scats
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No charge here. I’m pretty much the only person who rides at our yard so I’m the only one who ever really uses the school.
I don’t think you are reading my posts as I said I wouldn’t go to a yard that charged extra for facilities over and above. I moved to a more expensive yard to get facilities, not to pay more for the basic rate then more on top for facilities.
If you had two yards to choose between and one was 30 a week basic and £2.50 to use the school and you expected to use it for times in a normal week, and the other was 50 quid a week, would you chose the one which was 50 a week (everything else being equal) ?
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I'll often pop in for five minutes or so before a hack, just to see what sort of mood she's in, or pop in for ten minutes after a hack to take advantage of her being warmed up to have a bit of a play. I'd resent paying £2.50 for that so much that I probably would opt for the £50/week yard.
Now we know more I think its clearly an anti-competition thing . Hey ho!
Yeah it transpires that this was indeed the motivation. Bit of a bruised ego I think because the 3 DIY liveries use off-site trainers. No skin off my nose nor one of the others as we box off to lessons anyway but pretty crap for the one without transport ?
If YO could train up to GP dressage or advanced eventing then I expect we'd all be happy with the offerings on site but unfortunately that's not the case ?
Well then if you did that eight times a week for 52 weeks a year, it would make sense, but do you get the point that blanket ruling out any yard that charges for the school isn't very sensible?
If you had two yards to choose between and one was 30 a week basic and £2.50 to use the school and you expected to use it for times in a normal week, and the other was 50 quid a week, would you chose the one which was 50 a week (everything else being equal) ?
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If you had two yards to choose between and one was 30 a week basic and £2.50 to use the school and you expected to use it for times in a normal week, and the other was 50 quid a week, would you chose the one which was 50 a week (everything else being equal) ?
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I don’t charge extra to use my arena, however, in defence of YO’s, I have just built a brand new 40x40 arena, my old one was fine, just not big enough unfortunately. It cost us approx 47k all inc, apart from my husbands time, which we didn’t factor in. I have 20 liveries, Paying £31 pw each on DIY, so if you do the maths, it’s clear I will never recoup my investment, so I don’t blame others for trying to do get at least something back. If it wasn’t for my daughter competing, so needing an arena big enough to leave jumps up in all the time, I would have just kept my old arena. It had served me very well for 20 years ?now that lockdown has lifted enough for lessons to start again, friend has asked YO if it's OK for her instructor to come over. He's said yes but wants to charge a fee for the school. This is the first time I've ever come across having to pay for facilities you are already entitled to use within the livery fee.
Anyone else have a similar arrangement?
I don’t charge extra to use my arena, however, in defence of YO’s, I have just built a brand new 40x40 arena, my old one was fine, just not big enough unfortunately. It cost us approx 47k all inc, apart from my husbands time, which we didn’t factor in. I have 20 liveries, Paying £31 pw each on DIY, so if you do the maths, it’s clear I will never recoup my investment, so I don’t blame others for trying to do get at least something back. If it wasn’t for my daughter competing, so needing an arena big enough to leave jumps up in all the time, I would have just kept my old arena. It had served me very well for 20 years ?
What????I'm on a livery yard at the moment, and I have to pay for ******* water!
(that is, on top of my "standard" bill)
What????
My friend is on a DIY yard that is £55 a week and they have to bring water up in Jerry cans. It was supposed to be a temporary problem but it’s gone on for months and they are still paying £55
I'm on a livery yard at the moment, and I have to pay for ******* water!
(that is, on top of my "standard" bill)
That’s disgraceful. Also really expensive for DIY even in the south-east.
Good Lord. I'll remember this next time I grumble about my yard.My friend is on a DIY yard that is £55 a week and they have to bring water up in Jerry cans. It was supposed to be a temporary problem but it’s gone on for months and they are still paying £55
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