Will Chapman wrote: > To my mind it should be part of BW's role to ensure that there > are enough mooring s available for the expanding number of boats > on coming on the market. Thinking up 'novel' schemes to release > available is doing skit to solve the main problem; that is, not > enough moorings.
I'm reminded of the recent TV advert for the bank that solves the problem of queues in its branches by closing the branches. Can Adrian (or any economists on here) help me understand something: restricting the supply and putting up the price of moorings obviously maximises income from those moorings. What I don't understand is how this benefits BW overall as its not a simple supply and demand equation - they lose not only the lower bid for moorings but the entire licence fee from these potential boaters as well, because the vast majority can't own a boat without a permanent mooring. Surely the greatest income would come from creating more moorings (at a lower unit price) but where BW get both licence and mooring fees. Or am I missing something... > Where has this auction idea come from? Where any boaters involved > in the process? If so, I'd like to meet some of them in an open > debate. This whole process sadly does BW no credit at a time when I thought they were looking for our support. There has been no consultation with users as far as I'm aware and the announcement of the TRIAL has emerged from various individuals who happened to hear about it rather than formally from BW - assorted Sunday afternoon comments from Eugene don't really count (though all credit for wading in on his day off!) Steve NB Bream
