Well the per 100 price is average to high, balanced out by the quite good package rate. And I did say that was just a list of some of the costs, plus the site I work at has outside catering which makes life much easier.Originally posted by Flash-Bugout
Beat me to it Liz, the "extras" prices, which you pay if you go over your package balls are:
100 = £7.00
500 = £30.00
1000 = £50.00
2000 = £95.00
But I agree with Tom and Baca, the paint should be sold at cost. Never mind the fact that the day fee would then be £50 to £60, at least the paint cost would be what we pay in tourneys....
And you forgot plates for the food and sauces for the badger-burgers
We would never get rental customers in to the sites in the first place if they were told the game fee would be that high, especially juniors where their fond parents are paying for a group as a birthday treat. The majority of first time players in the UK are "hooked" by offers where the game fee is a silly amount like £5-10 with no paint or food included. And NO consumable should be sold at cost if you are running a business - I bet very few tournament players pay cost for their paintballs anyway.
And Baca you are right, it is an economic reality of paintball in the UK. No site owner is going to run at a loss (and why should they?), and the reality of things like insurance in the UK are ridiculous. Another thing I didn't put was the use of the land, as many site operators don't own the ground their site is on as the cost of even woodland in the UK is silly as are rates etc. - but I didn't say this earlier as tournament organisers have the same costs here.
