That's just how it works, surely? If you're running a business where you essentially have a monopoly why would you charge people less, it doesn't make commercial sense, you charge as much as you can while still getting people in the door. Once you have competition it makes sense to drop your prices so that you retain customers and are competitive. They're businesses first and foremost, not charities or some sort of refuge for local boulderers.
What she said, only with less words. It's called market forces.
Quote from: magpie on October 06, 2011, 03:20:45 pmThat's just how it works, surely? If you're running a business where you essentially have a monopoly why would you charge people less, it doesn't make commercial sense, you charge as much as you can while still getting people in the door. Once you have competition it makes sense to drop your prices so that you retain customers and are competitive. They're businesses first and foremost, not charities or some sort of refuge for local boulderers. Drop your prices or raise your game? The bottom line is, the people who do value a good facility, service, atmosphere and everything else that goes with it, are prepared to pay for it. I personally would rather pay the same or more and see improvements made to the existing facility, rather than have a few extra pounds in my pocket each month...By lowering their prices they are acknowledging that they offer an inferior facility/product/service....lest not forget that its £7.65 to use the whole facility at GCC, which to me....is massively overpriced! Its more expensive that Ratho (without an Edinburgh leisure card)!!
You should have children.
sxrxg (thats a bit of a mouthful) I have had an idea! You could always try bribing TCA to let you in more cheaply.
Does look good, and am suitably excited I just hope that the rumours circulating about the boulder problems being punter set are untrue, especially with such capable management.
Thanks to everyone invited who came down yesterday afternoon to test the problems and give our new staff a dry run with the membership system and to help identify any teething issues. It was also good practice for their new found barrista skills.At TCA we take our route-setting very seriously, as any of our Bristol members I'm sure will vouch, and we put as much effort into making our lower grade circuits as interesting and as high quality as our harder problems. Hopefully the negative comments made by those who have not actually experienced this at 1st hand will be dismissed with the due respect that they deserve.
Can someone please punter me for perpetuating such a bullshit rumour I can't punter myself.