Membership fees increase
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How did you make that leap of illogic?
Gas for heating is a necessity, joining the club isn't. That's all I said. How you made that statement into I'll pay anything is puzzling at best.
As I said joining the club hasn't cost me anything, I've actually made money on it.
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I wonder how the salesman knows that? I’m blowed if I’d tell a salesman where my money came from. 🤔
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And that really is it. Just like everything else you buy for pleasure, no matter what it is, you (one) decides if it's worth the benefit that it gives you. If it does you buy, if not you don't, pure and simple.
No idea why those that do think it is worth it should be a topic for jokes?
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dead easy I got £1000 in one go (that's 18.5 years at today's rate) two years and last years fee was paid back twice over by the club, in fact got the whole year's fee back in one go at Cotswold Outdoor once. It's available to you too
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well I made sure that the £1000 (it was in fact for accessories) was only mentioned and given after I had agreed the price and the deal, so I actually got over £4000 off and then the extra £1000 on top of that. I used it to get a factory fitted tow bar and full electrics and other stuff which I would have had to buy anyway.
but it's a leap of imagination to say it alone covers membership fees for many
I really don't where you got that from in your haste David, but I never said that, I only posted what happened to me and it is indeed true for me that the cost of membership has cost me nothing and I'm still in credit. How much do you save which your membership on ferries and other stuff with travelling over there? Is it equal to the £50+ fee? I have no idea but I hope so. You posted yesterday about 25% off a ferry booking what would that be in real terms if someone did book under those conditions?
As for those that don't darken those places and the mountains I feel sorry for them! I don't darken a ferry with a car and I'm sure you feel sorry for me as well
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You story has moved me, if you post your bank details on here I'll pay the extra for you.
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Thanks David I am interested, (btw I see your earlier post was Deleted User as well sadly)
So again another example where the club's membership pays for itself, assuming you, or one, was going to book a crossing anyway.
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and I agree, but I'm using the money I'm saving to offset (and make a profit on the club's membership fee). That is a fact.
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Peedee, it's now £46 for the "printed" C&CC membership and £40 for the digital membership.
The CAMC increase works out at 0.16 per month (you can add extra sixes if you want to get it to the absolute correct amount.
) Other than that I don't know how either club works out the costing but being a member does save on overall costs with both.
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is it? I mean is it the same service? Apart from the disparity in site standard (which I know is subjective) there may be more going on behind the scenes as to what overheads, and level of service... they both provide?
Anyway aren't CAMC members are richer so it doesn't matter
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I know I can recoup my membership with one over there trip.
Ferry Harwich - HoH 2 May 2020 overnight
Club price £286.70
Stena (Black Friday 25% discount) £344.60)
Direct Ferries - £348.00
Saving with the club £61.30
Booking with the club is therefore a no brainer
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That’s fine DT, so I will give up my club membership to save a few quid and then pay an extra £12/night to stay on club sites which this year would have cost me close to £200.00 plus couldn’t stay on CL’s and paid £60 a trip more (one way) to travel over there, don’t think I would save much giving up membership
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Our National Trust membership went up, as did our English Heritage, also the wine we regularly buy. None are essential but we find them good value. As is the CAMC membership and the CCC one we have recently taken out. Just like the NT and EH they save me a substantial sum on the entry charge.😀
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Whether somebody considers CC membership as being of value really depends on whether they wish to use the club sites or not. For me it is in order to access their site Network. But then I am generally happy with CC sites and they typically provide around 60% of our touring site stops.
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That's a good point, Steve. We more than make up our NT membership fees in car parking charges alone down in Cornwall!
Although no longer members of CAMC, last year we more than made up our membership fees in buying clothing from Mountain Warehouse and visits to attractions like Lost Gardens of Heligan (2 for 1) and, of course, we were able to stay at many lovely CLs during the year.
If folk don't think the club offers good value the answer is in their own hands - don't rejoin. If folk are happy to pay, that's entirely their choice and any suggestion that means they'd pay "whatever" is ridiculous (IMHO) .
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Life is full of choices, and happily for us, we made some very good ones very early in life! Choosing to join CC was only a minor passing decision a very long time ago, but we have always got our membership fee back (usually via free entry on Great Days Out scheme, or shop discounts), and we tour all year round, using a mix of CLs, Cheap Club Sites and other Sites.
Other life decisions have been quite good as well, made in our teens and 20’s. Type of career, LG pensions, no loans, credit card only for emergencies/ paid off straight away, mortgage we could afford (even when interest got up to 17%😱), older cars maintained by my car fanatic OH, a cracking older caravan, easy to work on, maintain. Still got that, built in 1984. Used but good quality MH, perfectly suited to our needs, we do most of maintenance on this as well.
We also decided that life is way too short to wait too long for retirement, and both retired from our careers earlier than most folks can only dream of doing. My OH nearly died twice in a couple of years, so we know how precious every moment spent together is now, and intend doing what we like for as long as we can. Too many folks don’t get this option sadly.
In the scale of things, that extra £2 isn’t going to touch us at all. It isn’t even the cost of some overpriced, over thought cup of coffee!😂
We shall roll onwards and happily into 2020, laughing as we do it. I hope lots of you out there can join us😁😎😋
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I appreciate not all members would use every club offer available...but the ones we used this year more than paid for our membership...eg:- last week at Chatsworth , an excellent meal at the local Wheatsheaf Pub -20% off final bill on production of club membership card (used twice in week), RSPB savings (over year) £30..Cotswold (£25) and Blacks (£25)..plus a couple of 'two for one' ...
Similar savings apply with our sister club.
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