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Re: NRA Probationary Fees, erm... what?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:35 pm
by greenshoots
3 have not responded in any way at all, not even to say sorry we are full try again later.
i found exactly the same when i first started out till i turned up in person on club nights looking for the membership sec of the clubs i was interested in
greenshoots
Re: NRA Probationary Fees, erm... what?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 2:51 pm
by M99
Alpha1 wrote:Main club 25yards 50yards distances from 100 to 500 yards £200 a year any tuition is free cost of RCO training competency cards paid for by the club. Probationers pay a £10 range fee get free use of all the club guns they pay for ammo used. Tuition is free training for the shooters competency thingy is free. All delivered by qualified instructors. You need to move North my friends sell Bisley and put the money in the coffers and concentrate on representing shooters Nationally.
How is that any cheaper?
10 visits plus membership is £300. Add the cost of ammo for the 10 visits and you are close to if not over the NRA charges.
Re: NRA Probationary Fees, erm... what?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:12 pm
by HALODIN
Interestingly I would have joined the NRA on Sunday if only I could have found their stall at the shooting show...
ColinR wrote:Maybe if there was a little less bleating about the NRA and a bit more support from shooters across the country then probably they would have sufficient revenue to do many of the things suggested - better national coverage, subsidised fees for new members etc. At the end of the day the NRA is a business that needs income to grow and prosper. If shooters don't join and offer their financial support in membership fees then the NRA have to find different ways to financially support their aims and loyal members. We need a strong NRA to represent our sport and that will best be accomplished by having more members. For all else said about Mr Mercer there have been some very worthwhile changes during his tenure and for that I believe he and the NRA deserves better support for their present and future plans than much of that expressed here. At the end of the day this is our national organisation and our best hope of getting shooting supported at both a recreational and political level, but they need the money to do it and that can only come from a strong membership base......or by realistic charging of services at commercial rates.
Re: NRA Probationary Fees, erm... what?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:19 pm
by Tower75
HALODIN wrote:Interestingly I would have joined the NRA on Sunday if only I could have found their stall at the shooting show...
ColinR wrote:Maybe if there was a little less bleating about the NRA and a bit more support from shooters across the country then probably they would have sufficient revenue to do many of the things suggested - better national coverage, subsidised fees for new members etc. At the end of the day the NRA is a business that needs income to grow and prosper. If shooters don't join and offer their financial support in membership fees then the NRA have to find different ways to financially support their aims and loyal members. We need a strong NRA to represent our sport and that will best be accomplished by having more members. For all else said about Mr Mercer there have been some very worthwhile changes during his tenure and for that I believe he and the NRA deserves better support for their present and future plans than much of that expressed here. At the end of the day this is our national organisation and our best hope of getting shooting supported at both a recreational and political level, but they need the money to do it and that can only come from a strong membership base......or by realistic charging of services at commercial rates.
What, seriously? The NRA were not at the Shooting Show?
Also, I feel that I should mention, I'm not anti-give the NRA money, I never have been. I pay my membership fee and don't begrudge that. Never have. It's a membership fee after all. Are the NRA in possession of a pretty damn decent shooting facility? Yes. Do they deserve support? Yes, but it cuts both ways. What I take issue with is asking a new probationer to fork out £500.00 up front before they even start the process of joining.
I can't flop a Grand on the table to get my fiancée and brother to join up. Can you?
I don't begrudge paying two membership fees for them, or even a seasonable "joining fee" but I cannot believe the NRA can happily sit there and ask for a Grand from me. If people think that's okay, cool, you've got more disposable income that me and most people I know.
Re: NRA Probationary Fees, erm... what?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:29 pm
by techguy
They were there! They had a stand, a special membership offer and everything!
Re: NRA Probationary Fees, erm... what?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:31 pm
by techguy
Thorney wrote:
No idea how I came second tbh, but hey I'll take it :)
'Retired' - gun broke proper?
Thought I fixed it on Saturday, but it wouldn't feed any rounds when I tried it on Sunday. I was too knackered from running a squad to shoot on the day anyway, so no biggie really..
Re: NRA Probationary Fees, erm... what?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:43 pm
by Tower75
Well, I got a reply from Mr. Mercer at the NRA, a next day reply to my email, which is to be fair a pretty decent response time regardless of who you are.
So, apparently it's me that's the issue, I have been informed that the NRA currently has over 100 new probationers on the go. Their probationary fees have come down too I've been informed. I guess I can't really argue with that, I can only disagree. Over 100 people are happy to pay the £500 fees and their membership base is growing, so...
I guess it's me after all.
Re: NRA Probationary Fees, erm... what?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:56 pm
by HALODIN
I swear the photos on their facebook page are photoshopped I couldn't find them, although I found BASC several times...
Tower75 wrote:What, seriously? The NRA were not at the Shooting Show?
Re: NRA Probationary Fees, erm... what?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 3:58 pm
by DL.
Tower75 wrote:
I guess it's me after all.
It's not you. Everyone has their limits for what they can justify spending on shooting, and it appears to me that the NRA pricing is pitched above that of the level that's acceptable for many, but then I see from the ONS that the average full time income is £27k, so I suppose the cost has to be started somewhere.
Re: NRA Probationary Fees, erm... what?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2015 4:00 pm
by Gaz
Tower75 wrote:Well, I got a reply from Mr. Mercer at the NRA, a next day reply to my email, which is to be fair a pretty decent response time regardless of who you are.
So, apparently it's me that's the issue, I have been informed that the NRA currently has over 100 new probationers on the go. Their probationary fees have come down too I've been informed. I guess I can't really argue with that, I can only disagree. Over 100 people are happy to pay the £500 fees and their membership base is growing, so...
I guess it's me after all.
Funny how Mercer can give a next-day reply to rubbish a prospective member while repeatedly ignoring other emails asking when he's going to refund a university club's range hire fee after they were unable to shoot due to fog.
It's almost as if he doesn't give a damn so long as money's flowing in from people silly enough to give it to him.