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Originally Posted by kimball (Post 606603)

Some years ago, a group of enterprising Ambassadors bought Candy at discount prices and started selling it to gofers at starter shacks. Great, we could get a between 9's snack for a half a buck and the Ambassadors made a few pennies to augment their minimal salaries. Oh no said Golf Administration, (another name for the "Family"). Can't do that. We are now taking over the concession and you must buy your candy from us.

Yesterday, I bought a candy bar at the turn at Cane Garden. The last time I bought one the price was $.75 which was about two years ago. ( I don't eat much candy) Yesterday's Reeses Pieces cost me $1.50!!!!! Yep folks, that's the new price. Now our crumby little candy bar at the turn is making it to the bottom line of the ever growing family fortune. At what level do they become ashamed of their greedy behavior. By the way, while they gouge us for candy bars, the greens were not fit for a public course in the NE, and the smell of the pond at the 3rd Tee at Allamanda was repulsive. Perhaps they are planning to use the excess profits from candy bars to address these other issues.

Well thought out post. May I suggest that you plan ahead of time and put some Reeses Pieces in your golf bag or the cooler on your golf cart. That way perhaps you could be as enterprising as the Ambassadors were and sell them to your buddies and put a few bucks a month in your pocket. I for one always have power bars in my golf bag and sometimes some beer in my cooler. I do always offer some to my golf buddies. As we used to say if you don't have enough to share don't bring that stuff out in front of others.

As for the Ambassadors selling anything out of a building owned by The Villages I don't blame The Villages for stopping them. If I were their attorney I would tell them not to allow this to continue. I am sure that if someone got a hold of a bad candy bar they would go after The Villages before they would go after the Ambassador.

It always cracks me up when....

a player rides around in his/her golf cart and has to run home to meet a friend for their daily walk to the square...Huh???

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Originally Posted by sdavis44 (Post 606639)

Makes me wonder why somebody would choose to live in such a miserable place.

Open your eyes. Utopia is somewhere else. I was here 20 years ago when Harold took walks around the Chula Vista Pond, greeted everyone he passed and visited local eateries to chat with residents. Harold was not greedy, a characteristic that emerged after his demise. Cannot imagine why any intelligent being would mistake my prior comment as having anything to do with me being disenchanted with TV. Please re-read prior sentence carefully.

Poor golf course conditions, smelly ponds and overpriced candy bars have no place in this wonderland of yours.

I need popcorn and scotch.

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Originally Posted by kimball (Post 606842)

Your comments about "greed" have me curious as to how you define greed. How do you or how did you make a living so that you were able to distance yourself from greed?

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Originally Posted by mulligan (Post 606844)

I need popcorn and scotch.

Popcorn here........ :popcorn:

Bill :wave:

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Originally Posted by Indydealmaker (Post 606845)

Your comments about "greed" have me curious as to how you define greed. How do you or how did you make a living so that you were able to distance yourself from greed?

Greed - A characteristic of a billionaire who augments his fortune by charging $1.50 for a stinking candy bar at the turn on a golf course that he's already making millions on. As for yoursecond question, other than the fact that I worked my ass off for everything I have for over 35 years, how greedy I may or not be is actually none of your business!

The point at which they would stop their "greedy behavior is when people stop buying their products. Or when they lose enough business because of their prices so that their profit level is reduced.
It's no different than any other business. It's all based on supply and demand. Any business is going to keep their prices as high as possible while not driving customers away.

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Originally Posted by kimball (Post 606860)

I am most surprised and disappointed that legitimate, philosophical questions could elicit such an abrasive and defensive response.:shrug:

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Originally Posted by kimball (Post 606842)

Open your eyes. Utopia is somewhere else...

My eyes are wide open. And I don't see Utopia...here or anywhere else. I just see in TV a place that offers a lot for my retirement years...at very reasonable cost.

Maybe your dissatisfaction stems from YOU expecting Utopia. And if you don't think your posts convey a dissatisfaction with TV, you need to read them again...or read the other replies to your posts.

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Originally Posted by kimball (Post 606860)

To quote Gracie.................

Boy Howdy!

golf fees a steal

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Originally Posted by Golfingnut (Post 605800)

after Washington D.C. area for 20 years, I still think the prices here are a steal. The quality of these courses for less than 200 dollars a round is a great deal for my taste.
:BigApplause:

So by your reasoning, a gallon of gas in the Villages is a steal because it is over $7.00 a gallon in England, Or how about a dozen eggs in the Villages being a steal at $4.00 because they are $7.00 in Alaska. If you compare the green fees of a hundred "Central Florida" courses you will find the Villages green fees are not a steal.

Posts have strayed way off from the original intent of the thread. Topic has been discussed - thread is now closed.

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Originally Posted by mikeod (Post 606280)

True. Annual cart fee for household is approx $145. RA sleeve, $5 per year. So for a total of about $150 per year above the amenities fee (required of all) you can play as many rounds of executive golf as you can book. So, if you and spouse played twice a week every week, your total cost per round comes out to less than $0.75. If you're seasonal residents, it comes out to a little more than that. Not free, but darn close.

I guess I consider it free if I don't have to dig out cash or credit card whenever I play and I don't get a monthly bill from the club with mandatory food minimums and other charges.

You forgot about your monthly amenities fees. 45,000 homes equals more than 5 million dollars a month.