On 11/15/2012 11:37 AM, pltrgyst wrote:
> On Nov 15, 10:27 am, jmcquown > wrote:
>> This ridiculous place where I live charges an annual assessment for
>> dining at "the club". They do this whether you eat there or not.
>> The way it works, they charge $830 per annum. If/when you eat at the
>> club, they tack the food bill onto your monthly dues and the
>> statement reflects the reduction in the annual assessment.
>>
>> If you don't eat there, they'll still charge you for the total amount
>> at the end of the year. It's stupid but that's the way things work
>> here.
>
> News flash: That's not ridiculous; that's the way that just about
> every country club, yacht club,or tennis/social club with a kitchen
> in the entire country works. What's "ridiculous" and "stupid" is that
> people will sign a home purchase or club membership *contract* without
> understanding and accepting its provisions.
>
> They're the same kind who bitch incessantly about the provisions of the
> homeowners association documents that they never bothered to read.
>
> BTW, that's also dirt cheap for such a club.
>
> -- Larry
>

That does sound dirt cheap. Don't real country clubs cost something like
$5,000 a year?