ellbell
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Oil is a necessity for most, vacations are a luxury. At least in our 1st world countriesGauging has never stopped consumers from buying. Ask the oil companies.
Oil is a necessity for most, vacations are a luxury. At least in our 1st world countriesGauging has never stopped consumers from buying. Ask the oil companies.
No housing costs in Seattle are the biggest rip off known to man....
A 960 Sq. Ft. crackerbox at 837 NE 67 St.
$388,500 in 2010
$815,900 in 2015
$4,133,000 in 2016
The price increases are outrageous.
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sa...-122.315268,47.676248,-122.319881_rect/17_zm/
Come back once promos for those dates are released and I bet someone will
If people felt they were being gauged they wouldn't HAVE to buy Disney vacations. They have to buy gas. Don't try to say there are other options, some of us don't have mass transportation, so gas is the only option.Gauging has never stopped consumers from buying. Ask the oil companies.
Oil is a necessity for most, vacations are a luxury. At least in our 1st world countries
And if you like Bonnet Creek, then great. Why worry about what Disney charges if you found something you like better?I was being facetious. As I said, since the room refurb, I won't stay at the Values anymore. And we're booked into a great rate at Bonnet Creek.
I would have stayed at Riverside, but at a rack rate of around $250, I couldn't imagine that dropping below what we're paying now.
Then I don't see the problem. You have already chosen to not use Disney's options. The prices aren't disgusting just not acceptable to you but only because you don't like the decor in the refurbed rooms.True. Though buying gas guzzlers isn't a necessity, yet people do it. Gauging isn't the right word. I consider gauging to be illegal. Disney is just trying to make money. I may not agree with their prices, but nothing illegal about it.
If people felt they were being gauged they wouldn't HAVE to buy Disney vacations. They have to buy gas. Don't try to say there are other options, some of us don't have mass transportation, so gas is the only option.
It's not that simple. When the discounts come out there are very limited availability. If you have a specific resort and time you are going the discount may not apply unless you are willing to switch one or the other. I have tried for my trips but was unable because I wasn't willing to change my resort.Discounts for summer will be out in the spring. Most of the time they can be applied to already existing reservations that qualify.
Then I don't see the problem. You have already chosen to not use Disney's options. The prices aren't disgusting just not acceptable to you but only because you don't like the decor in the refurbed rooms.
Then that is a personal choice. You still had the option of saving money.It's not that simple. When the discounts come out there are very limited availability. If you have a specific resort and time you are going the discount may not apply unless you are willing to switch one or the other. I have tried for my trips but was unable because I wasn't willing to change my resort.
And for every guest that dislikes the new rooms you have at least one that likes them better. I hated the old gaudy, loud rooms but love the new sleek modern rooms. I wouldn't stay at FQ until they got rid of those awful rooms.
They can't win for loosing though since someone is always not happy.
Your initial post didn't even reference deluxe resorts. Those again are just another choice. There are price levels for the kind of room people are comfortable with paying. None of them are disgusting they are options available.At Values they aren't disgusting. $640 per night at the GF is. It's not just resorts. It's the tickets.
Only by compromising what I want to do on vacation. I don't do that when I grocery shop either. I don't buy things just because there is a discount. I buy things because that is what I want.Then that is a personal choice. You still had the option of saving money.
That is a choice. I'm the opposite, I shop sales and deals and make it work. You can't say well I have to pay so much money and then chose not to take the savings offeredOnly by compromising what I want to do on vacation. I don't do that when I grocery shop either. I don't buy things just because there is a discount. I buy things because that is what I want.
Yours is a choice also. I have not been complaining about how much I paid for my trip just that I didn't get a discount and that getting a discount is not as easy as you make it out to be. It works great if you don't care where you stay or when. That is my only point.That is a choice. I'm the opposite, I shop sales and deals and make it work. You can't say well I have to pay so much money and then chose not to take the savings offered
Yours is a choice also. I have not been complaining about how much I paid for my trip just that I didn't get a discount and that getting a discount is not as easy as you make it out to be. It works great if you don't care where you stay or when. That is my only point.
I disagree about discounts. I go 2-3 times a yr & have the last 12 years & have been during all different times a yr & have never once paid rack rate for a room onsite.Discounts are anomalies and nothing to plan by. I never paid more than $100 per night at a Value. I haven't seen it fall below $130 in a few years. To be fair, we go in July.
That being said, pricing is awful. There are always discounts to be had at certain times of the year. Off property as well. But when you consider what rack rates are now versus just 10 years ago, it's crazy. Ticket prices are even worse. Think about it....in just 10 years admission has basically doubled. That is insane.
The last thing Disney should want to be compared with is the auto industry. It's the biggest rip off known to man.
You simply can't point to much that has increased 100% in price in less than a decade. Even movie tickets haven't seen that large of an increase.