Perennial Membership Fee Increase

Challenger52 replied on 02/01/2016 16:08

Posted on 02/01/2016 16:08

Having just received the Jan 2016 Club Mag, we are informed that the Membership Fee is increased yet again from £46 to £48 from 15/12/2015. This is an increase of 4.3%, yet UK inflation for 2015 is forecast to be 0.1%. Over the last 3 years, the Membersip Fee has increased from £43 to £48, an increase of 11.6%, yet UK inflation was 4.1%. I fail to understand what justification can be made for these excessive and apparently ceaseless increases

Fisherman replied on 05/01/2016 12:37

Posted on 05/01/2016 12:37

Everyone is entitled to his/her opinion.

Bod replied on 05/01/2016 12:39

Posted on 05/01/2016 12:39

Perhaps the club could add another option when a booking has to be cancelled of "too expensive" !!

replied on 05/01/2016 12:41

Posted on 05/01/2016 12:41

Both can be true.

No idea what a typical hobby mag costs these days. However if we say £3.25 a month that is £39 plus delivery perhaps. Don't they also make their income from adverting and not just subscriptions??

Kennine replied on 05/01/2016 13:22

Posted on 05/01/2016 13:22

Both can be true.

No idea what a typical hobby mag costs these days. However if we say £3.25 a month that is £39 plus delivery perhaps. Don't they also make their income from adverting and not just subscriptions??

Write your comments here...But ET You can opt out of buying a hobby mag if you feel it is of poor quality, that way you save yourself around £40 a year. The CC is failing to allow their customers to exercise the same personal choice.

Smile

peedee replied on 05/01/2016 13:27

Posted on 05/01/2016 13:27

Now both scenarios cannot be right -- Somebody is dealing in porkies. 

A bit of clarification is required from Grimstead !!

WinkCool

 

You can always check the Club accounts, there is usually an entry for the magazine. It comes under marketing services.

peedee

replied on 05/01/2016 15:03

Posted on 05/01/2016 15:03

Both can be true.

No idea what a typical hobby mag costs these days. However if we say £3.25 a month that is £39 plus delivery perhaps. Don't they also make their income from adverting and not just subscriptions??

Write your comments here...But ET You can opt out of buying a hobby mag if you feel it is of poor quality, that way you save yourself around £40 a year. The CC is failing to allow their customers to exercise the same personal choice.

Smile

Same with CC. You can opt out of paying if you wish. Winking

moulesy replied on 05/01/2016 15:07

Posted on 05/01/2016 15:07

Isn't the C&CC online membership £5 cheaper for the privildge of not receiving their magazine in paper form? Undecided

So I guess it would be reasonable to expect a similar reduction if the CC chose to go down the same route.

InaD replied on 05/01/2016 15:09

Posted on 05/01/2016 15:09

Isn't the C&CC online membership £5 cheaper for the privildge of not receiving their magazine in paper form? Undecided

So I guess it would be reasonable to expect a similar reduction if the CC chose to go down the same route.

It's £6, online membership is £37, paper membership £43.  We opted for the online membership when we re-joined last year, as we never read the mag anyway.

Riggers replied on 05/01/2016 15:17

Posted on 05/01/2016 15:17

There is also the fact that inflation is so low due to large reductions in the cost of vehicle fuel and food costs brought about by supermarket competition. Other cost more applicable to running caravan sites such as labour are on the increase, certainly more than 0.1%.

Not sure labour costs are increasing as the switch to a living wage would appear - in some if not all cases - to being offset by a reduction in wardens contracted hours from 48 to 42 hours per week

moulesy replied on 05/01/2016 15:23

Posted on 05/01/2016 15:23

Isn't the C&CC online membership £5 cheaper for the privildge of not receiving their magazine in paper form? Undecided

So I guess it would be reasonable to expect a similar reduction if the CC chose to go down the same route.

It's £6, online membership is £37, paper membership £43.  We opted for the online membership when we re-joined last year, as we never read the mag anyway.

Do you get the sites book with online membership?

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