That bloke Graham said 'We had a similar issue when BW wanted a 28% rise for our mooring at Cropredy. they stated it was due to it being underpriced because there were over 20 people on each waiting list for the Cropredy Old Mill, Central and North online moorings. When we questioned how many of those people were on all three lists in order to get a place in Cropredy, they refused to answer our question.'
At that meeting it was also suggested that if we didn't like the price hike why couldn't we, and the couple on a pension who'd run Cropredy Stores for years, and who were part of the community, just move our boats somewhere cheaper like Yorkshire? Both of us moved from what we believe to be overpriced moorings. When we next met the guy who'd made this suggestion he was surprised we'd done what we said we'd do, and then asked why....duh! Do they listen, do they understand, will a villa in Spain be a better bet despite carbon-airmiles? Wouldn't take much longer to get to than Yorkshire. Now, let me see... who has their boat in France or Ireland now? Are the Old Mill moorings at Cropredy full again (excluding those of our erstwhile neighbours who were not paying at all) does anyone know? If a boater pays no license, how is BW going to include them in this percentage game? Official moorings to the highest bidder, and every incentive to avoid paying altogether- but stay on moorings. Megapixie.
