Redbaron12

Booji, you're right. It really won't make any difference. It's just $1 more for a guys beer. No big deal. But what does make a difference to a lot of people is the consistent price increases on everything the last 18 months to 2 years. Also, the $30 wine is now $33.

@PutaTester - Yeah I've heard some girls have walked away if the customer says no to wine. I think I have too much pride to sit there watching a girl walk away from me. So I don't give them the opportunity to do that. I've never walked away where the girl didn't try to get me to come back. And I've never gone back. I wish other customers would do this. If you stay and accept to buy a beer, the girl still gets her drink and maybe paid in the room after the drink. In this case, she didn't really lose anything. But if customers would walk away, they might be hesitant to continue asking for wine. When I buy wine, they drink it, and I'm immediately asked by the waiter to buy another. Then another. After 15 minutes you've spent $90 on three drinks. This has happened to me. I'll never buy another wine.

$30 for win. Rip off. $10 for (your) beer? You got ripped off. $200 for the girl in the room? Huge rip off. She said she just started dancing and won't accept anything but $200. 95% of customers will tell her no. She'll soon realize she's not making money and she'll drop her price. The brand new girls often come to HK with high expectations. Once reality sets in they come back to Earth. I used to buy wine all the time. The wine is a rip off. Now if I'm asked for wine, I just stand up and walk away. I say nothing. And the girl will always say, okay, okay, I'll get a beer as I'm walking away. I keep walking. She gets nothing and then wishes had not asked for a wine. It's no loss to me. There are 100 other girls standing around hoping to earn money.

I agree. The $30 wine really is a joke. And you're right about HK not being what it used to be. I personally don't care what the girls charge but when I'm buying drinks and the girl is asked to stop dancing for me, (because the club is wanting me to buy a lap dance which I'd never buy) I put my money back in my pocket and stop spending. After so many changes, I spend a lot more money at Chicago club than I used to.

Yeah the wine is a rip off. I was there Sunday night also. I talked to two girls who had orientation that day. They came to HK together and had both been there for only 30 minutes just starting their first shift. I asked what they discussed with the girls in orientation. They told me they were told to ask for wine when sitting down with a customers. So the new girls are probably all asking for wine. It is a big rip off for the customers. They're no benefit to spending $30 for wine vs $10 for a beer.