5 if virtually non existent.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, cbrianwatkins@... wrote:
>
> Its sounds like a good plan of attack, but I can tell you firsthand that this
> type of "guerilla" marketing does not work
>
> We tried this at a business I managed and it ended up hurting us in the long
> run, I lost a lunch crowd and never gained them back, biggest complaint.. NO
> PARKING
>
> I lost every straggling walk-in I had between 12-4pm, never got them back
>
> Cookman loses more business from lack of parking than anything else, and that
> is a fact
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Hinge" <hinge98@...>
> Sender: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:39:12
> To: <AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-To: AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [AsburyPark] Re: 2003
>
> Do you ever stop to think that maybe the ghost town we are now seeing points
> to the fact that the Cookman area is full of low traffic specialty retailers
> and the residents and employees made it look like more was going on then it
> seemed?
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote:
> >
> > Duh, I know that. I live here year round. I love how the guy who's
> > economically doing well by his own admission looks down and tells me to
> > "Get used to it"
> >
> > I'm a struggling 50 yr old and you want me to suck it up. Do you want me to
> > move out of my beloved home, get a roommate and watch everything I worked
> > so far for continue to go to shit?
> >
> > I'd love to put you in front of a group of residents and employees and tell
> > them to "Get over it"
> >
> > Good luck with that, should you have the balls to do so.
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "dfsavgny" <dfsavgny@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Hinge" <hinge98@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Doesn't it really depend on the income level of the business's in a
> > > > city with a parking issue? Downtown AP isn't exactly a high income
> > > > earning area, so it's not easy to compare it to places like NYC, Jersey
> > > > City or others. Those are full on cities. AP is only a city by name and
> > > > it's primarily residential.
> > >
> > > Hinge, the simple fact of the matter - that you CANNOT dislodge - is that
> > > the number of cars HOGGING parking spots on Cookman during the week did
> > > not translate into business for the stores. I have been in the stores a
> > > zillion times when there was not a space available on Cookman and I was
> > > alone.
> > >
> > > The parking is done. Get used to it.
> > >
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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>
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