brutalbrutus
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The crusade continues... This time the reviewer gave BR a 0.
I'd say when this issue first popped up my reaction was that it was just another example of entitled, angry disc golfers. Having now seen how the transition was handled and how the (unilateral) "negotiations" surrounding hosting The Bloom progressed, I can totally see where the disc golfers are coming from and would similarly be frustrated were I ever in that situation.
As to the boycott, while posting the reviews certainly puts the club in a bad light, I have no problem personally with a boycott; it's the whole point of free market consumerism. Don't like what someone's doing, don't buy their product or use their service. If enough people do that, the product/service provider either changes or collapses, and a new provider rises in their place.
Attacking through reviews comes off as pathetic and self-entitled. It sucks to lose input on something you've put a ton of time into making what it is, but unless you win the contract to run things how you want you aren't obligated to anything.
Disc golfers suck.
I dunno. Courses regularly lose stars for tons of reasons including price. Deleting reviews based on pointing out the ****ty business model and making people aware of how the course is run seems heavy handed. There are plenty of reasons I would pass on playing a course, this situation is one of them.
Disagreement with ownership or pricing can warrant a half star or a one star rating deduction. The reviews coming in have been 1 star or worse, which is not a fair assessment of the course which is why they were deleted. Out of the five courses I played in Colorado, Beaver Ranch is my favorite. It's definitely not worth the ratings it has been receiving with this latest flurry of reviews, no matter how much new management is disliked by the locals.
So how low are we allowed to rate it before we are deleted lol?
I dunno. Courses regularly lose stars for tons of reasons including price. Deleting reviews based on pointing out the ****ty business model and making people aware of how the course is run seems heavy handed. There are plenty of reasons I would pass on playing a course, this situation is one of them.
Read the 2nd post more closely...I skimmed that one earlier when I was in an uber... I wouldn't give up the baskets either... for what? A single tournament and a guarantee of being screwed for 2019... Nah, go find anither course, pull the baskets, and keep moving forward. The situation changed and it's upsetting that the club won't get dividends on all their previous work efforts... They do deserve that ti aome point. It would have been cooler if the new owners suggested phasing out the Bloom over something like 5 years ( as a suggestion). That would have better preserved the relationships and also would have given the club time to adjust.
I think that without an understanding of the finances of the course there's just not enough information as to whether the business that operates the course can afford to shut down their course for a mid-summer, three-day weekend without charging for that somehow. They are the only ones in a position to determine what they can afford. No one "deserves" anything from that business..
After hearing more, that does sound like a very frustrating situation for the locals. Super frustrating.
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You know what would be a great way to harness that frustration? Burn every bridge and salt the earth. Make a huge fuss on social media; ensure that the public view is focused on the least helpful and least productive parts of the process. Better yet, just pull the baskets. That way you can make sure that everyone is as unhappy as you are...and for a better reason. Success!