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They get people on both ends of the economic swings. Now , when business is bad and they have many empty slips all summer , they bang you for an increased winter fee and justify it by how they need the money do to the bad economy.
Now go back to say 2002 when the economy was booming. They doubled the fees for my mooring in one season. The same moring cost twice as much one season to the next and it wasn't cheap to start with. They justify by "supply and demand. Then they could rent out every slip at whatever price they wanted.
In the long run they lose customers as Clammer posted about. When they doubled the in season fees and almost all other marinas followed suit I sold the boat. Now with them squeezing the guys who brave the winters in the water , they will lose customers again.
Sure some marinas are more customer friendly than others but over 3 decades of being a customer , I dound that all marinas will get you for all they can.
Sorry to hear it happening to life long , year round guys like Clammer though. I was an April 1 to Dec 1 guy. The guys who fight the winters are really dedicated and its a shame the marinas would screw them.
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