Robinson's Galleria basement parking rant

[tanatej]

OK, so whoever has gone recently to Robinson's Galleria and tried to park at their basement parking should be familiar with their "40 pesos parking fee whether you get to park or not" policy. Now I don't mind paying the fee IF I KNEW that I'd be risking a no-park scenario, but their parking doesn't have ANY indicators at all whether the parking is full to the brim, unlike parking lots in Greenhills or SM or most other parking lots that do not allow vehicles to enter the parking lot itself unless there is a vacant space. At least there is a chance to change your mind and drive out of the queue if you decide you can't wait.

[SIZE="4"]BUT NOT AT ROBINSONS.[/SIZE] Yes, they continually let vehicles in despite the fact that they KNOW their parking lot is overflowing with vehicles, resulting in underground parking that's so full of smog your eyes start to hurt and your clothes smell like exhaust fumes just by walking through the parking lot to the mall. And the kicker is, once you decide you can't take it anymore and leave without parking, they FORCE you to pay the full parking fee even if they KNOW through your parking card that you haven't even been in there for 10 minutes! I only go to Galleria because of Papa Johns, and now that there is a Papa Johns in Greenhills I will bring my business there and keep a distance from this seedy and obsolete strip mall until it is torn down!

John Gokongwei I hope all the money you robbed from all those motorists and more will be taken away from you as well someday when you get scammed by a conman better than you think you are!

Forget you!!!

[Batang Regla]

Bukas pa pala robinsons galleria. Puro kasi ako SM at trinoma.

Grabe tagal na ako hindi nakapunta ng robinsons. Thank you din sa warning mo lalo hindi ako pupunta jan.

[eojlin]

I share your sentiments.
May nasigawan nga yata ako dun, pero I shouldn't have (napa-iyak ko yata) - dapat pala sa management nila ako nagsungit.

[Taurus]

I share your sentiments.
May nasigawan nga yata ako dun, pero I shouldn't have (napa-iyak ko yata) - dapat pala sa management nila ako nagsungit.

That is right, don't blame the attendant, their supervisor!

I don't think Gokongwei would also have to be blamed - the malls management might need to solve this.

[ghosthunter]

I think Robinson's Galleria is having installed the same parking sensors/lights used in SM Malls. Hopefully once running, this would help manage the parking issues.

[cast_no_shadow]

They already installed it, siguro may 2 months na din?
almost everyday ako andyan, and before nga may grace period na 30mins free pa ang parking mo but now as you enter sigurado na ang bayad mo ng 40 petot. Sad to say ganyan nga ang scenario, puno na still papasok pa din ng papasok theyy will even suggest you na mag park sa basement 3 which i find very inconvenient dahil ang layo na niya sa main mall dahil lalakad ka papanik. unlike other malls na may elevator ang basement parking connecting to the main mall. Hanggang basement 1 lang kasi elevator ng galleria.

[JJGF]

galing ako lastweek may sensor/lights na nga. pero kapag pumasok ka na pailalim wala ka na yatang ligtas hehe

abutan mo na lang mga carwash boys para sila na bahala maghanap ng slot para sayo