Almost a 30% Increase?!!

[Shuck Water]

Just received my renewal invoice from Hidden Cove Marina and they are raising my rate 30% to $315 per month! Not only is that now rivaling my boat payment, but the lake is 8' feet down and the marina is half empty! What the hell is going on here?

Anyone at Pier 121? Curious as to what rates are like over there.

 

[Bruce]

I bet they are charging you more to make up for all the empty slips!

 

[itsdgm]

I bet they are charging you more to make up for all the empty slips!

Yep. Two ways to maintain. One would be to lower prices in an effort to draw business from elsewhere in order to fill the marina. The second is to treat your loyal customers to a huge price increase. I've always supported business who choose option one.

 

[Shuck Water]

You're probably right, but the bitch of it is that if I leave, the marina will charge me $500 just to remove my lift.

 

[BigN8]

I would think they are getting more interest in renting due to boat ramps being out of service. More people want to just leave there boat on the water. Demand goes up, price goes up

 

[davel501]

Maybe they are going to use the extra money to do work while the water levels are low. There are probably a lot of things that are cheaper to do when the water is low.

Did that massive rain on the news do anything for the water levels or was that just not enough?

 

[jdiaz78]

Just received my renewal invoice from Hidden Cove Marina and they are raising my rate 30% to $315 per month!

With prices like that, it makes me feel good about paying 800 bucks every six months for my 10x24 covered slip

 

[5MoreMin.]

With prices like that, it makes me feel good about paying 800 bucks every six months for my 10x24 covered slip

What lake are you at jdiaz78?

 

[jdiaz78]

Smithville Lake. It is about 25 minutes north of Kansas City.

 

[Shuck Water]

Maybe they are going to use the extra money to do work while the water levels are low. There are probably a lot of things that are cheaper to do when the water is low.

Did that massive rain on the news do anything for the water levels or was that just not enough?

The rain helped, but only bumped the lake about a foot. It's still way down.

 

[BigN8]

About a foot and a half bump.

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/tx/nwis/uv/?site_no=08052800&PARAmeter_cd=00062,72020,00054

 

[Shuck Water]

Yikes....Pier 121 is $337 per month for a 24' * 10' slip!

 

[Kevin107]

Really? They offered my cousin discounts when he canceled with them last weekend.

 

[Shuck Water]

Really? They offered my cousin discounts when he canceled with them last weekend.

Any intel on what kind of discounts?

 

[Kevin107]

No idea what kind of discount because my cousin just said no without even hearing them out. He didn't care about the discount after he found out his life jackets, fenders, tubes, and wakeboard was stolen out of his boat. Not blaming them, he just made up his mind on dry storage instead.

 

[Shuck Water]

I had water skis stolen out of my boat the first time I was at Pier 121, just need to keep everything in a locked dock box. At least when they stole something from my boat, the thieves were courteous enough to put my cover back on.

 

[billyb]

I had water skis stolen out of my boat the first time I was at Pier 121, just need to keep everything in a locked dock box. At least when they stole something from my boat, the thieves were courteous enough to put my cover back on.

OMFG...wow