Profit or Greed HW Scottsville

Prish007 wrote:

Those prices seem high but have you been to a restaurant or bar recently. Cost of a can of coke is normally more than a beer. The wife hates it when I say I rather have a beer than a coke coz it's cheaper. In Durban of recent those prices are the norm when out. So prices of a coke should not determine whether you have a good time at a race course. It has nothing to do with punting but just the reality of the cost of living. PS I'm at a bar in Amanzimtoti now an a small can of coke for dash is R40.

Thor wrote:

Why stop there. Let's compare the cost of entering a racecourse and buying a meal to the cost of entering Disneyland and having a meal there. All tourists should then change their plans, and rather visit our local racecourses, much better value for money by that metric.

On a serious note though, I can understand why the private stalls may not be as cost effective, they have to pay rent etc, but for the course itself to not offer value catering, for what the place itself has to offer, this is unacceptable. If it was actually somewhere people wanted to be in general, then I would completely understand. This money is small change for most punters, but this is a matter of principle rather than about the exact money involved. By taking a small R100 bet on a race a punter is already donating R30 to the operator, what more do they want? R20 from every 330ml can of coke that I drink?