Price Rise

Well that is your perception on it and not a fact.

And it could be agued that maths doesn't lie. If after forensic investigation as you call it, although others might call it fact finding, and looking at the site in question it is found to more expensive than claimed shouldn't others be allowed to know that?

If I recall correctly the last time this was discussed the useful suggestion (apologies I can't remember by who) was that if people do not want to name sites on a particular thread like this one then post it on the sticky small private sites thread, like NTH did today, where this practice has as far I can recall never been done.

Of course PD but as it's been a while since I replied to you it's worth reposting yours to make sense of this reply:

It is not only the Club that is increasing its prices. I have been keeping an eye on a couple of commercial sites who provide metered electricity and one has put its pitch price up 10 percent, the other has yet to publish its 2023 prices but I expect them to increase their prices as well

Now it's been shown that club sites prices, and the many I have, have gone up by under 9% (8.7% in my max increase on a SP) and it's often posted that having meters is one way of reducing costs or keeping them in check, yet here is a site with meters that is putting up its prices by 10%. Club sites have all those increases in site upkeep costs, the minimum wage and of course the site must cover the cost of running facility blocks and have EHU yet have kept price increases lower.

As I said I found it interesting and perhaps, maybe, sometimes show that meters will not keep cost down? But as I said percentage increases are meaningless as you haven't  actually given the prices increase in money terms.

I wonder what the increase would be without metering, 20 or even 25 percent?

As you've added an extra part while I was replying, so it would have been maybe 20 to 25% without metering yet club sites with metering have kept their increases under 9%?

People have posted that perhaps meters won't mean cheaper sites and/or less % price increases and here is one example where that looks correct? Only one example, though you mention a possible other site, of course and as said actual money rather than percentages it would give a better picture?

As I said just an interesting observation, nothing more.

Well said.  I would support meters if, it dropped the pitch price by say £5 or so. That is about the difference between a non ehu and an ehu pitch.

I am happy to pay for what I use, not so happy to pay for those who leave heating on full all day and night even when they are out. I try to be as economical as possible while still being comfortable. I have the same principles at home.

Maybe this winter lots more folk will learn to be more economical with power😉

I don’t think you can compare a price increase in one site with that in another, if independent or a different club or chain.  Too many variables, such as when did the site last put up its price, and by how much.

Agree DD but didn't see much point in not having them as they were being replaced.

You do get a much more accurate day to day picture and analysis of what you are actually using especially if you go on line to look at what is actually recorded by the supplier.

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