The games EPE play!

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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby Jukebox » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:04 am

MaestroDavros wrote: Everything about it now suggests that it's become an amusement park and, even though I love amusement parks that doesn't mean I want the experience of visiting my favorite entertainer's home to be priced and walled in like one.

The least they could do is add a roller coaster! ;)

cadillac-elvis wrote:I am from USA and these fees and taxes seem so excessive.
but wait, since they are taking it that far, let me give them some ideas on some
other made up taxes they could have for fleecing money out of their customers.

Oxygen tax---$16.75
Toilet bowl tax---$7.89
Pillow fee-----$15 per pillow
Card key fee-----$15 per card key issued, (for multiple occupants obviously)
Parking fee for rental car or cars----$20 per space
Bedside Alarm clock tax----$8.25
Air conditioning fee----$11 ( summer months only)
In room telephone tax---$12.50

Heater tax (winter months only)
Window tax (for the outdoor views from inside your room)
Curtain tax (to keep people outside from looking inside your room)
Door tax (the door separates your room from the hallway)
Wall tax (the walls separate your room from the other rooms, and they give you privacy)
Shower tax (water ain't free here, Buster!)
Soap & shampoo tax (you do wanna get clean, don't you?)
Television set tax (you don't wanna miss the local news to see the crime coverage in Memphis)
Bed tax (well, you've gotta have something to sleep on)
Carpet tax (well, you need something soft to walk on)
Swimming Pool & Hot Tub tax -- with new signs up reading >> Legionnaires' Disease is YOUR Problem, NOT OURS!!
Concrete tax (for the walkways that go from the hotel to the pool area... and back)
Elevator tax (if your room is above the first floor)
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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby cadillac-elvis » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:35 am

Jukebox wrote:
MaestroDavros wrote: Everything about it now suggests that it's become an amusement park and, even though I love amusement parks that doesn't mean I want the experience of visiting my favorite entertainer's home to be priced and walled in like one.

The least they could do is add a roller coaster! ;)

cadillac-elvis wrote:I am from USA and these fees and taxes seem so excessive.
but wait, since they are taking it that far, let me give them some ideas on some
other made up taxes they could have for fleecing money out of their customers.

Oxygen tax---$16.75
Toilet bowl tax---$7.89
Pillow fee-----$15 per pillow
Card key fee-----$15 per card key issued, (for multiple occupants obviously)
Parking fee for rental car or cars----$20 per space
Bedside Alarm clock tax----$8.25
Air conditioning fee----$11 ( summer months only)
In room telephone tax---$12.50

Heater tax (winter months only)
Window tax (for the outdoor views from inside your room)
Curtain tax (to keep people outside from looking inside your room)
Door tax (the door separates your room from the hallway)
Wall tax (the walls separate your room from the other rooms, and they give you privacy)
Shower tax (water ain't free here, Buster!)
Soap & shampoo tax (you do wanna get clean, don't you?)
Television set tax (you don't wanna miss the local news to see the crime coverage in Memphis)
Bed tax (well, you've gotta have something to sleep on)
Carpet tax (well, you need something soft to walk on)
Swimming Pool & Hot Tub tax -- with new signs up reading >> Legionnaires' Disease is YOUR Problem, NOT OURS!!
Concrete tax (for the walkways that go from the hotel to the pool area... and back)
Elevator tax (if your room is above the first floor)


EPE-----> you're hired ! When would you like to start?



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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby Jukebox » Sun Feb 18, 2018 6:39 am

cadillac-elvis wrote:
Jukebox wrote:
MaestroDavros wrote: Everything about it now suggests that it's become an amusement park and, even though I love amusement parks that doesn't mean I want the experience of visiting my favorite entertainer's home to be priced and walled in like one.

The least they could do is add a roller coaster! ;)

cadillac-elvis wrote:I am from USA and these fees and taxes seem so excessive.
but wait, since they are taking it that far, let me give them some ideas on some
other made up taxes they could have for fleecing money out of their customers.

Oxygen tax---$16.75
Toilet bowl tax---$7.89
Pillow fee-----$15 per pillow
Card key fee-----$15 per card key issued, (for multiple occupants obviously)
Parking fee for rental car or cars----$20 per space
Bedside Alarm clock tax----$8.25
Air conditioning fee----$11 ( summer months only)
In room telephone tax---$12.50

Heater tax (winter months only)
Window tax (for the outdoor views from inside your room)
Curtain tax (to keep people outside from looking inside your room)
Door tax (the door separates your room from the hallway)
Wall tax (the walls separate your room from the other rooms, and they give you privacy)
Shower tax (water ain't free here, Buster!)
Soap & shampoo tax (you do wanna get clean, don't you?)
Television set tax (you don't wanna miss the local news to see the crime coverage in Memphis)
Bed tax (well, you've gotta have something to sleep on)
Carpet tax (well, you need something soft to walk on)
Swimming Pool & Hot Tub tax -- with new signs up reading >> Legionnaires' Disease is YOUR Problem, NOT OURS!!
Concrete tax (for the walkways that go from the hotel to the pool area... and back)
Elevator tax (if your room is above the first floor)

EPE-----> you're hired ! When would you like to start?

This is me during my first day on the job working for ElvisPresleyEnterprises (TonyS can be heard in the background with the bass voice). . .

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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby TonyS » Sun Feb 18, 2018 9:51 am

You forgot the 'Lobby Tax' ... you were hired, but now you're fired!
Seriously, I won't be seeing the new exhibits and museums on my forthcoming trip, I'm not going to pay these new taxes for anyone or anything, in fact that's my protest ( which will make zero impact unless local news hears about it ) and I will go out of my way to avoid them. Tourist tax my ass... Memphis ain't Vegas and never will be.
I'll say this though, it's made for an hilarious topic here, and I might consider paying for a roller coaster !!!
:lol:
Thanks guys. :D
Oh, jukebox, that's my 'bass pro' voice on I'm A Roustabout. ;)


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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby elvislady » Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:26 pm

TonyS wrote:You forgot the 'Lobby Tax' ... you were hired, but now you're fired!
Seriously, I won't be seeing the new exhibits and museums on my forthcoming trip, I'm not going to pay these new taxes for anyone or anything, in fact that's my protest ( which will make zero impact unless local news hears about it ) and I will go out of my way to avoid them. Tourist tax my ass... Memphis ain't Vegas and never will be.
I'll say this though, it's made for an hilarious topic here, and I might consider paying for a roller coaster !!!
:lol:
Thanks guys. :D
Oh, jukebox, that's my 'bass pro' voice on I'm A Roustabout. ;)



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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby Scooby » Sun Feb 18, 2018 4:54 pm

TonyS wrote:You forgot the 'Lobby Tax' ... you were hired, but now you're fired!
Seriously, I won't be seeing the new exhibits and museums on my forthcoming trip, I'm not going to pay these new taxes for anyone or anything, in fact that's my protest ( which will make zero impact unless local news hears about it ) and I will go out of my way to avoid them. Tourist tax my ass... Memphis ain't Vegas and never will be.
I'll say this though, it's made for an hilarious topic here, and I might consider paying for a roller coaster !!!
:lol:
Thanks guys. :D
Oh, jukebox, that's my 'bass pro' voice on I'm A Roustabout. ;)


Exactly what do you plan on accomplishing? Holding up a sign and yelling "Elvis fans matter" in protest from the street while everyone looks at you like a fool? How do you plan on getting on the news? By attacking someone? Just what is your mission?



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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby TonyS » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:05 pm

Scooby wrote:
TonyS wrote:You forgot the 'Lobby Tax' ... you were hired, but now you're fired!
Seriously, I won't be seeing the new exhibits and museums on my forthcoming trip, I'm not going to pay these new taxes for anyone or anything, in fact that's my protest ( which will make zero impact unless local news hears about it ) and I will go out of my way to avoid them. Tourist tax my ass... Memphis ain't Vegas and never will be.
I'll say this though, it's made for an hilarious topic here, and I might consider paying for a roller coaster !!!
:lol:
Thanks guys. :D
Oh, jukebox, that's my 'bass pro' voice on I'm A Roustabout. ;)


Exactly what do you plan on accomplishing? Holding up a sign and yelling "Elvis fans matter" in protest from the street while everyone looks at you like a fool? How do you plan on getting on the news? By attacking someone? Just what is your mission?

Mmmmm, I never mentioned yelling Elvis Fans Matter (thanks for the idea).
I never said I planned on getting on the news, read it again...I said "unless the local news hears about it".
I don't have to try too hard to look like a fool, it's very easy for me. ;)
Why would I attack someone ? You need to think about just what you're saying there Scoobes.
What is my mission? Wouldn't you just love to know. ;)
I do think it would be a great idea for a roller coaster ride though, don't you?
Scooby, when did you have that sense of humor bypass?
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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby Jukebox » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:17 pm

TonyS wrote:You forgot the 'Lobby Tax'

Oh yes, I forgot about that!
One has to walk into the lobby to register before going to one's room (and if anyone is seen sitting on a sofa or chair in the lobby, there'll be a "seating" fee added to your bill).


TonyS wrote: that's my 'bass pro' voice on I'm A Roustabout. ;)

www.businessinsider.com/memphis-bass-pr ... st-2017-11
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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby TonyS » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:24 pm

Jukebox wrote:
TonyS wrote: that's my 'bass pro' voice on I'm A Roustabout. ;)

http://www.businessinsider.com/memphis- ... st-2017-11

Yes, that's why I said what I did.
C'mon, you know that I know my way around Memphis, I've only been there 24 times.
Oh, well done with the extra taxes in the lobby, you're re-hired. ;)



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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby cadillac-elvis » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:27 pm

What an incentive to be a tourist and spend money? ........tourist tax? If it wasn't true I would think that would be one of the humorous suggestions.
I'd never heard of before today.



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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby TonyS » Sun Feb 18, 2018 5:39 pm

cadillac-elvis wrote:What an incentive to be a tourist and spend money? ........tourist tax? If it wasn't true I would think that would be one of the humorous suggestions.
I'd never heard of before today.

You shouldn't have said that, Scooby will be on MY back for bringing it to your attention!
Maybe that's my mission, to make others aware... who knows eh... Scoobes ?
It's certainly had a negative effect for me and a few folks I know too, one friend of mine on Facebook who doesn't do message boards was actually looking at staying at the Guesthouse in May this year, but after seeing on line what I'd told him ( he thought I was joking ) has now already booked and paid to stay at a hotel elsewhere over the border in Ms on Goodman Road. He's saved £300 GBP in total and that's paid for his hire car.
He and his wife are very pleased about that.
I was more than happy to help, not only with that but other travel advice also.
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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby Scooby » Sun Feb 18, 2018 7:33 pm

cadillac-elvis wrote:What an incentive to be a tourist and spend money? ........tourist tax? If it wasn't true I would think that would be one of the humorous suggestions.
I'd never heard of before today.


Actually it is more common than you might think. Many tourist area hotels are now charging tourist tax and people don't even know it.

Here's Florida. https://www.sarasotataxcollector.com/se ... ourist-tax

This is in Europe. https://www.holidaystoeurope.com.au/hom ... ing-me-for



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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby TonyS » Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:01 pm

Scooby wrote:
cadillac-elvis wrote:What an incentive to be a tourist and spend money? ........tourist tax? If it wasn't true I would think that would be one of the humorous suggestions.
I'd never heard of before today.


Actually it is more common than you might think. Many tourist area hotels are now charging tourist tax and people don't even know it.

Here's Florida. https://www.sarasotataxcollector.com/se ... ourist-tax

This is in Europe. https://www.holidaystoeurope.com.au/hom ... ing-me-for

Not too many European countries looking at that then, and.... Look how low the cost is compared to the Graceland TDZ
I'm gonna keep.... Shoppin' Around. ;)



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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby Rickeap » Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:30 pm

Fair to say there was a lot of negative publicity in the local news last August due to the charge to attend the vigil, i'd imagine the local media would again be interested in elvis fans rebelling against EPE and tourism tax costs



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Re: The games EPE play!

Postby Brian » Mon Feb 19, 2018 12:45 am

Whatever one thinks of the financial tactics of EPE and Joel Weinshanker - somebody has to pay for the Guest House at Graceland and the 'Elvis Memphis' complex. Money does not grow on trees. They need to recoup their initial expenditure or they will face financial ruin and fans will be left with Graceland as it was before. Hopefully things will become cheaper in the next few years.

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