One of my dds wants to go to ballet, so I asked my friend about the kind of costs that would be involved if I enrolled her.
She's recently paid £68 for a £38 exam. When she asked the lady running it what the extra costs were for she was told that they covered things like pianist fee, her own time, parking costs for herself and the pianist, money for lunches for herself, pianist, examiner, things to do the hair of anyone coming without their own and her time spent chasing up any late exam payments.
As the children take the exam in 2s or 3s, an exam takes about half an hour, and they have a full day of exams, surely charging an extra £30 per child per exam is excessive? The lady running it must make at least £600 in that 1 day - the costs of parking and lunch can't justify so much can it?
AIBU to be shocked at this? Or is this pretty standard, and what I should expect if my dd goes to ballet and ends up doing exams?
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splishsplosh · 28/05/2013 17:33
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