How much does your club cost?

[RedDinosaur]

I just started this semester at college. I wish someone told me that about this sport is expensive

[KidLazy]

Originally Posted by RedDinosaur

I just started this semester at college. I wish someone told me that about this sport is expensive

Expensive comparing to what? Golf, Tennis, or Polo?

[Wetmelon]

Originally Posted by KidLazy

Expensive comparing to what? Golf, Tennis, or Polo?

Hehe, the rates are quite reasonable when you look at some of the costs for other sports, as you indicated. Golf especially! *ouch*

[catwood1]

Originally Posted by Wetmelon

Hehe, the rates are quite reasonable when you look at some of the costs for other sports, as you indicated. Golf especially! *ouch*

Out of those 3 alternatives, golf is not the expensive one...

I'll give you a hint, 1 of them involves buying a freakin horse!

[Allen Evans]

Interesting that the prices for all of the college clubs exclude the cost of tuition.

[seak]

Originally Posted by Allen Evans

Interesting that the prices for all of the college clubs exclude the cost of tuition.

I believe that this is either a sunk or fixed cost, depending on where you are in your payment schedule, (as btw are student fees which are probably even more applicable) fencing is an additional cost beyond college attendance. Granted it maybe a requirement of fencing for the club, but that is not always the case.

[maxruszkowski]

Originally Posted by seak

I believe that this is either a sunk or fixed cost, depending on where you are in your payment schedule, (as btw are student fees which are probably even more applicable) fencing is an additional cost beyond college attendance. Granted it maybe a requirement of fencing for the club, but that is not always the case.

Lol, that is somewhat of a vital point for college clubs, but I've noticed that if enough people within the community want to fence that don't go to the college the college club either opens its doors to the community as a whole, or a seperate club is created where anyone can fence (case and point bradley/peoria in Illinois).

I have a question though, if you go to a site like www.AbsoluteFencingGear.com or a few other sites and ask for club discounts... how much of a discount can you expect to get as a club? Are we talking 5% 20% or more?

[SJCFU#2]

Originally Posted by maxruszkowski

I have a question though, if you go to a site like www.AbsoluteFencingGear.com or a few other sites and ask for club discounts... how much of a discount can you expect to get as a club? Are we talking 5% 20% or more?

My experience with Absolute has been that it's generally 20% for their own brand and 10-15% for name-brand (Uhlmann, Negrinni, Leon Paul, etc). However there are exceptions - discounts generally don't to apply to items that are already on sale, nor do they apply to at least some brands of shoe.

[TodG]

Originally Posted by Wetmelon

Hehe, the rates are quite reasonable when you look at some of the costs for other sports, as you indicated. Golf especially! *ouch*

I recently bought a couple of Golubitsky foils from Leon Paul. $200 each and still cheaper than my putter.