Overheard at a site reception

GTP replied on 17/09/2021 16:00

Posted on 17/09/2021 16:00

A couple of days ago outside a site reception I overheard a conversation between warden and member.  The latter had come to purchase bottle of Blue Toilet Fluid but only Elsan Green was on sale...the member did not want the Green and asked if there was anywhere local he could purchase Blue....The warden then went on to explain that in the very near future only Elsan Green will be allowed on club sites.

I wonder if anyone else  has heard this 'rumour'...and how will the policy be policed

 

JollyKernow replied on 18/09/2021 17:23

Posted on 18/09/2021 17:12 by JVB66

The Cayton village site shop is as Hillhead run by the club for members,and cards are the prefered payment method ,the site shop at Bearstead is run by the site managers and cards are accepted there,

I think it would depend on what the the turnover of site shops and how much the site managers are willing spend to stock them  whether the cost of having card payments is worth it

Posted on 18/09/2021 17:23

Card readers are getting cheaper all the time jv. A couple of colleagues I've met up with this summer mention they cost pence per week to use. Been there done that with site shops. The outlay to set up (lots) and the time involved getting stock in regularly (in my own time) isn't worth it. I have green chems and rock pegs for the club. We can't get gas either here, so I spend my more of  my day maintaining the site rather than ringing the tillwink

JK

JVB66 replied on 18/09/2021 17:41

Posted on 18/09/2021 17:23 by JollyKernow

Card readers are getting cheaper all the time jv. A couple of colleagues I've met up with this summer mention they cost pence per week to use. Been there done that with site shops. The outlay to set up (lots) and the time involved getting stock in regularly (in my own time) isn't worth it. I have green chems and rock pegs for the club. We can't get gas either here, so I spend my more of  my day maintaining the site rather than ringing the tillwink

JK

Posted on 18/09/2021 17:41

It is what friends of ours found on their non facility site ,(although mostly "proper LV user members that bookcool") they tended to come fully prepared to be out and about and get their food shopping then ,they did try a few things,(toilet fluid and gas of course) and papers/milk and anything other grocery items for,members were to order only and they were actually given a weekly allowance from the club  for this service to fetch them from the nearest villagesurprised

Only a couple of days was any orders not in the office when it openedlaughing 

JVB66 replied on 18/09/2021 17:59

Posted on 18/09/2021 17:55 by JollyKernow

"proper lv user members that book" Eh? Are we not all "proper members"?

JK

Posted on 18/09/2021 17:59

When reading some of the reviews of other than non facilty sites NOundecided as i am sure you have noticed, but of course would depend on the managers wink

JollyKernow replied on 18/09/2021 18:19

Posted on 18/09/2021 18:19

Righto, I'll leave it there then, now got a power outage on part of the site. Trying to find a fault in a distribution unit in the rain, great fun!! Have a good evening alllaughing

JK

RedKite replied on 18/09/2021 19:16

Posted on 18/09/2021 19:16

Hope you find the fault JK rain here as well. As to Loo chemicals we have used green for a number of years and not changing now and have in the past always bought from site office if we have nearly run out.

young thomas replied on 18/09/2021 19:19

Posted on 18/09/2021 19:19

We use Bio pods and we're specifically asked about these (OK)  at a recent CL.

...as for 'enforcing'...just a nice pleasant request from the owners seems to do the trick as WN suggests.

Twos more then one replied on 19/09/2021 16:17

Posted on 17/09/2021 16:00 by GTP

A couple of days ago outside a site reception I overheard a conversation between warden and member.  The latter had come to purchase bottle of Blue Toilet Fluid but only Elsan Green was on sale...the member did not want the Green and asked if there was anywhere local he could purchase Blue....The warden then went on to explain that in the very near future only Elsan Green will be allowed on club sites.

I wonder if anyone else  has heard this 'rumour'...and how will the policy be policed

 

Posted on 19/09/2021 16:17

Been using green now for a while, for two reasons 
One green  is more environmentally friendly 
Two was told on a site that insisted on green , green  can use on sites that are ok with blue , but blue should not be used on  sites that stipulate green 

JohnM20 replied on 20/09/2021 17:38

Posted on 20/09/2021 17:38

We were requested by a CL a couple of weeks ago to use green. I have kept some Dometic sachets in the caravan in case this request came up elsewhere but I have to say I'm not very happy with them. They do very little to keep smells down. In my bits box (I'm sure we all have one), I had a couple of free sample bottles of Aquakem Green. Using this was a bit better but still not as efficient as Elsan Blue in my opinion. What do others use which meets green credentials and works efficiently at solids breakdown and smell control? Sorry if any of you are eating whilst reading this surprised

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