Party boat prices

[mikeytheflop]

Originally Posted by TogRipper

It seems all the party boats all increased their fares at the same time?
It seems they all decided to raise the fare 5 dollars to 70.
Seems odd as every other service provided or product sold in other industries have different prices for competition.
For example, barbers, plumbeers, charter boats, and others who provide service all have different prices when shopping for a service.
Anyone else have a thought on this?
Gerry if this needs to be moved to another part of the subject board please do so.
Thanks!

I agree that the price for all party boats seem to rise in unison, its based off the economic consumer price index - not really odd, its just something thats been happening since the dawn of trade. I must respectfully disagree that the other retailers, such as barbers, have a "different prices"; sure not the exact same cost everywhere, but I'm pretty sure there is a pretty tight range of costs for getting clipped; I expect to pay between $15-20 for a mans haircut. I think this range of costs I've referenced is applicable to all of our beautiful party/charter boats as well.

Essentially its a theoretical economic model based off of perfect competition/marketplace. In our case of party boats, I would think that each fishing businesses would indeed want prices to be the same, so you can pick the boat for your needs through price equalization.

For example - if I am at the Atlantic Highlands marina, why would I take one boat over another? If four boats are running the same trip (e.g. 1/2 day fluke), of course the one that is $10 cheaper is gonna fill up first! Imagine three of these boats at $45 and one at $35 for a half day!

With this understanding, now the consumers choices are based off everything but the price. Its about Captain, crew, amenities and the relationships we develop with all the folks on board.

I hope that my response is inferred as courteous and respectful to your request for thoughts on this matter, thank you for your post TogRipper.

Mike