Capernwray Admission Prices

Went on Sunday for the day & there are notices all over warning that from
the 1st
of June admission is going up to £10 per visit from £6. Unless you buy a
loyalty
card for £80 which permits 10 dives. This is due (they say) to 9-11 plus
large
insurance premiums etc.
When I get hands on that Bin Laden!!!!!!!!!!!

"Nick Harrison" <nickharrison@cornmill40.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:c760os$vbm$1@news6.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Went on Sunday for the day & there are notices all over warning that from
> the 1st
> of June admission is going up to £10 per visit from £6. Unless you buy a
> loyalty
> card for £80 which permits 10 dives. This is due (they say) to 9-11 plus
> large
> insurance premiums etc.
> When I get hands on that Bin Laden!!!!!!!!!!!
>


So its noting to do with the cost of the building, or the amount of profits
required then. I'll be spending the extra 20 mins and driving to the lakes
and diving for free...


Chris

On Mon, 3 May 2004 18:50:19 +0100, "Nick Harrison"
<nickharrison@cornmill40.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

>Went on Sunday for the day & there are notices all over warning that from
>the 1st
>of June admission is going up to £10 per visit from £6. Unless you buy a
>loyalty
>card for £80 which permits 10 dives. This is due (they say) to 9-11 plus
>large
>insurance premiums etc.
>When I get hands on that Bin Laden!!!!!!!!!!!

<Rant>

Insurance? Yes, I can go with that. The increase in insurance
premiums has been well documented. Such is the nature of the blame
culture we now live in.

9-11? Sorry but this is b*11*cks! I work in IT security and I am yet
to see a company spend any money as a result of 9-11. However,
wherever I turn I see companies blaming price increases on 9-11.
Airlines are a prime example. 9-11 gave them the perfect opportunity
to realign their businesses which resulted in many job losses and
price increases. I am not complaining about anything they did as this
is their business. The fact is, even if 9-11 hadn't have happened,
they would have had to do it anyway.

</Rant>


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On Tue, 04 May 2004 09:44:40 GMT, Lazarus X <lazarusx@nospam.com>
wrote:

>On Mon, 3 May 2004 18:50:19 +0100, "Nick Harrison"
><nickharrison@cornmill40.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Went on Sunday for the day & there are notices all over warning that from
>>the 1st
>>of June admission is going up to £10 per visit from £6. Unless you buy a
>>loyalty
>>card for £80 which permits 10 dives. This is due (they say) to 9-11 plus
>>large
>>insurance premiums etc.
>>When I get hands on that Bin Laden!!!!!!!!!!!
>
><Rant>
>
>Insurance? Yes, I can go with that. The increase in insurance
>premiums has been well documented. Such is the nature of the blame
>culture we now live in.
>
>9-11? Sorry but this is b*11*cks! I work in IT security and I am yet
>to see a company spend any money as a result of 9-11. However,
>wherever I turn I see companies blaming price increases on 9-11.
>Airlines are a prime example. 9-11 gave them the perfect opportunity
>to realign their businesses which resulted in many job losses and
>price increases. I am not complaining about anything they did as this
>is their business. The fact is, even if 9-11 hadn't have happened,
>they would have had to do it anyway.
>
></Rant>

To be fair though Airlines have had to spend more on security
following 9.11. Because American airport security was shite. I once
managed to walk onto a plane in Newark with a knife in my hand baggage
that the X-Rays had picked up!

I don't think computer security's had any extra spending though,
mainly because OBL hasn't attacked any computer networks, at least not
in a way that's detectable.

Capenwray though? £6 to £10 in one fell swoop? Inflation rate of 1.1%?
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"Nick Harrison" <nickharrison@cornmill40.freeserve.co.uk> wrote...

> Went on Sunday for the day & there are notices all over warning
> that from the 1st of June admission is going up to £10 per visit
> from £6. Unless you buy a loyalty card for £80 which permits
> 10 dives. This is due (they say) to 9-11 plus large insurance
> premiums etc.

Right reason, wrong excuse. Third party insurance has seen astromical rises
in the past four years or so, this is mainly due to underwriters withdrawing
from the market and those who are left namining their own price. When did
Capernwray last raise their prices? Their insurance will at least be a big
five figure number, it may well be six figures, you need one hell of a lot
of entrance fees to cover that!

That is the price we all pay for the "anybody's fault but mine" blame
culture, I don't blame the operators.

Keith L

"Keith Lawrence" <fake@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:c780uj$p3i3$1@ID-217789.news.uni-berlin.de:

> "Nick Harrison" <nickharrison@cornmill40.freeserve.co.uk> wrote...
>
>> Went on Sunday for the day & there are notices all over warning
>> that from the 1st of June admission is going up to £10 per visit
>> from £6. Unless you buy a loyalty card for £80 which permits
>> 10 dives. This is due (they say) to 9-11 plus large insurance
>> premiums etc.
>
> Right reason, wrong excuse. Third party insurance has seen astromical
> rises in the past four years or so, this is mainly due to underwriters
> withdrawing from the market and those who are left namining their own
> price. When did Capernwray last raise their prices? Their insurance
> will at least be a big five figure number, it may well be six figures,
> you need one hell of a lot of entrance fees to cover that!
>
> That is the price we all pay for the "anybody's fault but mine" blame
> culture, I don't blame the operators.
>
> Keith L
>
>
>

They seem to raise the price every time I visit! I go up every few
months, and over the last two years it seems to have risen a pound every
time I visit. Now it is jumping £4 in one go - damn you Osama Bin
Laden!

Chris Quinn

"Nick Eden" <null@localhost.com> wrote in message

> To be fair though Airlines have had to spend more on security
> following 9.11.

Have you not looked at the airport taxes & charges on a ticket lately. WE
have had to spend more on security.


>Because American airport security was shite. I >once
> managed to walk onto a plane in Newark with a knife in my hand baggage
> that the X-Rays had picked up!
>

The duty free shop in Frankfurt used to sell Swiss Army Knives and Gerbers
etc airside just to save passengers the hassle of getting them through
security.

Keith

"Nick Harrison" <nickharrison@cornmill40.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message

> This is due (they say) to 9-11 .......

What a complete load of jump on the bandwagon crap.

Keith

third party insurance going up leaps and bounds every year-courtesy of
claims companies. I contacted my insurers last year and asked what was
going on-are you trying to put me out of business or what. Never had a
claim yet here I am being penalised for the blame culture and people
tripping over imaginary raised paving stones etc etc. One 2 day course
used to cover my insurance and recognition fees - not anymore by a long
way-so I have some sympathy with capenwray's reasoning.


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Look on the bright side. It might be a little less crowded on the weekends
;)