Could price gouging be catching up?
It’s funny I’ve heard many people talking about how bike week has dropped off for many reasons.
For years I’ve heard talk of how much the property owners in and around the Weirs keep increasing their rates year after year.
Just the other night on channel 9 news they interviewed the owner of the Lazy E down by the weirs.
He said that law enforcement is driving away bikers and I’ve heard many a biker say just that. After all bike week was never meant to be a family event that you bring young kids to. He mentioned that years ago he was booked a year in advance for bike week lodging. But have any of these establishments ever considered that they might just have raised their prices to the point where people are just fed up with it and staying further away from the Weirs in an attempt to save. I’ll bet if he dropped his rates he would fill right up. What is that old saying? Something is better than nothing.
Look what happened when the owners of the property where Burger King used to be raised their lease. BK left and the property has been empty and for sale for over a year now. Look at all the money the owners of that prime piece of property are paying in taxes on an empty lot.
All because of greed!
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