Mexico fuel prices

[Christi]

Christi,
I'm very sure you are not making a killing running a dive op in Cozumel. I don't know the costs you have but I am a little offended when you try to blow smoke about your cost of fuel going up. You charge in dollars. In dollars your fuel cost has gone down in the last year.

Then you are offended by most dive ops and any tour business in MX - I am not alone and I am not speaking only for myself.

My point is there are so many costs aside from the obvious - and everything here is affected by the increase in fuel. Many of our expenses ARE in USD - again - unless you have run a business in Mexico, live in Mexico, etc. - you have no idea of the total overall picture - and God forbid we take less of a hit in one area but take a bigger one in another. Again - why do some feel the need to know a line item breakdown of what our costs of doing business are?

I will not respond to or defend my post anymore.

 

[BRT]

Then you are offended by most dive ops and any tour business in MX - I am not alone and I am not speaking only for myself.

My point is there are so many costs aside from the obvious - and everything here is affected by the increase in fuel. Many of our expenses ARE in USD - again - unless you have run a business in Mexico, live in Mexico, etc. - you have no idea of the total overall picture - and God forbid we take less of a hit in one area but take a bigger one in another.

I will not respond to or defend my post anymore.

I'm not arguing that your total costs have gone down. I'm not saying you are making excessive profit. I'm quite certain you are not. I AM certain that your fuel costs in the currency you do business in have gone down. For you to say otherwise is disingenuous.

 

[mediumone]

I will not respond to or defend my post anymore.

Good.
If you don't like what's on TV, turn the damned thing off.
If they charge too much for a rib-eye there, go somewhere else.
If, if, if.
Enough already.

 

[JamesBon92007]

The fuel Increase was scheduled to be incremental and hit different parts of the country at different times -Cozumel
Was scheduled to have a reprieve until
Late NEXT year. Unfortunately, that was not respected and our fuel prices increased by 22+% overnight!

So those who feel like they are getting ripped off by those charging a few extra bucks for nitrox - this fuel Increase is but one example of things you probably don't take into account - you may or may not see dive prices increase as this shakes out - but don't be surprised if they do.

I noticed (searching in English) that your prices are posted in US Dollars. Do you also list prices in pesos? The reason I ask is because I've encountered situations where the price in pesos is less than if you pay in US Dollars. One example would be the ferry: $10.50 US or $163 MX. At the current exchange rate 163 pesos is only $7.49 US. Aside from the lousy exchange rates that some vendors give on Cozumel I've noticed that it's often the case that you end up paying less with pesos after everything is converted and all that.

Also, when you bill someone's credit card is that done in US Dollars or pesos?

Please don't take all of this as a criticism of your need to increase prices--I'm looking at the total cost to me if prices increase and the US Dollar continues to be stronger against the Mexican peso. It might just be a wash. Personally I think the current $85 US for a two-tank dive in one of the best places in the world is a great deal. But of course if everything costs less in Mexico I get to go more often

 

[sefuchs]

Thank you Christi for speaking up! I absolutely agree with your comments. I love following SB but sometimes the hot air & BS that some of the frequent posters post is just over the top. How are they such experts on business, politics and EVERYTHING else that goes on in Coz when they only visit Coz a couple times a year?

Thanks again Christi for being a supporter of the SB even with all us know-it-alls.

 

[ggunn]

Thank you Christi for speaking up! I absolutely agree with your comments. I love following SB but sometimes the hot air & BS that some of the frequent posters post is just over the top. How are they such experts on business, politics and EVERYTHING else that goes on in Coz when they only visit Coz a couple times a year?

Thanks again Christi for being a supporter of the SB even with all us know-it-alls.

Well said. No one who isn't in Christi's shoes can fully appreciate all the moving parts of running her business; it's got to be a challenge, operating in the interface between the Mexican and US economies.

 

[Christi]

I noticed (searching in English) that your prices are posted in US Dollars. Do you also list prices in pesos? The reason I ask is because I've encountered situations where the price in pesos is less than if you pay in US Dollars. One example would be the ferry: $10.50 US or $163 MX. At the current exchange rate 163 pesos is only $7.49 US. Aside from the lousy exchange rates that some vendors give on Cozumel I've noticed that it's often the case that you end up paying less with pesos after everything is converted and all that.

Also, when you bill someone's credit card is that done in US Dollars or pesos?

Please don't take all of this as a criticism of your need to increase prices--I'm looking at the total cost to me if prices increase and the US Dollar continues to be stronger against the Mexican peso. It might just be a wash. Personally I think the current $85 US for a two-tank dive in one of the best places in the world is a great deal. But of course if everything costs less in Mexico I get to go more often

I didn't say I was raising my prices. I said don't be surprised if it happens - and I mean with anything here.

When converting, I use whatever the real exchange rate is that day that MY bank is giving me - because that's what matters. I can't speak for other businesses.

Thank you sefuchs and ggunn

 

[ggunn]

Thank you sefuchs and ggunn

You are welcome. Life is full of encounters with folks who will tell you what you oughta do but who have no real grasp of the details of the decisions you have to make and the consequences of those decisions. It's human nature, I guess.