"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 11/15/2012 4:52 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> 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?
>
> You folks have no idea. This is just the annual DINING assessment. It
> has nothing to do with any of the other fees.
>
> Jill


Isn't that all about keeping out the riff raff? I guess you are in the
early stages . . .