mattw
Active Member
I would be surprised if marinas weren't already considering a similar system. If they have 30 free berths then they want to set the price so that only 30 people are prepared to pay for that night. Obviously that price will vary day by day. This is how goods and services are supposed to be priced in a capitalist system.
The assumption of 'perfect information' available to all is one of the basic assumptions of free market economics. I guess there would just be one supplier, the marina, so the main problem is making information available to buyers. On the Hamble it may not be too much of a stretch to imagine that you could fill one marinas visitors berths with boats that have internet access(if not iPhones).
The overall effect would be to make berths available only to the wealthy, as opposed to those who turn up first.
The assumption of 'perfect information' available to all is one of the basic assumptions of free market economics. I guess there would just be one supplier, the marina, so the main problem is making information available to buyers. On the Hamble it may not be too much of a stretch to imagine that you could fill one marinas visitors berths with boats that have internet access(if not iPhones).
The overall effect would be to make berths available only to the wealthy, as opposed to those who turn up first.