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Complaint Review: events and adventures - houston Texas

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  • events and adventures 344 harvard st houston, Texas USA

events and adventures houston,tx branch MISREPRESENTATION. LYING ABOUT MEMBERSHIP POLICIES houston Texas

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 I JOINED THIS GROUP WITH THE IDEA THAT I WOULD MEET SINGLE PEOPLE IN MY AGE GROUP, AND GO TO EVENTS THAT I MIGHT NOT TRY ON MY OWN. I HEARD ABOUT THIS CLUB ON THE RADIO. THEY MADAE IT SOUND SO INVITING. JOIN EVENTS AND ADVENTURES, MEET NEW PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR INTERESTS. GO TO EVENTS YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE DONE BEFORE. ARE YOU TIRED OF STAYING AT HOME WITH NOTHING TO DO? CALL NOW.

I DECIDED TO CALL AND MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. MYSELF AND MY FRIEND WENT TO THE APPOINTMENT. UPON ARRIVAL THEY SPLIT US UP AND TOOK US INTO TWO DIFFERANT ROOMS. I SHOULD HAVE LEFT AT THAT POINT, BUT I DIDNT THINK NOTHING OF IT. THIS IS WHERE THE SALES PITCH STARTED. I WAS ASKED TO FILL OUT A QUESTIONAIRE. THE QUESTIONS WHERE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT KIND OF ACTIVITIES DID I DO. HOW OFTEN DID I GO OUT. WHAT WHERE MY INTERESTS AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST HOW MUCH DID I MAKE A YEAR. THE INTERVIEWER THEN WENT OVER MY PAPER WORK. ASKING ME HOW MUCH I SPENT ON ENTERTAINMENT A WEEK. THEN SHE TOLD ME THE MEMBERSHIP WAS 2355$. I TOLD HER THAT WAS A LOT OF MONEY. SHE INFORMED ME IT INCLUDED EVERYTHING. SO IF I WAS PAYING 100$ A WEEK TO GO OUT AND EAT AND SUCH, I WOULD BE PAYING FOR EVERYTHING UP FRONT. SO TO GET MY MONEYS WORTH ALL I HAD TO DO WAS ATTEND AS MANY EVENTS AS POSSIBLE.  THEN SHE ASKED ME IF IT MATTERED IF MY FRIEND WAS GOING TO SIGN UP. I STATED YES IT DID. I WAS THEN ALLOWED TO TALK TO MY FRIEND AND ASK HER WHAT SHE THOUGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT. IF EVERYTHING IS INCLUDED WE WOULD DO IT. WE WERE ALSO TOLD WE COULD CANCEL AT ANY TIME AND WE WOULD BE PRORATED THE AMOUNT OF THE MEMBERSHIP WE DID NOT USE. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THE HIGH PRICE OF MEMBERSHIP WAS TO INSURE ALL THE MEMBERS WERE PROFESSTIONAL PEOPLE AND THAT THE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC WOULD BE OLDER. I AM OVER 40. I TOLD HER I DID NOT WANT TO JOIN A GROUP WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THEIR 20S, I DID NOT WANT TO BE THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE CROWD. SHE INFORMED ME THERE WERE MANY MEMBERS OVER 40 AND HARDLY ANY YOUNGER PEOPLE.

I WAS GIVEN AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CLUB WORKED. THERE WAS A TEXAN GAME WITH GREAT SEATS AND A VIP BUFFET INCLUDED. I WAS TOLD TO GO AND SIGN UP FOR THIS AS SOON AS I GOT HOME BECAUSE THERE WERE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TICKETS. I WAS TOLD THIS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN MY MEMBERSHIP AND I WOULD PAY FOR NOTHING ELSE. THE ONLY THING I WOULD PAY FOR IS IF AN EQUIPMENT RENTAL OR OUT OF TOWN EXPENSES WERE NEEDED. MYSELF AND MY FRIEND WERE EXCITED AND SIGNED UP FOR THE ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIP OF 2355$ WITH 6 MONTHS THROW IN FOR SIGNING UP. I WAS TOLD THERE WERE ONLY 1 YEAR MEMBERSHIPS 2 YEAR AND 3 YEAR MEMBERSHIPS. I WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT MONTHLY PAYMENTS ONLY ABOUT PAYING FOR EVERYTHING UP FRONT.

WE LEFT AND WENT HOM TO LOOK AT OUR EVENT CALENDER.LOW AND BEHOLD WE FIND THE TEXAN GAME EVENT. THERE IS A 250$ FEE ATTACHED TO IT. YES THIS IS A GOOD PRICE, BUT AFTER PAYING 2355$ I WAS TOLD I WOULD PAY FOR NOTHING. WE DECIDED TO GO TO AN EVENT THE NEXT WEEK. THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE ATTENDED OUT FIRST EVENT. IT WAS A PUBLIC PLACE WITH NO ADMITTANCE FEE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. NOTHING WAS INCLUDED WE HAD TO PAY FOR OUR DRINKS. WE LEFT DISAPPOINTED. WE DECIDED TO TRY ANOTHER EVENT. WE WENT TO DANCING AT THE BLACK SWAN, WHICH WAS ANOTHER FREE ENTRY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I CALLED THE HOST TO ASK HER WHAT WAS INCLUDED, SHE TOLD ME NOTHING WAS. I ASKED HER WHAT DID E AND A PAY FOR? SHE REPLIED NOTHING, UNLESS IT STATES IN THE CALENDER. UPON LOOKING AT THE CALENDER I NOTICED E AND A PAYS FOR NOTHING. EVEN THE MEMBER MEETING HAD A FEE OF 5$. WE WENT TO THE BLACK SWAN, PRETTY MUCH EVERY ONE THERE WAS IN THE 20-30 RANGE. ONLY ONE OTHER MEMBER WAS OLDER.

I CALLED THE ACCOUNTING OFFICE, AS STATED IN THE HANDBOOK, TO ASK ABOUT A REFUND. I WAS THEN INFORMED OF THE 72 HR CANCELATION. I WAS TOLD TO WRITE A LETTER AND WHERE TO MAIL IT. I HAVE DONE SO. I HAVE ALSO SEND NUMEROUS EMAILS TO THE CORPORATE OFFICE OF THE OWNER ASKING ABOUT A REFUND AND TELLING HIM HOW I SIGNED UP UNDER FALSE PRETENSES. AFTER ALL OF THIS I STILL HAVE NO REFUND AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS COMPANY HAS A POLICY OF NO REFUNDS. I WAS TOLD THEY WOULD GIVE ME A 50$ EVENT CREDIT TO MAKE ME HAPPY. WHAT IS 50$ AFTER PAYING 2355.

I HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT FROM OTHER MEMBERS THAT THE PRICE OF MEMBERSHIP VARIES FROM PERSON TO PERSON. THEY ALSO OFFER 6 MONTN AND 9 MONTH MEMBERSHIPS, SOMETHING I WAS NOT TOLD ABOUT. OTHER MEMBERS ARE PAYING 75$ A MONTH WITH NOTHING DOWN AND GIVEN 3 YEARS FOR THE PRICE OF 1. ONE MEMBER IS PAYING 75$ A MONTH FOR 6 MONTHS, MEANWHILE DUE TO THE FACT THEY LOOKED AT HOW MUCH I MAKE, I WAS TOLD 2355 AND NOT GIVEN A 6 MONTH OR 9 MONTH OPTION. OF COURSE THE OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAPPY WITH THIS MEMBERSHIP, I WOULD BE ALSO IF I WAS PAYING 75$ A MONTH FOR ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIP. I WOULDNT MIND THE EXTRA FEES THEN. BUT AFTER PAYING 2355$ I DONT WANT TO PAY ANY MORE MONEY. THE MORE MEMBERS I TALK TO THE WORSE IT GETS. EVERYBODY IS PAYING SOMETHING DIFFERANT. THE YOUNGER MEMBERS, 20-30S WERE GIVEN THE CHEAPER OPTIONS WITH MONTHLY PAYMENTS. THESE ARE THE MEMBERS THAT WERE ALSO GIVEN THE 6 MONTH AND 9 MONTH OPTIONS. I CALLED THE CORPORATE OFFICE AND WAS TOLD THE ONLY OPTIONS WERE 1 YEAR,2 YEAR, OR 3 YEAR MEMBERSHIPS.

I HAVE ASKED REPEATEDLY FOR A REFUND STARTING TWO WEEKS AFTER I SIGNED UP. WHAT KIND OF COMPANY WOULD MAKE IT A POLICY NOT TO GIVE A REFUND. I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT ALL THE BAD REVIEWS, OF THIS COMPANY, THAT I AM FINDING OUT ABOUT NOW. I WOULD HAVE NEVER SIGNED UP. IF I HAD BEEN TOLD THE TRUTH THAT THIS COMPANY IS AN EXPENSIVE EVENT PLANNER I WOULD HAVE WALKED AWAY.

I DO NOT WANT ANYONE ELSE TO BE LIED TO ABOUT HOW THIS COMPANY WORKS. APPARENTLY THIS COMPANY HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF ALOT OF TRUSTING PEOPLE. I STILL DO NOT KNOW WHAT MY 2355$ PAYS FOR OTHER THAN THE COMPANYS EXPENSIVE RENT HOUSE IN THE HEIGHTS AND PAYING FOR THE HOSTS THAT ARE SUPPOSE TO LEAD THE EVENTS.

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