Originally Posted by
echotraveler
Many thanx guys....5.00 bucks got my rebel blood pumping!
I've emailed San Juan Cycling about this, hopefully they can accept cash. But i have a feeling this wont be the case.
The value of active.com to the club is that the club doesn't have to deal with the painful payment details and doesn't have to have the risk of storing credit card numbers.
The credit card companies take a fee. So does paypal. Active.com is a business too and takes a fee. I looked into it and it appears that the transaction costs (outside of active.com's fee) is about $2-3. It would cost you $0.50 to mail them something and $0.50 to have them mail you something back.
Originally Posted by
echotraveler
this brevets have stops with water and fruit, every certain miles,
This costs the club money and having money up-front (and knowing how many people are going to show up) reduces the complications for running an event. That is, people who show up at the last minute are hard to support.
Keep in mind that the clubs (typically)
are run by volunteers. It makes some sense to make their jobs easier (and things like using active.com can do that) even if it costs a little bit extra.