£5 for elsan at Tewkesbury

[keble]

Just stopped at Tewkesbury marina for diesel, and asked about elsan disposal. I was shocked to hear it's now £5!

This is just silly IMHO. New management apparently. I wish I'd used the new free one at Strensham lock, but too late.

What's a reasonable price?

[scrumpylurcher]

If you are buying diesel I would not expect to pay for the elsan disposal, and I have only ever paid a pound where that was all I was wanting to do.

[Proper Job]

I only pay that much for a pumpout!

[cotswoldsman]

Just stopped at Tewkesbury marina for diesel, and asked about elsan disposal. I was shocked to hear it's now £5!

This is just silly IMHO. New management apparently. I wish I'd used the new free one at Strensham lock, but too late.

What's a reasonable price?

 

That is a rip off if you had also bought diesel I have paid £1 before when not buying diesel and happy to pay the £1 if not buying diesel. I can understand marinas etc charging if you do not buy anything else.

Edited June 23, 2011 by cotswoldsman

[Ange]

I only pay that much for a pumpout!

 

Blimey - where do you pump out? We've never found anywhere cheaper than £10!

[Dorlan]

Just stopped at Tewkesbury marina for diesel, and asked about elsan disposal. I was shocked to hear it's now £5!

This is just silly IMHO. New management apparently. I wish I'd used the new free one at Strensham lock, but too late.

What's a reasonable price?

It should be free. I was told, when we first moored there in about 1980, that the facility was installed by the LANT, not the marina. Edited June 23, 2011 by Dorlan

[Lady Muck]

When they charge that much, it's usually because they don't want to provide that service (IMO)

[mrsmelly]

Blimey - where do you pump out? We've never found anywhere cheaper than £10!

 

Thrupp cruising club on the Oxford canal. I used to get a pumpout FREE but I still ripped the stupid thing out and fitted a proper bog.....

[Ray T]

I stand to be corrected but I think Whilton charges £2 for elsan disposal.

[Sunset Rising]

Elsan disposal at Lower Heyford on the southern Oxford is £2 but that is at a private boat hire place so I suppose that is fair enough.

 

£5 ? Thats just a croc of sh**

[DustyDave]

Five quid? You should have given me a call. I'd have popped down and shoved it down the toilet at work for four quid!

 

Dave

[Weyland Yutani]

I paid £3 for elsan at Fenny Compton and that was buying fuel too. Being a novice I thought that was normal

[Nightwatch]

You pay top notch for everything at Fenny Compton. And it's do it yerself.

 

Just had Nightwatch blacked by Ian at Taylors of Fenny there. Really pleased with the job.

 

Separate from the Marina and 'chandlers' shop.

 

Martyn

[WJM]

I have never had to do it - yet! - but is it possible to empty an elsan cassette into a regular toilet?

[Naughty Cal]

Our marina charges £3 to boaters to empty their cassettes. Moorers get the facility for free as you would expect but those just dropping in are expected to pay for the (dis)pleasure of disposing of their crap. I dont believe they levvy the charge if you use other services but why should they?

[Laurie Booth]

£1 is the most I have ever paid.

Edited June 24, 2011 by Laurie.Booth

[GSer]

I have never had to do it - yet! - but is it possible to empty an elsan cassette into a regular toilet?

 

 

Yes i do that, but you do need to think up some good excuses if some one else is queing for the loo, it does stink a bit especially if like me you don't use blue!

[FadeToScarlet]

£5 to empty a cassete? That's taking the piss...

 

Oh, is that my coat? Thanks.

[mick1964]

bath narrowboats,also charge £5 per cassette ! they were'nt taking my pi** ! drove it up to Dundas and still quids in

[cotswoldsman]

Yes i do that, but you do need to think up some good excuses if some one else is queing for the loo, it does stink a bit especially if like me you don't use blue!

 

To much information!!!!

[GSer]

To much information!!!!

 

 

Sorry, was it tea time?

[DickBrowne]

£5 to empty a cassete? That's taking the piss...

 

Oh, is that my coat? Thanks.

 

 

Darn, so close and yet so far - I was scrolling down, incredulous that nobody had picked up on that line. Just about to pounce, and there it was...

 

Crap joke.

 

Richard