HOW TO QUALIFY FOR THE 30%

December 11, 2008

Footnote at the top- Today (12/17) is the last day for the below:

The flyer was/is quite specific, but many people are not reading it, or are getting out of it what they'd like it to say, rather than what it says. That's understandable, human nature, and so on.

But now we're getting calls from people who assume everybody gets a 30 percent discount, and it doesn't work that way.

The intent is to extend help to Rivendell members (not friends, not relatives, not cyclists who hear about this discount but aren't members) who have been severely hurt by the economy in the two ways specified here:

1. You or your spouse has lost a job because of the economy, so you've lost a huge chunk of income because of the economy.

2. You are retired AND living off your stocks, which have crashed, and you've lost enough of your retirement income that without the discount, you couldn't afford anything.

When we give a 30 percent discount, we don't even break even.
We do it because we feel lucky to be here, and we can do this for a week. Things are not super-booming here. We feel it, too.

Your relatives should not be calling in on your behalf.

The 30 percent is  purely based on the rules above.  It runs thru Dec 17.

 Several of our staff have been put in awkward positions with miffed callers, and so it is best to review the rules.

I hope the tone of this message doesn't put a damper on anything. I'm just trying to write it with as little ambiguity as possible, and it just comes out kind of chilly, when I don't mean it to be.

Thanks!

--Grant