vanilla.coffee wrote:To whom it may concern,
I actually didn't go to Japfest this year but waited for ages on the phone yesterday trying to get through to the tax office to advise them of the PD11 value of my company car.
I believe the reason for this long wait is your fault because I reckon the people taking ages to answer the phone probably used to work for your mob.
Then to top it all off, I had to wait ages in a queue in Sainsburys because there was only one person on the checkout which I believe is a strategy Sainsburys have adopted from the Japfest organisation system.
I definitely won't be going to Sainsburys again and it's all your fault.
Regards.
Name an address supplied.
pmslHowlin_Mad wrote:vanilla.coffee wrote:To whom it may concern,
I actually didn't go to Japfest this year but waited for ages on the phone yesterday trying to get through to the tax office to advise them of the PD11 value of my company car.
I believe the reason for this long wait is your fault because I reckon the people taking ages to answer the phone probably used to work for your mob.
Then to top it all off, I had to wait ages in a queue in Sainsburys because there was only one person on the checkout which I believe is a strategy Sainsburys have adopted from the Japfest organisation system.
I definitely won't be going to Sainsburys again and it's all your fault.
Regards.
Name an address supplied.
Nice.
HM
The reason for this being that it was a police decision on traffic managment/safety grounds.d-peg wrote:
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We also have several members who queued to get in, that after 2:30pm were turned away.
Total Copout!Dear Daniel,
Thankyou for your email outlining your concerns with regard to the Japfest traffic on the 12th May.
With more people arriving to purchase a ticket on the gate than ever before, the amount of event traffic increased and that meant that the gates and traffic systems were unable to cope. Due to this unforeseen traffic congestion the Police made the decision to close the roads at 3pm. This was something we had to take Police guidance on and we empathise with anyone that waited in a queue of traffic on the way into the event, and extend our sympathy to anyone who was turned away from the event at this stage.
Prior to the event we had extensive meetings with regard to traffic management both on site and off site with the local council, police and the venue on how to minimise disruption on the roads on the day. Traffic disruption is not something that Japfest likes and discussions have already taken place and plans are being initiated to prevent this happening again.
We are unable to make any refunds of tickets that were used for entry on the day. Anyone who was turned away and has a complete and unused ticket can fill in the attached form and send back to apply for a refund.
I have copied into this email Kevin Stoddart and Richard Hemmings who deal with Japfest club bookings to pass on your comments and these will most certainly be taken into account in the planning of next years event.
Kind Regards,
Japfest 2012
Dan, they are falling back on the Police ruling of closing the roads at 3pm. Whilst that is out of their control, that is simply no excuse for people not getting in before hand. They are passing the buck and not accepting responsibility for mismanagement of the gates at earlier times when show stands were meant to be attending - Simples!d-peg wrote:I'll take this up with them Kiz... I am less than surprised by their response. There is no personal/club reference whatsoever - totally generic letter! Will be the same sent out to everybody and doing nothing to make me think it'll be better next year...
Such a shame..
This event has been on the calendar for 10 years. All the parties involved mentioned above know the score, so it is ludicrous to claim that, having had extensive meetings, the traffic congestion was unforeseen. In fact, not merely ludicrous, it's total b*******. The organiser(s) of any major event will be required by the police to have a contingency plan in place.Japfest 2012 response wrote: With more people arriving to purchase a ticket on the gate than ever before, the amount of event traffic increased and that meant that the gates and traffic systems were unable to cope. Due to this unforeseen traffic congestion the Police made the decision to close the roads at 3pm. This was something we had to take Police guidance on and we empathise with anyone that waited in a queue of traffic on the way into the event, and extend our sympathy to anyone who was turned away from the event at this stage.
Prior to the event we had extensive meetings with regard to traffic management both on site and off site with the local council, police and the venue on how to minimise disruption on the roads on the day. Traffic disruption is not something that Japfest likes and discussions have already taken place and plans are being initiated to prevent this happening again.
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Exactly, 05 we were nearly in the paddock, 06 we were on the straight, from then on down on that crap corner.PeteJ wrote:The only way to get out of billy no mates corner is to book room for 10 cars in the name MR2 driverz or rename the cars as Skylines.
I Remember when we used to be in the small grass area between the Paddock and the Toilet block nearest to the paddock. Problem was the massive turnout we had. Victims of our own success as a great club.
Cobblers really
The reason why I chose not to attend this year occurred when I saw that we were going to be in the "censored" end of no where. (I'm famous for the last minute stand pass frenzy
Look on the bright side.. The money I saved can be spend on a visit to the DTM at brands tomorrow
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