Tips for buying a VIP membership?
PaulDrake
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So I have been going to a different club recently where the club takes a $50 cut if you want to go into the VIP. Obviously the other option is purchasing a 1 year (or lifetime) VIP membership. Reading TUSCL reviews there are sparse mentions of pricing anywhere from $400 to $2000 for a year membership with the pricing being very negotiable.
Any tips or info on buying a VIP membership?
This would be for the bucks chain of clubs so I would obviously want to make exactly clear whether benefits are reciprocal across the chain or only apply to the club where I make the purchase.
Other than talking to managers at 2 different clubs or on different shifts any other good strategy for negotiating the best deal?
I have a country club membership and there was definitely some strategy and brown nosing required to get it at the best price. I want to make sure there is or isn't the same thing here.
Any tips or info on buying a VIP membership?
This would be for the bucks chain of clubs so I would obviously want to make exactly clear whether benefits are reciprocal across the chain or only apply to the club where I make the purchase.
Other than talking to managers at 2 different clubs or on different shifts any other good strategy for negotiating the best deal?
I have a country club membership and there was definitely some strategy and brown nosing required to get it at the best price. I want to make sure there is or isn't the same thing here.
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So make sure of actually what you are getting for your and weigh it against what it would cost you without the membership. How often are you going to go is important.
For Bucks in particular, though, maybe you could talk up how you voted for them in the ED magazine poll as the best club as a segue into asking. You could also try opening saying that you heard you could get the membership for $xxx (whatever the reviewer who got the best deal said) and ask if that deal is still good. I go to a club that offers free admission one night of the week, but you have to ask for that deal going in or the door girl charges the regular price.
Pre-paying for club fees has never been something that would be worthwhile for me, though. Every time I have started thinking about it, I have ended up finding a CF in another club and stopped going to the one selling the membership as much.
That $800 averages out to $15 a week.
I keep good track of my spending and in the last 4 months I have spent over $500 to the club for cabana rental and entry fees. I have been going weekly now for 8 months.
At this point I am leaning towards getting the membership:
- There are 4 Bucks Clubs close to me so I am not locked in to a single club.
- It seems that breaking even on the deal would be pretty easy
- Not even considering I would be getting more privacy (going from cabana to VIP) for free, not a big deal at my main club but at the others that is a necessary upgrade
- When my CF isn't working I might hit up 2-3 clubs looking for a new fav. I can easily spend $20-30 on entry fees for that alone more than the $15 weekly cost for the membership.
What do you guys think?
I'd make sure I'd have some kinda recourse in case they give you some flimsy card and you end up misplacing it.
In negotiations, I would not just settle for 800, I'd try to go lower and see what they can do for you.
I would also try to buddy up with management, wait staff and bouncers. The more they recognize you, like you and trust you, the better service you are going to get If you are there regularly. By next year you might pay even less for VIP membership.
In particular at the main location I go to there are not comparable clubs next door. So it's not like the threat of "I'll stop coming" carries tons of weight.
If you want to spend more time in the parts of the club that are charged per hour and haven't been for economic reasons, that would be the only way I could see it making sense. I wonder if the dancers' spending expectations would be higher out of the gate if they're joining you in a skybox rather than a cabana, though.
I avoid spending $150 on a 3 month payback yearly admission card, though. I would rather go to a club because I impulsively want to go there that night rather than because I feel like I would be wasting my membership and increasing my monthly spend on entry fees by going somewhere else.
(if i spent $1000 for a vip membership it would be my luck to die the next week.)
1) Right now I never actually have any real privacy for the money I spend. With the membership even if I just break even I'll have a better experience every single time I go to the club.
2) I really want to hit up the sister topless club more but I can't do it without buying the $50 room every time there. Without the membership that would massively increase my spending.
3) Anytime except early in the day at my home club the main floor lap dance area gets clogged up and really crowded to the point you can be bumping elbows with another dude getting a dance. If I am looking for a new fav dancer this really blows as I either have to use that area or take the risk on an unknown dancer and buy privacy. This makes it a real PITA to try out variety.
4) I can see the logic both ways that having the membership could make dancers expect more money from me. However as I just stick do dances and LDKs there is never really any negotiation. Additionally as I am on the younger side I am very frequently profiled as not being a big spender so I could actually see this helping rather than hurting. At my home club dancers do try and sell privacy despite there being no direct financial incentive for them to do so. Some of that is because they know guys who buy VIP time are more valuable customers.
The shorter time and price is an easier sell. At this point as I am going to start using the VIP space every time I will only take 2 months for the membership to break even.
Additionally I had never actually used the VIP space until today. Holy crap it is way better! It will be nice to start having a better experience every time I go.