ATM ... next level stupidity from a club
cnyknight
New York
In my area there are 2 clubs around the corner from one another owned by the same person. One nude (no booze) one topless (beer bar).
VIPS are 30 bucks (highest in the area) and Cabarets are 100 (Typical for the area).
These clubs are pretty much average hole in the wall type places. Not high end by any means.
In his latest move to gain money ... on top of the 5 dollar ATM fee (again a normal price you pay if you make the rookie move of hitting the club atm) but he limited the amount to 100 buck you can take out at a time.
So either don't tip the girl for the 100 dollar cab you just did, or hit the atm multiple times and pay the fee over and over.
I for one think all this will do is drive dancers and customers to other clubs ...
Ok fellow SC'ers ... thoughts/comments ... go
VIPS are 30 bucks (highest in the area) and Cabarets are 100 (Typical for the area).
These clubs are pretty much average hole in the wall type places. Not high end by any means.
In his latest move to gain money ... on top of the 5 dollar ATM fee (again a normal price you pay if you make the rookie move of hitting the club atm) but he limited the amount to 100 buck you can take out at a time.
So either don't tip the girl for the 100 dollar cab you just did, or hit the atm multiple times and pay the fee over and over.
I for one think all this will do is drive dancers and customers to other clubs ...
Ok fellow SC'ers ... thoughts/comments ... go
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I don't. Seasoned club hounds generally don't use club ATMs anyway and i doubt that the more casual visitors give a shit about a nominal $5 per hundred when they are already dropping a lot of dough. Better that the club owner gouge at the ATM than for drinks and LDs.
My solution? I hit the bank teller or ATM BEFORE I hit the club (I club Fri nights). I pull out my budget PLUS one hundred dollars. Since then I've never used the ATM inside again.
Otherwise the club ATM fees are a tax on one not being prepared or on one not being realistic about one's budget.
So you just do 4x $100 withdrawals to get the money? For $20 in fees, right? Sort I a pain but I wonder if they can't legally charge more so this is how they get around it.
SCs are a luxury and it costs money for the owner to run. SCs sole "raison d'être" (reason to be) is to separate you from your money. ;)
Excellent point, "...never got what was so difficult about figuring out how to manage your money."
It will be interesting to see the results of this. I wonder to what extent Rick's "the regulars are smart enough to bring all the cash they need, and the rookies don't mind paying fees on their one big Boys Night Out strip club trip this year" will hold. Would be nice to punish a strip club for treating their customers as if they are gullible suckers, but I'm not so sure they aren't right.
First - if you are afraid to carry cash to a strip club - do you think it’s safe to use the club atm? If it’s a sketchy club - then I’d be less likely to trust the clubs atm.
Is the area that bad - that carrying $100 is dangerous? That’s not much money. I’ve driven through the projects in downtown Newark with several thousand in cash in an envelope. That didn’t scare me.