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Papa_lecki 09-22-2021 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2007914)
Too bad none of those things will power a golf cart...

Has anyone researched how they dispose of the windmill turbine blades? Burying them in landfills is great for the environment.
Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills - Bloomberg

Michael G. 09-22-2021 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by tophcfa (Post 2007617)
our car can sit for weeks at a time without moving. Sometimes I take the car out for a ride for no other reason than to circulate some fresh gas through the fuel delivery system and prevent the tires from getting flat spots.

This is one reason I don't have a golf cart.
My Highlander is paid for.
Without a golf cart more room in the garage.
By use my SUV, I prevent the above problem.

And hey, here's the best part, it's air conditioned..........:thumbup:

Dr Winston O Boogie jr 09-22-2021 07:00 AM

I've always felt that the terms "overpriced" and "overcharging" were absurd.

If something is overpriced, no one would buy it. If a business is not selling enough of an item at a certain price to maintain their business and make a profit, they will lower the price. If they can't make a profit at the lower price, they will stop selling the item or go out of business.

The purpose of a business is to make as much money as possible. Business owners are always looking for that number that will maximize their profits while selling enough of their product.

Overpriced and overcharging are emotional terms. Business is not emotional.

laboutj 09-22-2021 07:29 AM

:bigbow::bigbow:
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 2008040)
I've always felt that the terms "overpriced" and "overcharging" were absurd.

If something is overpriced, no one would buy it. If a business is not selling enough of an item at a certain price to maintain their business and make a profit, they will lower the price. If they can't make a profit at the lower price, they will stop selling the item or go out of business.

The purpose of a business is to make as much money as possible. Business owners are always looking for that number that will maximize their profits while selling enough of their product.

Overpriced and overcharging are emotional terms. Business is not emotional.


Dana1963 09-22-2021 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki (Post 2007972)
Has anyone researched how they dispose of the windmill turbine blades? Burying them in landfills is great for the environment.
Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills - Bloomberg

Life span of a wind turbine blade has a life span of 20-25 years. Germany is already recycling the blades. 90% of wind turbine are recyclable its the fiber gas housing and blades are the 10%. Wish most consumer products cars, washer/dryers, tv’s, fiberglass boats lasted 20 yearsCurrently there are two companies shreading turbine blades in Texas and Iowa adding product to asphalt for road construction along with shreaded tires.

JMintzer 09-22-2021 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2008026)
This is one reason I don't have a golf cart.
My Highlander is paid for.
Without a golf cart more room in the garage.
By use my SUV, I prevent the above problem.

And hey, here's the best part, it's air conditioned..........:thumbup:

Do you play golf?

kkingston57 09-22-2021 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Beauty (Post 2007677)
The cart we bought last fall has gone up a grand!

Correct but in the real world it has only gone up IF you sell it and do not replace it. If it appreciated $1,000 and you sold it you would have 1K in your pocket. If you still need a cart, expect to pay the NEW current market price for the cart, which I suspect would be >1K. Happens in housing all the time.

Michael G. 09-22-2021 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2008158)
Do you play golf?


Yes, I play at golf, meaning I'm more of a duffer then a golfer.
I play golf at a course were the cart comes with the green fees

sshepard03 09-22-2021 12:16 PM

Golf Cart Prices
 
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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 2007305)
a few economic terms apply:

***supply and demand

***what the market will bear

***caveat emptor

Well said.
Any product is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay for that product.

Michael G. 09-22-2021 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr (Post 2008040)
The purpose of a business is to make as much money as possible. Business owners are always looking for that number that will maximize their profits while selling enough of their product.

To put it another way:
The purpose of a business to STEAL as much as possible for a product that already over priced.

John_W 09-22-2021 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2008276)
Yes, I play at golf, meaning I'm more of a duffer then a golfer.
I play golf at a course were the cart comes with the green fees

Then you only play off campus? Greenfees in the TV do include a cart, it is $12 to rent a cart for 18 holes. If you're a duffer playing only execs, they don't have carts available unless you park at a nearby championship course and rent a cart there and drive it to the exec.

dewilson58 09-22-2021 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Michael G. (Post 2008282)
To put it another way:
The purpose of a business to STEAL as much as possible for a product that already over priced.

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
Really must use a dictionary.
take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Businesses taking without permission??
Businesses taking without legal right??

I think you are confused.

TSO/ISPF 09-22-2021 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by dewilson58 (Post 2008397)
:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
Really must use a dictionary.
take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Businesses taking without permission??
Businesses taking without legal right??

I think you are confused.

Hopefully supply will catch up with demand but the developers are keeping demand growing so if you want to spend less on a new golf cart you may have to explore the options of buying elsewhere and having it brought here. It's a free country and you have choices.

Almanurse1 09-29-2021 03:22 PM

I second that! REALLY missed the input from John.

GrumpyOldMan 09-29-2021 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki (Post 2007972)
Has anyone researched how they dispose of the windmill turbine blades? Burying them in landfills is great for the environment.
Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills - Bloomberg

Have you stopped using any form of plastic? Have you seen photos of the floating islands of plastic in the oceans that are showing up in our fish food supply?

My point is that the post seems to imply windmill turbines are a major recycling problem, my point is it is trivial compared to our use of plastic, and no one is suggesting we stop that.

BTW, the floating island of plastic trash in the pacific is 1.6 million sq km. About twice the size of Texas, and it's very deep. And there are "islands" in all the other oceans. I would rather deal with figuring out how to convert wind turbine blades into road tops, and stop using disposable plastic.


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