Toy and train fair admission prices

[H]

Sprintex you really are out of order with your comments.

It a personal view/observation and to be quite honest there is some merit and validity in it. However, it's generally not about the behaviour of the kids but the outrageous behaviour of the parents. No-one is suggesting that it applies to you, but there does seem to be quite a few that do make excessive demands and expect concessions for their off-spring (usually at the expense and detriment of other members of society) whether it be allocated parking spaces, discounted entry fees, priority queuing, special facilities and so on.

I can understand that you might feel it harsh to pay a £1 for entry, but I guess that there are a lot of other people who wouldn't think that a £1 a kid is that much of an imposition. The answer is, of couse, that you can choose either not to take them or not to go in even if you were unaware of the charge before travelling.

Still at the end of the day the few quid you paid for them was probably off-set by the bargains you managed to pick-up. And perhaps they either enjoyed it or will now know not to want to go next time  

H.

[Sprintex]

I'm sorry you took it that way Duncan, I wasn't out for an argument or to cause deliberate offence, but you DID ask for people's thoughts on the subject so you should expect that at least some of the replies won't necessarily be what you want to hear  

I also stated that I made no assumption that you were one of the unreasonable types I was describing, but it is these people you should blame for generally giving parents a bad name - as usual it is the overtly-visible minority that give the reasonable majority a bad reputation, bit like rude and smelly old men at a model railway exhibition  

Difference of opinion mate simple as that, we all have our own views on every subject and I respect the fact you disagree with mine above as you are entitled to do  

Happy modelling all the same!


Paul

[Duncan83]

No thats fine Paul I understand your views. Just a pain when you work so hard as a couple to make ends meat.

I did pick up some nice bits so happy with that, and i agree with the rude smelly old men bit crumbs, was going through some metcalf kits and a bloke pushed in front of me and flipped all the kits forward when i said i was looking at them he looked at me like i was an idiot .

Thanks once again Duncan

[Tank]

I have an 18 month old boy, and lots of places we've visited have been free for under 5's, and it has been this way for a lot of places since I was little.  I can understand that not all events/venues can do this.  I've never demanded parking spaces, I don't have an oversized car (Vauxhall Corsa), and I never bother anyone for any treatment.  In fact, as soon as the little one gets tired and whinges, we're off!    That is extremely rare though.

Well I'm sorry, for those of us who simply chose not to have them it really gets on your nerves when parents think they have the god-given right to special treatment over and above the rest of us. Those who have children should accept that they will cost them money, involve inconvenience, and generally require a lot of changes to their lifestyle. They shouldn't expect/demand that shops, events, and other members of the public jump through hoops to please their beloved little darlings (or annoying little sh*ts depending on your point of view).

I planned to have kids, and hope to have a couple more.  I know only too well about the few parents who cause trouble, and they are the ones we all tend to remember!    I try not to bother anyone.  In fact, a recent trip to Warwickshire Castle is a good example.  We were walking round the grounds with the pushchair and managed to get Freddie up the steps to the Great Hall, Chapel and bedrooms on our own.  We then went to one of the towers where unfortunately one family had left their pushchair in the way of the walkway - fire hazard!  We simply turned around knowing it would be a pain and walked down the steps back to the gardens, where a woman in Tudor dress ran out and said to us that we could enter, but would need to leave the pushchair outside, unlike the other family.    Myself and my wife both agreed that we'd leave it for ten years and come back when the kids could climb the stairs themselves!    We still had a great time, and as far as I know we didn't hinder anyone else - even parking in the normal parking bays!  

Well done for keeping your cool hats on this topic everyone.  It's hard to read things sometimes without taking it the wrong way.

[Newportnobby]

bit like rude and smelly old men at a model railway exhibition  

Paul

There's no need to have a go and Cloughie and me

[Kipper]

I have no problem with anyone of any age or stereotype at fairs, as long as they are there to shop, and realise that others are there to shop as well. I went to the Mansfield fair yesterday, and came up against the usual problem of "chatterers", who always find the busiest corner of the stalls, rather than go to the tea bar - or better, to the car park - to chat. Also those who drag along their family who have no interest because a) it's the wife who indulges her husband, b) it's the kids who are too short to see anything anyway, and who stand in front of the stall, blocking access for anyone else. Still, I eventually found some Southern kit, so not a wasted morning, just a bit slow and frustrating being unable to get close to the stalls.

[Sprintex]

Ah the chatterers!! They also have a knack of being able to block an entire supermarket aisle, or the narrowest part of any pavement, without any awareness of those aound them trying to squeeze past 


Paul

[Newportnobby]

Ah the chatterers!! They also have a knack of being able to block an entire supermarket aisle, or the narrowest part of any pavement, without any awareness of those aound them trying to squeeze past 


Paul

I don't want to drift off post, but please don't get me started on chatterers - I feel a rant/book coming on

[poliss]

The advert for the Wimborne toy fair has gone from the UKModelshops Directory so I cant check it. I will say that if an advert doesn't say there is a discount for children, then don't expect one. Don't forget that the admission for adults at some toy fairs can be much higher than the £1.50 that I think the Wimborne toy fair charged.