new price for GRO certs

[Mort29]

I already stated my view.

No attempt at justification, rather an observation on those who decide to use the service.

Plenty of other examples of premium pricing for services rendered.


You might decide for example that Ancestry were exploiting (or having big overheads) but you can hardly call them gangsters.

[Redroger]

Hadn't realised Ancestry ran a certificate service. If it's a reasonable price then so be it. I would prefer the entire thing be run by the originators i.e. the state; but we are told monopolies are bad for us. Never quite figured that one, monopolies are bad, but high prices can be OK!
Notice no comments about Trading Standards intervention yet!

[les_looking]

I already stated my view.

No attempt at justification, rather an observation on those who decide to use the service.

Plenty of other examples of premium pricing for services rendered.


You might decide for example that Ancestry were exploiting (or having big overheads) but you can hardly call them gangsters.

no but at £19-99 per certificate and another £9-99 for a copy of the same certificate, £30 would certainly buy a lot of food for their horse black bess

[Parmesan]

I just wonder who actually buys certificates from them at that price?

The mind boggles!

[onefortheroad]

I would have said it's people with more money than sense.

But, on reflection, it's probably folks who are new to genealogy, new Anc.........y members and people who haven't yet learned of the existance of the GRO.

David

[teaurn]

Thats one of the things that is so great about this site

The wide range of information available and the number of people that are so great at pointing you in the right direction

[LizzieW]

I won't mention her name, but their is a Rootschatter I've been sort of helping by PM as her query was quite personal, who couldn't seem to get the GRO site to work, so she telephoned them to order the certificates she wanted.  She told me she'd ordered 4 at a cost of £34.  When I queried that with her, she said that was the price she was quoted over the telephone.  So are the prices, even now, more expensive if you ring to order rather than ordering on line?  If not, I think she has reason to complain to them and ask for a £6 refund.

Lizzie

[Rah1980]

They have probably charged for their time or for a wrong look up as £34 doesn't divide by 4 exactly it would make them £8.50, more than likely she paid £7 each totalling £28 and £6 for two wrong look ups or time

[Sloe Gin]

No, that is correct.  The price is only £7 if you order online, otherwise it's £8.50.

I got caught like this, wanted an overseas cert which was impossible to order online as the reference didn't fit the boxes, so the site wouldn't accept it.  So I had no choice but to ring them to order it.