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Originally Posted by joey2665
No the amenities are not a la carte. It’s a club with amenities, it is not just a marina. For full access you have to be a member and pay full fees with your slip. Their club their rules. Sounds more like sour grapes. This happens at all clubs just like country clubs and other marina clubs around the lake such as Akwa.
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No sour grapes here, I can wave on my way by as I wasn't the one shopping for a marina, I have mine and I'm quite happy with it.
We were simply discussing the pros and cons of one marina over another to a prospective new marina customer, and why one marina costs more than others. And originally I was trying to give the nod to MVYC because one poster said they valet there and it had all these amenities, but then another poster said no you did not have access to any of the amenities and they didnt even want the valet people using the same bathrooms. So to you it sounds like sour grapes and to me it sounds like gifted rich kids being snobs. Not offering the same access to the customers with slips as the valet customers (yes for extra cost) is a really odd and short sited business model, but as you said its like a country club and they can keep out whoever they want.
But if I was in the market for a new marina, it sounds like MVYC does not offer anything more to the valet customer than I have at PBM except class warfare over bathrooms. And I would never be interested in a slip. I've done that before and dont like the impact to the boat (scum growing on the bottom). I didnt pay as much for my boat as I did to bottom paint it or scrub crap off it, I only want a valet or a trailer. Obviously others are not concerned about it as we still have more slips than valet spaces on Winnipesaukee. so to each his own.
But its good to know that if I wanted a slip, I could opt to join the "club" and they would keep the valet riffraff out of the amenities.
As I said, your perspective may be different and you are certainly entitled to yous and I am mine.
I hope you are not offended and dont have sour grapes over my opinions, I certainly dont about yours.
So long as we dont get personal, its all good.
