On Nov 29, 12:04�pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:38:37 -0800 (PST), Chuck Gould

wrote:
You have rentals, Tom; when you rent a three bedroom house do you give
a discount to a family that only has one kid and doesn't really "need"
part of the house? �:-

Actually I do.

If I have a family of four, I charge more because they will be using
more resources like water, heat and electricity.

If I have a couple, I charge less because they will be using less
resources.

That approach has served me well.

My complaint has to do with the minimum they charge. �One marina in
particular that I'm referencing has slips available for 20 foot boats,
but they still charge a minimum of 25 feet. �Above that, it's charged
by the foot.

That isn't right and I don't care how you try to justify it.


Your local marina is staffed by marketing numbskulls. If they actually
have 20-foot slips available but price it so that you believe you are
being asked to pay for 5 feet that aren't there, they are going about
it bass ackwards. They should just say "Our price for a 20-foot slip
is $X"
(X being whatever they are charging now) and with no reference
whatsover to some 25-foot factor. That's absolute truth in
advertising, by the way.....that *is* the price one must pay to rent
their 20 foot slip.
Why confuse the buyer with too much information? It doesn't change the
price, just merely makes the buyer feel like he or she is getting
hosed for five missing feet. :-)