Pie Eater Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 I have just completed the latest CaRT survey. Unfortunately I could find very few positive comments for them and I expect it will be brushed under the carpet never to be mentioned again. Does anyone know how many boaters receive these surveys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacka Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 When I got one a year or two ago I think they said it was a random third. But I also seem to remember the response rate was low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Pie Eater said: Does anyone know how many boaters receive these surveys? One third of boaters (with licences) get one sent to them every year, so about 10,000 a year. Unfortunately the boaters satisfaction levels that the surveys have been showing may mean that the questionnaires are to become more 'targetted' towards people happy with C&RT Edit to add : C&RTs survey results on boater satisfaction 2017/2018 = 70% 2018/2019 = 61% 2019/2020 = 60% 2020/2021 = 54% You'd think that C&RT would be starting to get the message that almost half of boaters are not statisfied with their performance. Edited June 23, 2022 by Alan de Enfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveP Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 I've got one this year - having received one in the past; the survey is very focused on one's last interaction with CRT rather than generalised experience over (say) a year. My responses are very negative this year since the last six months of interactions with them have been uniformly poor - involving unfounded accusation of overstaying, inability to book lock passage in a manner that wasn't dangerous or impossible, inability to purchase a licence with the correct discounts, and inability to purchase a mooring with the advertised conditions that were advertised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Marshall Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 I just did one, thoroughly negative as my last interraction was reporting a tree down on the Ashby blocking the cut, which over an afternoon we managed to saw enough off to squeeze through. The rest of it was still there a week later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 No matter what boaters write the results are always positive lots% satisfied On a scale of 1 - 10 how satisfied where you with C&RT 1 = Negaiive 2 - 10 = Positive 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyG Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, Pie Eater said: I have just completed the latest CaRT survey. Unfortunately I could find very few positive comments for them and I expect it will be brushed under the carpet never to be mentioned again. Does anyone know how many boaters receive these surveys? I got one my first year. I'm on year three. Edited June 23, 2022 by LadyG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulJ Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said: One third of boaters (with licences) get one sent to them every year, so about 10,000 a year. Unfortunately the boaters satisfaction levels that the surveys have been showing may mean that the questionnaires are to become more 'targetted' towards people happy with C&RT I got one and I have no CRT licence although I am registered, do make loads of online bookings and have bought the occasional visitors licence if needed. I have also sent several positive emails when I have come across CRT chaps (esses) who have gone beyond the call of duty and helped me out. So could be something in your statement.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George and Dragon Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 My response (by email to the market research company) I’m very sorry but the format of your questionnaire isn’t going to get a meaningful response from me. Too many questions; most not really relevant. My feedback is I got a fast response which told me the matter was in hand. No timescales, no indication of what other reports had been received. As a boater I want the infrastructure to be useable and reliable, routine maintenance needs to be planned to prevent failures from occurring and when failures do unfortunately occur they need to be repaired so that another failure at the same location will not result in an unplanned stoppage. Unfortunately CRT do not always achieve this which results in justified criticism from the boating community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacka Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 24/06/2022 at 08:30, George and Dragon said: My response (by email to the market research company) I’m very sorry but the format of your questionnaire isn’t going to get a meaningful response from me. Too many questions; most not really relevant. My feedback is I got a fast response which told me the matter was in hand. No timescales, no indication of what other reports had been received. As a boater I want the infrastructure to be useable and reliable, routine maintenance needs to be planned to prevent failures from occurring and when failures do unfortunately occur they need to be repaired so that another failure at the same location will not result in an unplanned stoppage. Unfortunately CRT do not always achieve this which results in justified criticism from the boating community. The survey company is paid to summarise the ‘official survey’ responses, all else is just noise and probably just ‘filed’. So if you want your views on CRT to count it’s better to use the survey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George and Dragon Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 35 minutes ago, Chewbacka said: The survey company is paid to summarise the ‘official survey’ responses, all else is just noise and probably just ‘filed’. So if you want your views on CRT to count it’s better to use the survey. Maybe, but I cba to wade through several pages of irrelevant questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slow and Steady Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) On 23/06/2022 at 19:01, Midnight said: No matter what boaters write the results are always positive lots% satisfied On a scale of 1 - 10 how satisfied where you with C&RT 1 = Negaiive 2 - 10 = Positive Exactly, they are like a paint manufacturer asking if they answered the phone quickly, packaged the tin properly and delivered it promptly without asking what you think of the actual paint. I've had 1 in 6 years and as it was impossible to use it to express my opinion I ignored it. Ergo, only happy boaters will fill it in. If they really do get a poor response % I think that says a lot. Edited June 25, 2022 by Slow and Steady Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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