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Ball pricing again again and a suggestion

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Thu, Sep 25 2014 11:52 PM

  SweetiePie:

  Jimbog1964:

  Memberships: See my previous comment for MHO.

   

  Thanks JB.....yet, membership to what ? A CC bulk price reduction ?

  Membership to Wgt.    Pay a set weekly/monthly/yearly fee.  Depending on membership class (diamond, gold, silver...etc)  you will receive a certain amount of golf ball packs that you usually play.

  Or

  If a Wgt member you get discounted price for golf balls...   if not a member, then pay the normal price.

  -Roger

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Fri, Sep 26 2014 12:30 AM

  mantis0014:

  If a Wgt member you get discounted price for golf balls.

  Wonder if that is the next Welcome Stranger golden nugget? :)

  Pre determined XP grab and members get a % discount?  Hmm would be easy to stuff up if WGT did it not per capita thus dismissing the SME so to speak, or got too silly with XPs, but done sensibly a committed owner staying on top............May be on to something:)

• sweetmiffy 2,110 Posts

  Fri, Sep 26 2014 12:56 AM

  SweetiePie:

  Help ! Exchange rates are something I know nothing about, and the same is true with the "membership" comment. I want to understand the above postings.  ~ SP ~

  Hi SP!

  Just like the OP, I live in South Africa. It costs me about R50 to buy a sleeve of Level 48 Nike balls.

  To put that in perspective; for R50 you can buy 5 loaves of bread, or about 1 US gallon (3.77 litres) of petrol.

  The exchange rate between the South African Rand and the US Dollar is currently about 11.17 Which means that for R11.17 I can get 1 US$

  EDIT:

  It is often said (usually by currency traders and 1st year Economics lecturers) that currency values fluctuate on underlying economic fundamentals but my 3 years so far of studying has led me to the inescapable conclusion that whilst to a certain extent that might be true, the vast majority of currency fluctuations are due to sentiment.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Fri, Sep 26 2014 6:52 AM

  Hey Miffy !

  This is interesting. Here in Southern California, in round numbers, a loaf of bread is between $2.00 to $5.00 & a gallon of gasoline (petrol) tip-toes around $4.00, while the Nike balls I use are $7.50 per sleeve. Which seems to validate your view:

  sweetmiffy:

  It is often said (usually by currency traders and 1st year Economics lecturers) that currency values fluctuate on underlying economic fundamentals but my 3 years so far of studying has led me to the inescapable conclusion that whilst to a certain extent that might be true, the vast majority of currency fluctuations are due to sentiment.

   

  ~ SP ~