golf society issues - advice reqd

[Grip it and rip it]

CGL is, as many many such organisers, arranging events for individuls on a basis of them choosing to play - or not.

it doesn't seem to represent itself on the basis of 'we can get you on the course cheaper' or similar; far from it, it appeals to the easy arrangements banner in the same way as many similar groups - picking one that has been raised here before yuou have Golf Day's UK and it's 'Tours'.

Can an individual arrange to play these courses 'cheaper' - yes. Is the margin involved to play an organsied event with structure, prizes, etc - only the individual can decide; if you are SE and charged at £30 ph it's rather obvious that 30 mins phoning around to arrange a tee time is £15.....strangely some people don't put any value on their time (move on) and other's put an even more realistic value on the hassle that such arrangers resolve (as I would/do)

Long way of saying - make your own mind up

surely thats the whole point of a society, to play courses cheaper as a large group discount - basic rules of purchasing/selling

so in essence why pay more for something you can get cheaper, would you buy a car for £xxx amount more than advertised if you had 30 people wanting to buy it as well

 

[duncan mackie]

surely thats the whole point of a society, to play courses cheaper as a large group discount - basic rules of purchasing/selling

whilst that may be the case with private groups (although even that paradigm has fundamentally changed over the last 10 years) I don't see how that's relevant to semi commercial businesses such as CGL, SCCTour etc

as an independant mobile ultrasonic club cleaning business yuou will appreciate the costs associated with marketing, running a web site and communication?

the basic rules of buying/selling (supply/demand) will continue to decide whether people choose to enter such events - history suggests that even if people choose to 'move on' they end up back with a simlar operation for similar costs in due course.

 

[rickg]

The guy drove the 10th at the Brabazon, and was a Seveday finalist ..........time to move on.... :thup:

 

[Smiffy]

Somebody asked me at Cooden if I made any money out of the forum events that I organise.
Bloody annoyed me that did.
I just jumped in my Ferrari and drove off.