Pure Platinum Rip off?

[Leahs mommy]

I was in San Jose and was talking to a dude and he told me the night before he went to Pure Platinum and had a great time until...
They gave him a heavily "padded" bill. I think it was $300 in ladies drinks. He told me when he argued they took him in the back room to "discuss" it. Where they laid a pistol on the table and pretty much escorted him back to the Presidente where he said he had his money... of course, he scrammed to his room and didnt come out for a day, then changed hotels.
Anybody heard similar stories about PP? I dont think this guy had any reason to BS me. I think it would help other CRT members to know that this may be possible.
OD

 

[Breeh]

OD wrote

I was in San Jose and was talking to a dude and he told me...

No one ever exaggerates their stories in CR. :roll:

I think it is unfair to cast dispersion on a business enterprise unless someone is an eyewitness. (i.e. the famous Kamur double/single scandal of '05 )

Our legal eagles on this board could inform us if someone be sued for libel by posting a rumour? Maybe the dude had a bone to pick with PP.

 

[ChivaChiva]

.....escorted him back to the Presidente where he said he had his money... of course, he scrammed to his room .....

Do you really believe they would not accompany him up to his room and get the cash?

As RHM so correctly stated:

No one ever exaggerates their stories in CR.

 

[ivantop]

Im just asking.

Im just asking...
Dont bust my balls for that...
I trust what my friend says alot more than risking getting a padded check (which has happened to me on several occasions) and there is not much you can do once they decide to threaten you.
I was hoping CRT forum would be a place where I could find where to do good business, and what places to avoid.
Go there if you like... I know I wont.
BTW padding checks is not an uncommon practice at all.
I try to find out some info here and already somebody is threatening me with libel suits! Sheesh!
Pura Vida
OD

 

[dontmakeoldmistakes]

OD,

Sorry, I didn't mean to bust your balls. As a business owner, I know there are always two sides to every bad customer service story. At first you wrote "a dude," if it was a friend, then it's a more reliable source.

I know that Kamur got some bad press here on this board, however my experiences (and other CRT members) there have been very good. I hate to see the same thing happen to another business. I appreciate the entrepeneurs that put up capital and payrolls for places to entertain our prurient interests. Sometimes, they get the benefit of the doubt.

Business owners on the board would agree.

Peace brother, I understand your concern for being ripped off.

RHM

 

[Yuli]

Do you really believe they would not accompany him up to his room and get the cash?

What do you think this guy would say at the front desk? "Is it okay to bring 2 bouncers to my room with me?, they are over 18"

I suppose youre right.
A strip club would NEVER do anything so unethical as pad a check. :roll:
OD

 

[Staci]

They got to me on one of my first trips to SJ. The tica's were beautifu but the bill was grande. They tried to get me drunk by giving me tequila shots "on the house" and kept trying to get me to pay them $150 for a room in the back so the pretty little tica could give me a blow job, and that wasn't counting what she was going to charge. Before I knew it I had racked up about $150 bill for a few beers and 2 lap dances. I thought I was back in Houston!
I told them I was never coming back and they just shrugged. They didn't care, they got my money. My advice is to stay out of "Tiddy Bars" in CR.

 

[P-Man]

Right Hand Man....hate to rehash but you brought it up. The Kamur bad press was not a rumour but a fact....even stated by the owner. Customers were asked if they wanted to buy a girl a double and if yes were charged double but received a sgl shot. Supposedly this sgl was a top shelf lqr and double the price. The real problem was this was deception on the part of mgmt.
Do not compare "I heard this from a guy" post to the Kamur incident. Many crt guys still frequent the place but myself and many others no longer go there.......mostly due to the lame reasons by management.

Enjoy!

 

[AnDrOmEdA]

Thank you.

This is what Im talking about. I think it is for the benefit of everyone at CRT to be aware of this. Not admonish members for speaking up about it. Some places deserve our business and others dont. Some dont, but you go anyway, at least you should know run the risk of getting fleeced.

 

[Theofilaktos]

Twarag:

I wrote:

unless someone is an eyewitness. (i.e. the famous Kamur double/single scandal of '05)

That means I was referring to our respected brethren who were the "victims" at Kamur and reported it as eyewitnesses. I have no problem with a complaint about a business, but let it come from first hand experiences, not "I was in San Jose and talking with a dude..."

OD:

Your post sounded like it was just some guy talking to you. Some guy tells a story at a bar and you make a post "Pure Platinum Ripoff?" That's bad press dude. Pistol on the table. Bouncers take him back to hotel. I'm okay of you witnessed it firsthand. But you didn't.

LB: First hand experience, I'll buy that.

To everyone else:
Plenty of good strip clubs to visit in San Jose. Read the threads and you will find them.

 

[dee_gnz]

Would you like some fries with that?

It is apparent that some people on CRT are more concerned with the reputation of a strip club than the protection of this brotherhood. This is good to know in the future when I read and write posts here.

Some may call it "suggestive salesmanship" but c'mon, this isnt "Would you like some fries with that?"

I call it a rip-off.

Padding a check is a too common practice all over the world, in case you didnt know.

Sorry for the bad press. Thats the way it is. The details, and if they are factual or not, are irrelevant. There is no pay-off for me to make up anything like this, as a matter of fact, this subject has already taken too much of my time. The purpose of this thead is for people to relate similar experiences, if any.
OD

 

[Walter Cronkite]

Alright, boys, settle down.

I'm going to relate a story that up till now I've kept pretty quiet about.
First let me just say that this happened to me and a friend over Labor Day. We're both experienced travelers and while we aren't proud of that evening we knew what we were doing (somewhat).

That said, here are the highlights.

We went to Tango India.
We got the CRT discount.
We both had 1 woman each on our laps (and in the airplane) for about 3 1/2 hours.

They were A LOT OF FUN. I mean A LOT of fun (nastiest little spinner I've ever met).

When we got ready to leave (we had to, the place was closing).
I went over the drink and dance tickets myself. 9 drinks each for the girls and 8 private dances (each) in the airplane.

The tab was A LOT! but as we kept track of the drinks and dances (more or less) we were pretty sure it was correct, or at least within 1 drink and 1 dance each.

Needless to say we didn't have enough cash and our credit cards were locked up in our safes at the Prez.

We convinced the head waiter to let his bouncer accompany us in a taxi to an ATM. Of course when we got to the ATM we get "System Network is Down". We went to another ATM. Same thing.

The bouncer called the club after we told him we had money back at the hotel.

We went back to the club as they wanted one of us to stay there as collateral. We explained to them that our money was in separate safes so we both had to go.

They agreed that the same taxi and bouncer would take us to the Prez.
As if this wasn't getting surreal enough, the taxi driver backs into another taxi as he's attempting to pull out of his parking space with us in the back seat.

He and the bouncer get out and talk to the other taxi driver as we sit in the back seat laughing like high school K*ds (we're both early 50s).

So we get to the Prez in 15 minutes (not much traffic at 4:45AM).

The bouncer went with me to my room (there is no problem taking GUYS to your room) as my buddy went to his room to get his cash.

We paid the bouncer and had to throw in an extra $20 for the taxi.

Did we get ripped-off? Not really. Did we have fun? Definitely.
Would we do it again? Not to that degree, but we did have a good time, some laughs and some memories to talk about.

Did I mention the girl riding me for 3 1/2 hours said to me in the airplane, "Tu permission I masmassageplanetate?"
Of course I replied, "Claro".
She then said, "Tu hand". So naturally I reached around to work her from behind as she ground herself on my hard dick.
She then said, "Two hands".
I worked her until she came and left a big, wet spot all over the front of my slacks (good thing they were dark).

And that was just part of the fun.

I forgot to mention that we got our drinks for free........we had 2 each!

 

[Erica L]

I believe Puro Platino is no longer open. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

 

[kel-c]

ONE PREMIUM FRUIT PUNCH PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!

just remember if you fall of that kitten than get back on HAVE A GREAT SHOT

 

[?.?.? <--]

Personally, I find RHM's warning on posting 2nd or 3rd hand stories about a business to be commendable. At the same time, it is always good to ask about these joints before you go, so the original question is a good one. And yes, the highend rip off clubs will threaten you if you dont pay. As has been mentioned on various threads here on this subject...the safest thing to do is PAY AS YOU GO! Especially if you are or getting hammered. And NEVER use a credit card. You are just asking for trouble.

In summary, there are enough clubs mentioned and promoted on this CRT site as positive, safe, reasonable places to go, why would anyone go to the high end rip off joints? I guess if they want to be surrounded by mafiosos and pay US prices...thats a good reason.