Excessive site fees

peddim replied on 15/04/2016 11:45

Posted on 15/04/2016 11:45

Just returned from Chester Fair Oaks site, one night, £31.30 !!, I nearly choked on my dentures, It was our first trip out this year, only able to book something last minute.Ok, apparently, our over night stay was classed as still in  the 'High' season, but £31.30 per night (two adults) to stay in my own caravan is ridiculous. The club is in danger of  killing the goose that layed the golden egg. it's easy sometimes to forget that we have also paid a membership fee for the privilege of being charged so much.

young thomas replied on 15/06/2016 09:37

Posted on 15/06/2016 09:37

BB when are you going to accept that we are all different? Some like CL type sites with no, or limited facilities, others don't  and prefer a full toielet block and 16 amps. Yes I know some CL's now offer these facilities, but these are generally more expensive,  just as a larger facility site will be. Just be grateful that we all don't want to visit your favourite CL's, or they might have to invoke a frenzy booking day as well

very true why can't people accept that?

why can people read which post was being responded to before wading in on their chargers....?

i didnt say that it was right or wrong to choose a cc site over a cl, merely challenging JVBs point which suggested that cc sites  had more facilities and security than a cl .....i disagreed.

 

I am afraid that it does not come across that way BB and I do not think I am alone in this interpretation.

well, i wouldnt expect you or 'someone else' to have any other opinion....

how would ypu have worded a rssponse to JVB, then?

surely, a like for like comparison on each element of 'facilities' and 'security' might do it......? it seems not.Undecided

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SteveL replied on 15/06/2016 09:48

Posted on 15/06/2016 09:48

Unless of course they liked spending time in Public Lavatories. Not everybody's idea of fun. 

If the CS was on a farm it would be very secure. 

Wink

K.   Whist I would not claim that CC sites are immune from thefts, particularly ones like Clumber. You only have to google rural crime or thefts from farms, to see that your statement is very far from the truth.  

I have yet to read of herds of CC Ltd members, flocks of Aqua Role’s or even Waste master’s being rustled from CL’s but perhaps I have missed something.  Now I realise that a CC Ltd member aged for six or seven decades then slow roasted for several weeks may been seen as a delicacy in some quarters but I would have thought the market was quite small.  As for the trade in second hand equipment again I would think that anyone wanting to go thieving would do so on a large site where the pickings are better and more numerous; something like a large CC Ltd site; however I am willing to be enlightened, and can someone tell me what happened at Clumber because I have missed that as well. 

I wasn't thinking about the small things such as Aqua Rolls or caps. Given the scale of thefts, everything from large tractors downwards. I personally would be happier leaving my van on a CC site and going out for an evening meal, than possibly the only van in a field. Just my opinion you understand, others are free to make their own choice.

edit we pay for gold security at our pound. 24 hour guard, CCTV, razor wire etc. So a lone van in a field for me would be a non starter.

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JVB66 replied on 15/06/2016 11:37

Posted on 15/06/2016 11:37

We have two local farms who do c/van&m/van storage but when I looked at moving from our secure gated alarmed gold standard store ,all the companies i got quotes from were more expensive if not where we are

Cornersteady replied on 15/06/2016 13:52

Posted on 15/06/2016 13:52

I don't mind anyone having a point of view but BB's constant need to try and indoctriate folk into his way of thinking is a bit wearing.

yes very true again, perhaps he doesn't mean to come across that way?

Kennine replied on 15/06/2016 14:53

Posted on 15/06/2016 14:53

BB when are you going to accept that we are all different? Some like CL type sites with no, or limited facilities, others don't  and prefer a full toielet block and 16 amps. Yes I know some CL's now offer these facilities, but these are generally more expensive,  just as a larger facility site will be. Just be grateful that we all don't want to visit your favourite CL's, or they might have to invoke a frenzy booking day as well

very true why can't people accept that?

why can people read which post was being responded to before wading in on their chargers....?

i didnt say that it was right or wrong to choose a cc site over a cl, merely challenging JVBs point which suggested that cc sites  had more facilities and security than a cl .....i disagreed.

 

Write your comments here...Good post ----- As has often been mentioned on this forum, there are a few, possibly not more than five ,  who do not like others having a different opinion to themselves.

huskydog replied on 15/06/2016 14:56

Posted on 15/06/2016 14:56

I have an opinion on lots of things ,but I don't always post it on CT as I don't want to be put in a "group" ........I'm just a group of one , well that's what I have been told Wink

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