Membership renewal premium

Most companies would not tolerate what goes on in this forum as it presents a disgraceful shop window to the world.

Therefore, we conclude CC higher managers either don't read it or don't care so what chance is there of getting meaningful answers to questions asked on here? Might as well go and clean the car instead.

Write your comments here... finally the penny is starting to drop , write to the CC with any concerns that you special members have instead of the constant waffle nonsense that is sadly becoming the norm on almost every post , regarding fee's, charges & whatever the CC seems to do .

If you don't like the way the CC works , the choice is yours.

Hey, it's not me who's only now realised this. I've known it for years. I'm merely stating things as they are - the reality.

Neither am I complaining or whinging.

We may well not renew our membership, not because of the cost just that we hardly ever use sites in the UK and I'm pretty sure we could always find commercial/private sites for when we do need them. The ferry was the same price as I could get it direct or through other operators. The Red Penant didn't cover all the items that I wanted covered and it was more expensive. I'm not sure that being a member is giving us any benifits, given that there is no loyalty benifit for renewing every year we may just leave it and rejoin if in the future we intend to use sites in the UK, if using CL's for a few nights then being a member is well worth it.

Sefton, I think you are in the wrong Club. C&CC membership is only £37, if you pay on line, maybe other commitments, I don't know and to be honest I don't really care. This is no longer a "club" and hasn't been in all but constitution for a very long time. It is a commercial enterprise, providing and trying to cover costs as best it can for those willing to buy into the scheme. Those who join will have made an informed decision as to whether or not they will get "value for money" from paying in, perhaps from the access to good Club Sites, from the CL network, from the special offers, for aspects that help touring abroad. Only the individual can determine if that payment is of value to them. I don't think the Club will care two hoots about a complaint, because they are giving members the opportunity to get the fees back.

Edit: there are also those who moan and whinge about membership fees, site fees, and other aspects. The bottom line question truly is, why join or remain a member if you are so dissatisfied? It's like buying a ticket for a football team you dislike! Bonkers!

I am a member of the C&CC and the CC.  BTW the analogy of the football match ticket is just about as irrelevant to the OP as you could possibly get.  No-one said anything about not liking the CC; I merely wanted to know if anyone new why the subscription had gone up so disproportionately.  I had no idea people would get so excited about it. 

Just for ino the C&CC subscription was £41 in 2013, £42 in 2014, £43 in 2015 & £43 in 2016.  And please - no posts inviting me to leave the CC and just remain with the C&CC; I want to be a member of both.

My analogy was about perceived value. Whether or not you choose to remain a member of either Club will be a decision for you and the values you attach to your membership, even if the price is raised.

Personally, I wouldn't waste the price of a stamp, nor the effort of putting finger to email pad to complain. However, sometimes it does feel good to get things off one's chest! 

Edit: you can save £6 on your C&CC membership if you join online, take a look, still £37!

there are also those who moan and whinge about membership fees, site fees, and other aspects. The bottom line question truly is, why join or remain a member if you are so dissatisfied? It's like buying a ticket for a football team you dislike! Bonkers!

Post of the day, even the week

......and a point that has been replied to and explained many times over now, but still some don't seem to understand.

How many more times do you need?

there are also those who moan and whinge about membership fees, site fees, and other aspects. The bottom line question truly is, why join or remain a member if you are so dissatisfied? It's like buying a ticket for a football team you dislike! Bonkers!

Post of the day, even the week

......and a point that has been replied to and explained many times over now, but still some don't seem to understand.

How many more times do you need?

Just run the explanation past me one more time, Ian! 

Read all the earlier posts Moulesy.......and maybe leave those exotic foreign liquers till later? Or maybe not.....

Why is it that whenever someone raises (in my opinion) a very valid point - in this case, that the CC have applied a very significant (in percentage terms) increase to their 'membership' fee - that we always get this chorus of "if you don't like it then don't join"?

Do these people just pay any increase on anything they buy, without complaint? Whether the increase is justified or not?

When petrol / diesel goes up the day after oil went up a few dollars a barrel (when we were told that it takes months for a reduction in oil prices to reach the pumps) - do you just smile and pay it?

Of course people have a right to complain about unjustified increases! And that is all that the op did. They complained that the 'Club' made no attempt to explain this increase to its 'members'.

What other members-club would do that?

Of course they do, as they know that whatever they do they won't be able to change it, and thay have to have the fuel to get where thay are going. Remember when it was £1:50 per ltr most people did not reduce their motoring.

It is true that any increase needed might be tied to the actual costs of the club that probably have not coincided with the inflation rate. Inflation is based on the costs incurred by individuals based on a basket of goods and services that are totally irrelevant to the clubs expenses although the increase though ahead of inflation is pretty minimal anyway.