----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Stott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 3:14 PM Subject: [canals-list] Re: Working narrowboats to pay the £50 "broad" beam surcharge?! (XP)
(snip) > The best allocation method seems to be to price the moorings per day > at a rate that reduces demand just enough that there are always a few > moorings vacant. Then anybody can simply show up and moor, and stay > as long as he wants. And BW's revenue, which it needs so badly, is > maximised this way. > > Of course, where the demand is very low, the price per day would be > £0. Fair enough, but only applicable to "honeypot" sites, and liable to misuse (Let's charge for the moorings for 5 miles either side of ever canalside pub.........................) > >>> I think it is very *un*fair to charge large boats more. They impose no >>> added costs on BW, and their cruising ranges are smaller so they >>> should actually pay less. (snip) > If the boat is so big it can't get through > Windsor bridge, its owner naturally wants to buy the right to use only > the Thames below Windsor. Why should he be forced also to buy the > right to navigate on other waters that his boat can't reach or fit > into? > > If I go to a restaurant, but am not very hungry, I buy a small meal > and pay a small price. I'm not forced to pay for everything on the > menu. > (snip) But you seem to be in the position of having ordered the mixed grill, which you can't finish, and want to pay the same price as the peeps who just had the sausages :-) -- Iain
