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Originally Posted by K9-Lovers
Sorry, Redwitch, I have to disagree about the greediness comment. People pay extra for convenience all the time. For example, the golf cart retailer owned by the developer is right here at the squares ... convenient.
Charging businesses more than the norm who wish to locate in one of the squares is a smart business move. By charging more, it weeds out those businesses that would not as successful. Therefore, we don't have mediocre shops and businesses at the squares, only the cream of the crop can afford their rates and that's why we have retailers and service providers that are excellent and highly successful. That's why we have desirable shops and professional businesses that we and those outside of TV want to frequent.
The developer has provided a solution to every need and filled every identifiable niche. If you had a massive business such as theirs, you would want to capture income from a variety of sources, rather than just from home sales.
Seems smart to me, not greedy.
Gracie, I'm not able to comment about any of the individuals in the Morse family. You specifically asked about Gary Morse. But I can say that I admire any family that can work together for a long period of time. Working with your family takes a great deal of respect and patience, love and understanding. Working with your family and making a paradise for retirees while taking in a profit -- extraordinary!
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K9, too many businesses fail or move once their lease is up in the Squares because of the rental rates and the percentage of sales receipts. Rather than be willing to negotiate a workable rate, the developer simply lets the businesses go. That's not good business, that's greed.
Yes, Villagers pay for the convenience of shopping in TV and don't mind doing so, including me. I mind when it is one entity under the umbrella and guise of being different entities that have prices well beyond other local businesses. I will not do business with those stores and services.
I mind that I have to dig through tons of corporate records to discover that an entity is actually part and parcel of the developers, especially when it is announced that the entity has been sold and is no longer under the developer's umbrella. Again, I will not do business with that service.
Buy a home from the Morses? In a heartbeat! Buy from the Mercantile? Not me. Use the services of Blackhawk? Not me. Have TV Golf Cart service my cart or buy a cart from them? Not me.
As I said, I appreciate the fulfillment of a vision and I willingly pay for the privilege of living here. Like my best friend or my soul mate, I see their flaws and love them anyway. The same is true of TV. I don't have to like the developers to admire their accomplishments.