Grieve14
Head Pro
Exactly this!!
I wouldn't be feeling upset that the prices are going up, I would be feeling rather smug that I had been paying so little for so many years!
how much of an increase in your membership fee is too much???
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Exactly this!!
I wouldn't be feeling upset that the prices are going up, I would be feeling rather smug that I had been paying so little for so many years!
PCWOX
Assistant Pro
Only £615 at North Berwick!! That's a deal, that's a steal....
Tashyboy
Please don’t ask to see my tatts 👍
That could be a problem in a few years time, when they pop there clogs there is going to be a financial black hole, and if membership is to much they won't get new members. That could mean another nice increase for existing members . Milk it whilst you can.👍
only thing is you are in an area close to london where cost of living, house prices and more importantly pay is more that 3 times what it is here.
Garush34
Journeyman Pro
Ours are going up £15 this year, roughly 5% increase. Its one of the best around me, but this year maybe a struggle to pay for so I'm having to look at my options. The increase doesn't bother me, its just I have more things to pay for this coming year.
Bobirdie
Journeyman Pro
Cost of living has alot to do with it imo. Yous are all minted down there lol
That was a real problem at my old club. The majority of members were either on that level or approaching it yet they were the ones who played the most. Financial daftness.
When it's no longer value for money or I can't afford it. I've paid a lot more than I am now and thought it was VFM, and I've paid a fair bit less and thought it a bit expensive.
Ross61
Challenge Tour Pro
Not necessarily so. Someone working for the same company as me, doing exactly the same job as me in Scotland gets paid exactly the the same as me.
so in those instances the guy in Scotland effectively is better off due to cheaper cost of living and more importantly cheaper golf fees than me.
where in scotland is that then?
That may be the case, but Access to London wage rates is something we just don't have in the north of Scotland.
SAPCOR1
Journeyman Pro
Working and living in Central Scotland for companies with their head office in and around London for the the past 30 years or so, I've always been on the same base salary as my Southern counterparts who are at the same level/position as me.
I suppose the main thing here for you is the percentage rise in a short space of time, fantastic course or not
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
I know that you are joking but oh I do wish that were the case...
If I lived in Glasgow I'd get paid exactly the same as I do living in Surrey...why I'm thinking of moving back up...
And I'd get a decent club membership up there for the £1650 I pay down here
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
that's me. In fact from Aug 2015 to Aug 2016 I spent maybe 20 weeks working from my motehr's home in Glasgow. My choice. My company wasn't the slightest bit bothered and my salary wasn't reduced
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I know that you are joking but oh I do wish that were the case...
If I lived in Glasgow I'd get paid exactly the same as I do living in Surrey...why I'm thinking of moving back up...
And I'd get a decent club membership up there for the £1650 I pay down here
that's me. In fact from Aug 2015 to Aug 2016 I spent maybe 20 weeks working from my motehr's home in Glasgow. My choice. My company wasn't the slightest bit bothered and my salary wasn't reduced
central belt and Glasgow are not Inverness and Nairn though are they
i was offered a similar job at Glasgow Airport to what i do at HIAL and it was considerably more
Ross61
Challenge Tour Pro
You can name anywhere in Scotland or anywhere in the U.K. for that matter. There will be someone doing the same work as me, for the same pay.
User 105
Journeyman Pro
It's basically down to market forces. If you think you can get better or equivalent elsewhere for less then time to move.
But I suspect your club knows the market and what they can get away with charging. So I suspect you'd struggle to find better at the price, so I;d stick with it even if the increase seems out of proportion.
But I suspect your club knows the market and what they can get away with charging. So I suspect you'd struggle to find better at the price, so I;d stick with it even if the increase seems out of proportion.
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
I could do my job from my cousin's house in Fortrose or another's in Dundonnell - I'd still be paid the same
Mind you - convincing my management that I had year-round easy access to London from Dundonnell might be a bit tricky
To a degree what Patrick is saying is right though, my wife got offered a transfer to Ernest and Young in London and her wage would of trebled, a lot of the time it is where you live, it also probably depends what you do for a living.
I could do my job from my cousin's house in Fortrose or another's in Dundonnell - I'd still be paid the same
Mind you - convincing my management that I had year-round easy access to London from Dundonnell might be a bit tricky
Only an hour from Dundonnell to Inverness airport, plenty flights to London now as well 😀
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Aye - but that hour could be just a bit tricky in the snow...if I could even get out of Dundonnell...but of course - no golf course.
Fortrose would do me just fine and dandy, with Fortrose and Rosemarkie GC looking a cracking track for membership - and £420 a year membership with no joining fee. But my Mrs won't have it. So Glasgow it'll have to be.
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