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Money Moral Dilemma: Should we leave our golf club and rejoin later to get cheaper membership?
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Absolutely you should leave. It's a despicable practice to charge existing, loyal members more than new members.0
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It will always be the senior section who complains about situations like this. I hope your blackmail threat backfires on you. Membership of a golf club should always be more than the fee paid per year. At my club we have a 15 percent discount on all bar and food purchases. The spend is calculated at year end and the 15 percent discount total is taken from your next year subscription. This rewards individuals who support the club. If I were a member of your committee I would introduce a £300 new member fee. That would stop the penny pichers dead in their tracks.0
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Through family members, I have seen the practice of both privately & publicly owned Golf clubs.
The former were a law unto themselves.
The exclusivity was part of the appeal.
The latter was much more down to earth & open to scrutiny.
So it depends on why you play golf & what you want from your club.
Swings & roundabouts!!0 -
presumably the cheaper rate only applies to the first year then everyone pays the same ?
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Why are you even worried about harming the club. They are not showing any decency, loyalty or fairness towards you. And you might even enjoy playing elsewhere, especially if some people you like also switch.1
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This isn't a question over morals. Its a business decision. You take your business elsewhere.I consider myself to be a male feminist. Is that allowed?0
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BJV said:Yes, it is unfair, I cannot stand it when new customers get better deals than loyal long-standing customers.
But I think it would depend on several things?- If you leave, will you be allowed to go back?
- What is the price difference, if it is pennies, is it worth it?
- Is there anywhere else local that you would like to join?
Nuff said!
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Leave for good.... sorted"Do not attribute to conspiracy what can adequately be explained by incompetence" - rogerblack0
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Cantabilly said:Absolutely you should leave. It's a despicable practice to charge existing, loyal members more than new members.
The despicable part is when they try and put hurdles in the way of existing customers been able to take advantage - e.g. a period before they can be classified as a new customer.
Why is the "moral" part on the onus of the customer and not the business to be fair to existing customers.royclamp said:presumably the cheaper rate only applies to the first year then everyone pays the same ?0 -
MSE_Kelvin said:This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks...My golf club offers cheaper rates to new members than to those renewing. We've approached the owners about the unfairness of this, but they didn't seem to take us seriously, so a large group of us are now all thinking of leaving, playing somewhere else for a year, then rejoining for the cheaper rates. While I don't want to damage the club, we're being penalised for our loyalty. Is walking out the right thing to do?
Of course if you go elsewhere - is it further away, do you need to factor in the cost of addition time/fuel etc into the equation.
On the question of damaging the club, if they are struggling for numbers, a large group leaving might damage them, but then conversely they don't respect you being loyal because you are penalised to stay and renew.0
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