Of course you're not sacked! You are entitled to an opinion and this is the best place to get it across. Believe me I do understand your comments, and if I wasn't the organiser, I'd probably be the same - and to be honest in the case of some events it may be possible for people to just turn up on the day, but it's just not possible with this one.
The £12.00 per person pays for entrance to the museum AND the buffet lunch.
This is broken down as: £8.00 for lunch and £6.00 for discounted group museum entry - so the
real price is actually £14 per person, but I am subsidising each ticket by £2.00 and not making any profit on each ticket.
I desperately want the club to grow and events like these really make a big impact and help spread the word which is why have subsidised the price myself.
In terms of turning up on the day, with respect - what am I to do? Stand at the gates waiting for people to come all day and hand out tickets? Why should I enjoy the day any less than anyone else? I don't want to do that and nor will anyone else - atleast not until there are a significant numbers of cars going such as 40-50.
The requirement to pay for tickets in advance is purely because I have to confirm numbers with the museum one week before for the purposes of the buffet lunch and because I will be billed for the number of tickets collected by them on the day. That's not to say that people cannot purchase a ticket from me the day before or on the day, but I would need notification of this so that I could let the museum know and this could be at the risk of there not being enough food - which would be unfair on the people that did pay in advance. If I was to give out tickets to people on the day, then I would have the additional responsibility of chasing people for money and collecting it on the actual day which I think would cause more frustration as currently when you turn up having paid in advance, there is nothing further you need to pay in order to have a fun day out with lunch.
In terms of availability, I don't agree with you. I understand that some people may have the requirement to work on Sundays (or maybe have exceptional personal circumstances that drive their availability) and therefore may not know until nearer the date if they are available or not. But for the majority of people - you are either free or not on Sunday 1st June. If you are free and want to come and show support for your club, then you write the event in your diary/palm pilot/organiser, pay the fee and come along and if you're busy that day, then you don't. To me it's as simple as that...available or not!
So in answer to your question, due to the price and how it is worked out, a reduced price at the gate is just not possible (for this event) - that's not to say it can't be done at other events, just not this one.
Are you coming to the club social?
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