An Outdated Sales Technique

sinclair
Strip Club Nation
Have you ever gone to a strip club where they bundle merchandise with lap dances? For example, if you buy two lap dances, you also get a t-shirt thrown in for free or free admission passes or a shot glass or some other free thing.

I have noticed many dancers try to hide in the locker room or washroom when these specials get called. They don't want to peddle merch to every guy, and it must be kind of insulting that they need a gimmick because their body is not good enough at regular price. Customers who do the blue light special dances discard the shirts and other merch from what I've seen. They have wives and girlfriends they need to go home to, plus wearing a Deja Vu t-shirt in public labels you as a creep.

So if the dancers and customers do not care for this sales technique, why do clubs still do it? Why not just take the $5 they spent to print up the merch and knock dance prices down $5?

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  • FishHawk
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    5 years ago
    I have a number of years ago gotten a T-shirt or a hat thrown in. I gifted them to the dancers. They seemed appreciative but I expect they didn’t want them either.
  • sinclair
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    5 years ago
    I remember Scarlett's used to give porno DVD's with dances. This was 2013-2014 when everything was changing over to streaming and people weren't even owning DVD players anymore. Even alot of computers no longer had disc drives by this point. I took one for kicks one night. It was all shitty B-level porn from the 90's. It probably cost them less than a dollar. Into the trash can it went.
  • DeclineToState
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    5 years ago
    Occasionally when at Gold Club Centerfolds in Rancho Cordova, Calif, DJ will announce 2 for 1 dance special with porn DVD thrown in. I've got no interest in that and even if I did I can just see it now, my SO discovers the DVD in my car and asks WTF where'd you get that?
  • georgmicrodong
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    5 years ago
    Godfather used to do that. If you wore the shirt in again, they'd waive the cover charge. I saw a few guys doing it, but they put them on in the parking lot, or had them under another shirt. :)
  • Papi_Chulo
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    5 years ago
    Seemed more common back in the day, not as common-now IME but a club here and there seem to do it I guess thinking it's still 1995.

    I don't see the point either - I assume there may be a minority of PLs in the club that would want the free thsirt or hat but they're probably a minority - I assume almost all PLs would do a dance-special w/o the gimmicks; and most probably don't want those gimmicks.
  • GoVikings
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    5 years ago
    the club i frequent the most does this quite a bit. if you buy a 2 for 1 special, which is 2 songs for 30 bucks, they often throw in a free t-shirt. the thing is the t-shirt gets you into the club free on thursdays if you wear it. i have one and have worn it to get in free a few times in the past

    i think the idea behind this is simply to advertise as much/any way possible
  • Papi_Chulo
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    5 years ago
    "... the club i frequent the most does this quite a bit. if you buy a 2 for 1 special, which is 2 songs for 30 bucks, they often throw in a free t-shirt. the thing is the t-shirt gets you into the club free on thursdays if you wear it ..."

    In that case it has some value - but there are still many PLs that don't want to be carrying around something that says "hey I"m a strip-club junky"
  • nicespice
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    5 years ago
    I’ve been working at a club recently that likes to do dance specials of 2/$30 every so often (normal dance price $20), and the customer can order whatever beer or drink he likes from that, all included. Seems the most practical way to do a special.
  • Papi_Chulo
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    5 years ago
    Instead of throwing-in a free tshirt, they should throw-in a free blowjob - just saying'
  • whodey
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    5 years ago
    Nicespice, a free drink with the 2/$30 special seems like a much better alternative that a lot of customers would appreciate because it saves them a few bucks and doesn't leave evidence of their hobby like a shirt/hat/dvd. I used to go to a club that gave a free admission coupon with their blue light specials and that was nice, but even with that a lot of PLs left them behind when they went home so their SO didn't find it.
  • Tiburon
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    5 years ago
    It's like being a premium member on Norwegian Cruise Lines and being offered a free bottle of Duc De Valmer. Gross and insulting. Give me fucking Korbel at least....wait this is about strippers.

    Give a third lap dance for free cheap bastards
  • vajmon
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    5 years ago
    A lot of clubs where I live in New England throw-in a tee shirt or calendar with nude Picts of some of the dancers when they do dance promos where you get 2 laps dances for the price of one or some other discount. I don't think it's outdated at all. I happen to like getting both tee shirts and calendars. The calendars cum in handy when I need to toss-off (pun intended) and can't get to the club. And I like the tee shirts because usually I can persuade the dancer to rub her snatch with it. So when I go home I got a little momento of my visit. Now if a pair of panties worn by the dancers was offered with the promo... I'd be willing to pay a premium!
  • mjx01
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    5 years ago
    Another interesting thread...

    "must be kind of insulting that they need a gimmick because their body is not good enough at regular price"

    A club I frequent does random 2-for-1 dance specials. More and more I've noticed the better dancers disappearing during the specials... started to realize they don't want to give discounts.
  • EastCoaster
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    5 years ago
    Yeah, I can't bring a strip club T-shirt home with me. Believe it or not though, once my free "gift" for getting dances in a club was a socket wrench set. I still use it.
  • Papi_Chulo
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    5 years ago
    I think it's been mentioned here b/f that girls that aren't able to sell the 2-for-1s have to pay for the gimmick out of their pocket - IDK how accurate this or if it's a club-by-club thing.
  • shadowcat
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    5 years ago
    Follies certainly doesn't need the business but I remember that around 6PM it used to be buy 2 dances for $10 each and get a coupon for a free drink. The catch is that the coupon must be redeemed during the next 3 songs. I think I remember a recent review that said this is still going on.
  • Call.Me.Ishmael
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    5 years ago
    Two of the local clubs used to do 2-for-1 and get a t-shirt. I don't think that happens anymore.

    I always thought the t-shirts were dumb. Aside from one tow truck driver, I never saw a guy wearing a "Foxy Lady" t-shirt. But I suspect that a few were found by angry wives in back seats on occasion.
  • shadowcat
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    5 years ago
    I got a t-shirt once at the Crazy Horse Saloon in Atlanta in one of those promotions. I made the mistake of wearing it to another strip club. The DJ called me on it over the P.A. saying that I was rude.

    I also have one from Follies for just being a regular. I didn't have to buy anything. I took it to one of those places that will put anything on a t-shirt for you. So my follies t-shirt now reads "Vagina Inspector" . :)
  • MackTruck
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    5 years ago
    They should do this sales techniques more often! I am running out of lot lizzards t shirts
  • nicespice
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    5 years ago
    Bump.

    I worked at a club last night (Saturday night) when beforehand I had only worked there on weeknights. And apparently on the weekends they do the $30 two dances with a t-shirt or hat three times a night. Discount gimmick is on the prime weekend wth? 🤨 It gets plenty busy enough without it and I actually had to quit dancing for somebody because the manager told us to get out of the lap dance area. Save the souvenir offers for the bottle service customers ugh
  • PinkSugarDoll
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    5 years ago
    When they do these specials they usually charge us for the merch and we are obligated to participate.

    I do work at a club in NC where they do golf towels, which is a not terrible idea. Also at this club, if you did dances for the special and the customer didn’t want the shirt, you could turn them in for free house fee once you had 10. That was cool to me too but not as cool having ten xl tshirts in my locker.
  • twentyfive
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    5 years ago
    I don’t usually see the T-shirt promotions during the earlier shifts week days but I have seen them occasionally on a Friday or Saturday evening when I’ve stayed later than my usual.
  • Jascoi
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    5 years ago
    i have lots of promo things. took me a long time to figure out that i was paying thru the nose for most of them and usually the songs were cut even more than usual. but i am still wearing out the t shirts and using up the passes that came on the back of the calendars.
  • sinclair
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    5 years ago
    Why does Deja Vu/Hustler print up all of their shirts as XL? Do they assume all strip club patrons are big or heavy guys?

    I have one of the shirts laying in the trunk of my vehicle. XL is too big on me. I think I am going to cut it in half to be cum rags when I bang one of their dancers OTC. We can both use the shirt to wipe our cum and sweat.
  • Jascoi
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    5 years ago
    i’ve done that a few times.

    xl... safe average.
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