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cajhawk
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| Quote: | Originally posted by arrowhead
If you live in the City of San Diego you can play the Torrey Pines South course for $58 weekdays, $41 if you are 62 or older. Even on the weekends it
is only $73 for the South Course. The North Course is even about $20 per round cheaper than the South Course.
That's less than one-half of Bajamar when you add in the auto insurance and tolls...and no border lines. I think Bajamar'sg reen fees are set at the
price point where it is breakeven for the Mexicans to stay in Mexico and play instead of cross the border. It's no deal for Gringos.
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If you live in East County like I do it isn't the cost at Torrey PInes; it's getting on the course. Same with Coronado. Price is irrelevant if you
aren't an insider with a tee time. That being said there are a lot of nice courses in San Diego that are in this price range, but very few with an
ocean view. While I wouldn't play there all of the time, I think $80 is a decent price for an ocean course.
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
So what besides trolling around does this have to do with our discussion? |
My life is an adventure. I've taken it upon myself to confront boredom wherever I find it and, with your last post, I hit paydirt. You turned me
loose to do what our creator intended me to do and for that, I'm ever thankful.
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You know Mexicans have no shame Dennis, let it rest.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
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Woooosh
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaeng
| Quote: | Originally posted by DesertDawg
When the economic downturn really started to excellerate last fall, all golf courses up here started to adjust to the lack of play. But not Baja Mar
- they raised their prices.
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this is the one thing I've never understood here in Baja: when economic times get slow, businesses raise their prices "to recover the shortfall" ...
A good example is the Fair that is going on in Rosarito now. The economy is still in shambles, so what are the fair operators doing? Charging
ridiculous prices for all the rides. The result? Nobody is spending on the rides because they can't afford. ( I hope someday that the concept of
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Plus the admission fee...
This is Mexicos passive-aggressive institutionalized way of educating children early in their life that few of the fun and good things in the world
are meant to be enjoyed by them. Sets them up to accept disappointment and for failure for life.
The Del Mar fair had a discount family day and got swamped. They could have made it a week and still haev been packed- people need to get out and have
affordable fun. No one cares enough to do that down here- it's about money- not children.
\"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing\"
1961- JFK to Canadian parliament (Edmund Burke)
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Woooosh
They could have made it a week and still haev been packed- people need to get out and have affordable fun. No one cares enough to do that down here-
it's about money- not children. |
The Mexican business plan is about price fixing and lack of competition. They don't want the "smaller profit - higher volume" sales plan. Oriental
patience helps as well.
It's interesting to watch these days as the big grocery stores are starting to have consumer-friendly sales. Each Tuesday, Com Mex and WalMart have
produce sales with noticebly lower prices on selected items. The stores on that day are chaos. I haven't been in to compare items and prices between
the two stores but, I will. It's just been a pain in the butt going to those stores on sale day.
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astrobaja
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Hey if businesses in Baja want to turn their efforts toward the Mexican market, that seems to me to be good business sense! We just came from Ensenada
where we stayed at the Estero Beach Hotel, the manager there told us they were doing the same thing to good results. They were full every weekend with
clientele from Mexicala and Tj. If Americans want to fall for the fear-mongering and lose out on all the good deals Baja has to offer then thats their
sad loss!
Jesse: Don't waste your time arguing with some of the people on the board. You won't change their mind as they obviously have a chip on their shoulder
when it comes to Mexico. Some of the views are just plain racist!
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