Is this Fair?

[Wendy Milner <wendy@wendy.cnd.hp.com>]

Let's see how I read the pricing:

$1 per mile regardless of mileage (probably $50 for the 25 would
have been better.) That leaves $25 left over.

Awards dinner -  Regardless of mileage, everyone probably gets the
		 same dinner, and if provided, lunch and breakfast.

Insurance - The insurance company doesn't care how many miles you
	    are riding.  If you sue them, will you only sue for an
	    amount half that of what a 50 milers would sue?

Vets -  Only 1 vet check for the 25?  I think not.  There is the pre-ride
	check, the post-ride check, and any checks on the trail.  Yes
	the greater the distance, the more checks, but usually, the
	same vets will be at the various checks.  Also, since there are
	more 25 mile riders, there needs to be more vets for them.

Porta-potties - Will the 25 milers only use the porta-potties half
	as much as the 50 milers?  Remember, if only one 25 mile
	rider decides to stay over night, then the porta-potties have
	to be there the entire time.

All the rest of the stuff that goes into the rides.

Sounds pretty fair to me.  Of course, I'd like to go back to
a total price of a dollar a mile.  Unfortunately, inflation has
caught up with us.

>i recently received a mailing for a ride where they were priced as
>follows:
>
>25 mile $55
>50 mile $75
>75 mile $100
>
>i was a little disconcerted because i felt the 25s weree being asked to
>pay more than their fair share. if you calculate it on a per-mile basis,
>the 25s are $2.20 a mile, whereas the 75s are only 1.30 a mile...almost
>double for the 25s..
>
>i especially feel this is unfair for other reasons:
>
>1) 25 milers only have one vet check
>2) most 25 milers do not spend an additional night at camp, where many
>50s, and virtually all of the 75s do.

--
Wendy

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