Re: Annual sub 125% hike (was Walking out in the middle)

On May 15, 10:32=A0am, Hans Georg Schaathun <ge...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>
> Yet, I never received it, which is probably my fault, but I would
> have expected to see it on the web pages. =A0Not that I am complaining,
> especially not about the increase. =A0I always thought it was strangely
> cheap,

++++What a splendid fellow!


> and if the new subscription feels high, that is only marginally.
>
> : =A0The situation is far from that which John Crinnion infers - there
is
> : =A0no element of "put up or shut up" about this - indeed, I'm not
quite
> : =A0sure what that means in this context.
>
> I thought that was clear. =A0Annual inflasion-level raises would
normally
> be accepted, and the subscription renewed by habit. =A0A significant
> increase like this leads to more people seriously considering if
> they want to continue upon the next renewal.

++++It does indeed, and that's what I referred to, but that's not
really what "put up or shut up" means.

>
> For the regular and frequent players, the subscription is still
> insignificant compared to the table money they pay.
>
> It is the casual players who may find that it is not worth it.

++++Indeed. This has been the subject of much discussion, as you can
imagine.

> Still, the subscription is unlikely to be more than the last straw.
> SouthWest trains do more to keep me away than the club does :-)

++++I live fairly near the club now, but until two years ago I lived
for three years or so in West London. Most nights I'd depsair of
public trans****t, grit my teeth, gird my loins, take the bull by the
horns and get a taxi. Ruinous, but the performance otherwise was too
tiresome for words.