[Board] Dockwa

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I talked with a representative from Dockwa. They are changing their pricing
model. They now want to charge a $199 setup fee and then $99 per month paid
up front for the whole year ($1,188 + $199). The fact that we do not rent
moorings from October until May did not seem to matter.

 

Up until now, they have been charging us about $1.23 per mooring rental.
They arranged 106 mooring rentals for us last year (about ¼ of all rentals)
with total fees of about $130, so they are asking for more than 10 times in
fees this year than last. 

 

Personally, I think going from $1.23 per rental to about $13 makes their
services, in a word, way overpriced. I also think most boaters who used
Dockwa could probably have found us and paid us directly anyway. The
breakeven would be that if more than about 5 out of 8 of the boaters that
used Dockwa came to us directly, Dockwa charges would be more than they are
worth. I am also wondering if we will get as many mooring rentals this year
as we did last considering the difficulty of going ashore while cruising,
which makes Dockwa services even less valuable. 

 

I told the Dockwa rep that I thought they were shooting themselves in the
foot but I would get back to him. This is a BOD decision, not a Treasurer
decision, so please confer and let me know if you want to pay Dockwa or
politely decline. 

 

Thank you,

Doyle

 

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