William Tipton
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- Apr 24, 2013
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So the last couple years Ive got the unlimited 7 day membership to the muni courses here in town.
It goes from April 1 this year til last day of March next year meaning my pass doesnt expire until end of March.
This year they were talking trash about raising prices but a lot of us just flat out told them we'd go somewhere else if they did. My pass was $1100 for the year. I can get a pass from a course right down the road here for $1050. Just called them today to confirm and its the same deal. Unlimited greens fees for the year.
What the city courses did this year was change next years pass from April thru March to Jan 1 to Jan 1.
At first it didnt register how this just screwed us over, but once I got home it hit me that they are shorting us 3 entire months next year because when I pay FULL price for the 2014 pass it'll overlap January - March of my existing pass...and it'll expire 3 full months earlier than it would have if they hadnt changed it.
I called the main lady who talks directly to city counsel and I was just acting stupid about the whole thing and she admitted that they changed the dates for 'financial purposes'.
Huh...I wonder what that could have been ? Maybe shorting us 3 months on our memberships?
After she said it she shut up really quick and started playing dumb herself, which made me think she realized she probably said something she shouldnt have.
Ive talked to a other people who are in the know and there is ZERO reason for them to have changed the dates on the membership like this.
What it ends up doing is all of us who have current passes get shorted 3 months and then I'll bet money they raise the membership price next year like they were trying to do this year.
I got in a full 170+ rounds this year. Well over $3000 worth of play, so to her Im sure it SEEMS like I got a deal. But I tried to explain to this idiot that I ONLY play that much because its 'unlimited'. Id prefer they keep the price the same and maybe LIMIT the damned thing to 3 rounds a week if its that big a damned issue.
Raising the price....or screwing us out of THREE damned months is only going to piss us members off so we end up going somewhere else next year.
This woman doesnt comprehend that Im not paying more than I'd pay elsewhere under ANY circumstances. If the going average for this area is $1000 or so, thats all Im willing to pay and all the other members Ive talked to have said the same thing.
She tried three times now to pretend like they really dont need to sell the memberships. Thats fine because Thornapple is closer to my house and is cheaper for the year already. So if you dont need my money I'll go elsewhere and do it with a smile.
But every other course manager/pro that Ive talked to for the city courses has practically begged me to buy the membership at their course this year and said this woman is a moron and that they DO need to sell these memberships.
Ive heard there are around 200 members, which I find to be a little low given the size of this city, but even if that is true the average membership cost would be about $1200. That is about $240,000 for the year. She expects me to believe that the city DOESNT CARE if $240,000 walks out the door down to the next course? Somehow I seriously doubt that is the case and Im going to call the gents who run the entire system tomorrow and ask some questions and 'accidentally' mention this ladies remarks and see what they say about it.
What I think is SHE is pushing for a price increase because she doesnt like us members showing up on Saturday mornings to HER course and not having to pay individually for a round...which obviously makes her sales look lower. She flat out told me that she doesnt like having to honor memberships on the weekends, especially the cart memberships that get a cart included. I think she figures if the price is raised fewer people will buy them membership and she'll fill those slots with paying customers.
The fix to it would simply be for members to have to wait until noon on weekends to play if shes having that big an issue with it.
Seriously considering buying my membership elsewhere next time.
It goes from April 1 this year til last day of March next year meaning my pass doesnt expire until end of March.
This year they were talking trash about raising prices but a lot of us just flat out told them we'd go somewhere else if they did. My pass was $1100 for the year. I can get a pass from a course right down the road here for $1050. Just called them today to confirm and its the same deal. Unlimited greens fees for the year.
What the city courses did this year was change next years pass from April thru March to Jan 1 to Jan 1.
At first it didnt register how this just screwed us over, but once I got home it hit me that they are shorting us 3 entire months next year because when I pay FULL price for the 2014 pass it'll overlap January - March of my existing pass...and it'll expire 3 full months earlier than it would have if they hadnt changed it.
I called the main lady who talks directly to city counsel and I was just acting stupid about the whole thing and she admitted that they changed the dates for 'financial purposes'.
Huh...I wonder what that could have been ? Maybe shorting us 3 months on our memberships?
After she said it she shut up really quick and started playing dumb herself, which made me think she realized she probably said something she shouldnt have.
Ive talked to a other people who are in the know and there is ZERO reason for them to have changed the dates on the membership like this.
What it ends up doing is all of us who have current passes get shorted 3 months and then I'll bet money they raise the membership price next year like they were trying to do this year.
I got in a full 170+ rounds this year. Well over $3000 worth of play, so to her Im sure it SEEMS like I got a deal. But I tried to explain to this idiot that I ONLY play that much because its 'unlimited'. Id prefer they keep the price the same and maybe LIMIT the damned thing to 3 rounds a week if its that big a damned issue.
Raising the price....or screwing us out of THREE damned months is only going to piss us members off so we end up going somewhere else next year.
This woman doesnt comprehend that Im not paying more than I'd pay elsewhere under ANY circumstances. If the going average for this area is $1000 or so, thats all Im willing to pay and all the other members Ive talked to have said the same thing.
She tried three times now to pretend like they really dont need to sell the memberships. Thats fine because Thornapple is closer to my house and is cheaper for the year already. So if you dont need my money I'll go elsewhere and do it with a smile.
But every other course manager/pro that Ive talked to for the city courses has practically begged me to buy the membership at their course this year and said this woman is a moron and that they DO need to sell these memberships.
Ive heard there are around 200 members, which I find to be a little low given the size of this city, but even if that is true the average membership cost would be about $1200. That is about $240,000 for the year. She expects me to believe that the city DOESNT CARE if $240,000 walks out the door down to the next course? Somehow I seriously doubt that is the case and Im going to call the gents who run the entire system tomorrow and ask some questions and 'accidentally' mention this ladies remarks and see what they say about it.
What I think is SHE is pushing for a price increase because she doesnt like us members showing up on Saturday mornings to HER course and not having to pay individually for a round...which obviously makes her sales look lower. She flat out told me that she doesnt like having to honor memberships on the weekends, especially the cart memberships that get a cart included. I think she figures if the price is raised fewer people will buy them membership and she'll fill those slots with paying customers.
The fix to it would simply be for members to have to wait until noon on weekends to play if shes having that big an issue with it.
Seriously considering buying my membership elsewhere next time.