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Laker14 09-08-2022 08:33 AM
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Originally Posted by quietpine (Post 2134247)
It’s not a fair system. Why not have amenities subscriptions? You choose which amenities you want to use and pay for them only. I don’t play golf or pickle ball, why should I pay for those amenities. I know the answer, the exec golf courses would become so expensive that few would pay to use them and they would be ripe for Apartments, Villas and commercial development.
then why did you move here?
the problem with picking and choosing is nobody wants to pay for everything. What makes TV the place that it is is the availability of so much, which is affordable because the expense is spread out among so many.

fcgiii 09-08-2022 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by quietpine (Post 2134247)
It’s not a fair system. Why not have amenities subscriptions? You choose which amenities you want to use and pay for them only. I don’t play golf or pickle ball, why should I pay for those amenities. I know the answer, the exec golf courses would become so expensive that few would pay to use them and they would be ripe for Apartments, Villas and commercial development.
Hmm OK. let's see how to administer and enforce this. Set up a master database keyed to your card that validates each thing you elect you subscribe to. then employ people at each outdoor court to check people in. they would have to stay there to catch people sneaking in to play pickleball without paying the pickleball fee. For softball you'd need to differentiate between players and watchers. Pools have multiple uses. different costs for lap swimming (single swimmer taking up 1/6 of the pool) water volleyball (up to 84 people). i have an idea: tattoo a bar code one every Villagers forehead and use drones to monitor every sport. Oh, wait. what if I sign in to play pool but really go to play bridge? I think i need an aspirin.

Bogie Shooter 09-08-2022 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by quietpine (Post 2134247)
It’s not a fair system. Why not have amenities subscriptions? You choose which amenities you want to use and pay for them only. I don’t play golf or pickle ball, why should I pay for those amenities. I know the answer, the exec golf courses would become so expensive that few would pay to use them and they would be ripe for Apartments, Villas and commercial development.
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Originally Posted by fcgiii (Post 2134274)
Hmm OK. let's see how to administer and enforce this. Set up a master database keyed to your card that validates each thing you elect you subscribe to. then employ people at each outdoor court to check people in. they would have to stay there to catch people sneaking in to play pickleball without paying the pickleball fee. For softball you'd need to differentiate between players and watchers. Pools have multiple uses. different costs for lap swimming (single swimmer taking up 1/6 of the pool) water volleyball (up to 84 people). i have an idea: tattoo a bar code one every Villagers forehead and use drones to monitor every sport. Oh, wait. what if I sign in to play pool but really go to play bridge? I think i need an aspirin.
Quietpine, any further thoughts?

Mrs.Guy 09-08-2022 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by OhioBuckeye (Post 2134013)
Well I would guess at least 80 to 90% goes to golf & all the seasonal plants.
:rolleyes: Wrong! Guess again.

Laker14 09-08-2022 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by fcgiii (Post 2134274)
Hmm OK. let's see how to administer and enforce this. Set up a master database keyed to your card that validates each thing you elect you subscribe to. then employ people at each outdoor court to check people in. they would have to stay there to catch people sneaking in to play pickleball without paying the pickleball fee. For softball you'd need to differentiate between players and watchers. Pools have multiple uses. different costs for lap swimming (single swimmer taking up 1/6 of the pool) water volleyball (up to 84 people). i have an idea: tattoo a bar code one every Villagers forehead and use drones to monitor every sport. Oh, wait. what if I sign in to play pool but really go to play bridge? I think i need an aspirin.
One of the beauties of the system as it is is that I don't have to make a commitment to try a sport or activity. I wasn't sure I wanted to use the lap pool. I probably would have never tried it if I'd had to make a separate monetary commitment for it, but since it was already included in my amenity package I tried it a few times and found I liked it.
Likewise, pickleball.

JMintzer 09-08-2022 02:15 PM
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Originally Posted by quietpine (Post 2134247)
It’s not a fair system. Why not have amenities subscriptions? You choose which amenities you want to use and pay for them only. I don’t play golf or pickle ball, why should I pay for those amenities. I know the answer, the exec golf courses would become so expensive that few would pay to use them and they would be ripe for Apartments, Villas and commercial development.
So, you you moved into an advertised "Golf Course Community" and you complain that the amenity fees go to help pay for golf?

JSR22 09-08-2022 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2134362)
So, you you moved into an advertised "Golf Course Community" and you complain that the amenity fees go to help pay for golf?
Amazing!!!

Marathon Man 09-08-2022 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by quietpine (Post 2134247)
It’s not a fair system. Why not have amenities subscriptions? You choose which amenities you want to use and pay for them only. I don’t play golf or pickle ball, why should I pay for those amenities. I know the answer, the exec golf courses would become so expensive that few would pay to use them and they would be ripe for Apartments, Villas and commercial development.
Actually, you don't know the answer. It's called being a part of a community. We all share in the costs of everything, and everything is available to all of us. I really don't understand the thinking of some people.


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