Would It Work ? – Open for sensible debate.

Posted on 19/07/2017 11:26 by young thomas

"Second I personally don't like the idea of giving the club or anyone permission to take money out of my account sometime in the future. Would you be happy to buy a car this way? "

Corners, youre joking, arent you?

surely millions of people buy cars (and plenty of other stuff) in this way...never heard of PCP or Hire Purchase or a 'car loan'?

agreed, the 'well heeled' (i slipped that in as you liked that one) core membership might just pay cash for their cars (and caravans and MHs) but very many dont operate in this world, with PCP deals for cars (and now MHs) becoming a way into new vehicles for those on more moderate incomes.

i also agree that this point about 'having to shell out for xxx deposits in December' is not the issue some make it out to be, after all, the holidays have to be paid for and, as has been said, paying a percentage in December isnt anywhere near the actual outlay when going on tour.

a 30 day tour might cost, say, £300 in deposits, yet in that 30 days on site, fees of approx £700-£1000+ would be due.

we dont here much moaning about having to pay this huge amount, do we?

i dont necessarily agree with deposits, but using the 'cost issue' as an argument doesnt wash....IMHO, of course.

Posted on 19/07/2017 12:30 by SteveL

The thing is if I am going to loose my money if I can't or won't go, the club need to offer me something, or I may as well go elsewhere.

As a for instance I have booked hotels in Ashford either end of our Eurostar trip to the Provence. By booking well in advance and opting to loose everything if we don't show, we got the rooms at half the normal rate. Now if the CAMC offered that 👍🍾😀

Posted on 19/07/2017 11:11 by EJB986

'In my view the C&CC system is very member unfriendly'

I assume you are suggesting that as much as £100 deposit in this day and age is not affordable to all the poor members of the CC?

Although it does allow some members to book up every weekend in the year to the detriment of many. 

The only practical difference I find is that the C&CC allow tents on most (?) of their sites.

Posted on 19/07/2017 13:03 by Cornersteady

Are you trying to ruffle feathers again BB or this time splitting feathers?

There is a world of difference between HP and PCP and what was being proposed as I suspect you know very well. You haven’t read the previous post that I was replying to have you? It said that you book your stay with your debit./credit card and a deposit is taken (Ok up to there ) then the remainder of your payment is taken out automatically on a certain date from that card. Now I have to admit that HP and PCP are a thing of the past and it may have changed but I seem to remember I did not give my debit/credit card details and gave permission to take money from that account (debit/credit card) automatically. I will have signed to say I would pay back the amount owning and I (stress the word I) will have set up a direct debit. I would be in control of that money going to the loan/PCP company. I could stop that DD at any time for a particular reason.

 

Posted on 19/07/2017 13:18 by DavidKlyne

It's been unfriendly since they changed the conditions for a deposit refund from 7 days to a month. It wouldn't be so bad if they allowed the transfer of that deposit to another site at a later date. That is why I only book a week ahead when using C&CC sites.

Members are perfectly entitled to book every weekend under current rules and if they fulfill that by turning up for every booking what is the problem? 

I know the general view is that all CMC members are over the age of 60 but there are many younger members, probably on much tighter budgets than many of us pensioners. To pay out large deposits so far in advance could cause issues for some. That is the advantage of the CMC system it allows people time to save before they pay. Some won't have any sympathy for that point of view but I do.

David

 

Posted on 19/07/2017 12:09 by peedee

 Surely it is the perception of the customer that counts Moulesy? I don't think the Club produces enough evidence to support its system and what is produced is doubted because of individuals experiences.

peedee