I’ve been to several strip clubs in Houston where, during a lap dance, a stripper offered to take me to the VIP room and, uh, offer various services for approximately $600.
Now, I have never been tempted to take anyone up on that offer. Not only is the best possible “service” not my thing, but even if I wanted that, $600 was a rip off. Straight up prostitutes cost about half that, or so I am led to believe based on websites like Craigslist or Backpage.
Still, I have always wondered…what would have happened if I had ponied up the cash…?
Seriously though, do you really need to ask this? Sex. She’s a prostitute who calls herself a stripper. They are much more common than a lot of people realize.
I have no idea what may or may not have happened at the specific place you were at. She may be a stripper/prostitute.
But I can tell you what happens all the time in clubs around here. You pay the money, and when you get back to the VIP room the girl is gone. For the night.
You get pissed and demand your money back or the girl. When you get nothing but deer in headlights looks from all the other employees you get super pissed and start yelling and screaming.
And the bouncers beat the shit out of you and throw you out on your ass!
Then you think you’re smart and you call the police. The cops seem more interested in your disorderly conduct inside the place, and your admission that you paid for sex. When you realize you sound as stupid as the guys who report their drugs being stolen you decide to STFU and drop your complaint. Later on the 2 officers sit in their car laughing hysterically. “20 years on the job and I never get tired of that one” one says.
A guy should get college credits for a lesson like that!
Just from personal experience, thinking about money lowers the angle of the dangle. Personal service providers have to price really smart: reasonable but profitable, one time offer. A wrong offer reduces the heat of the meat.
The OP said he is aware that prostitution is the obvious explanation. His question seems to be why the price is so much higher than usual.
One possibility is that the six hundred dollar price is just a opening offer. The stripper is expecting customers who are interested to negotiate down to a more reasonable price. Another possibility is that a guy with a naked woman on his lap might feel a greater desire for sex than a guy sitting alone at home would and might therefore be willing to pay a higher price. Or maybe the strippers are figuring many strip club patrons aren’t regular prostitute customers and might not realize they’re being overcharged.
Um… no? The OP definitely was not being offered sex. To quote Chris Rock there is NO sex in the champagne room. That’s not a joke. It’s just a private room where you get your own private lap dances, and get to touch her some. It’s a more intimate experience and sometimes, if you’re lucky, she’ll use her hands on your junk but there is definitely no insertion into any orifice.
Strippers aren’t prostitutes trolling for johns. They’re dancers who happen to get interactive with the clientele. Assuming strippers are prostitutes will get you into a good bit of trouble at a strip club. Some do, and you can try to explore that by asking about private, off-site, private strip shows, etc. but there will be no sex done on the premises.
When a group of guys drove to Indianapolis to see the 500 we went to a nasty little club. Four of us each chipped in $10 and gave it to one of the dancers to show the fifth of us (the youngster in the group) “a good time”. It was a joke that we assumed might get him a lap dance type thing that we could all laugh about later.
She took him upstairs, to a couch area and they went at it for a while. At some point our friend pulled a hamstring as he maneuvered on the couch. He came hopping down the steps, grimacing in pain, saying he had to go to the ER. Meanwhile, the stripper wanted “the rest” of her cash. :eek:
We skedaddled. Hamstring guy had to make do with liquor and Tylenol, and the unhappy knowledge that the story of his misadventure would make it home before us.
I doubt you were offered sex. They’ll take you upstairs and let you fondle her a bit, after you tip the upstairs bouncer and buy her a drink and pay the jukebox and…and… as many things as they can think of to separate you from your money.
Like anything else, prices are set based on the perception of what the “market” may support.
I’ve never been to Vegas, but I assume that if that city (and it’s strip bars) is frequented by a greater number of people with more disposable income than, say, San Diego, the prices (in Las Vegas) for for a lot of things will be higher.
Another reason may be that the stripper has an over inflated opinion of what she’s “worth”.
A lot of places post prices (say, for example, $100 for 30 minutes) to use the privacy booths, but a lot of dancers will let you know that tips over and above the set rate are always welcome.
Agree with the first part, disagree with the second.
Paying more money will get you a trip to the “Champagne Room” where you will get to touch (occasionally) the dancer and she might touch you. If you get out of hand, you’ll be ejected from the club and you might get robbed by the bouncers (yeah, strip clubs are sleazy like that).
However, a open secret of strip clubs is that the dancers will only make “real money” if they turn tricks with the clients. The club (usually) doesn’t get involved in this as it could cost the owner his/her license,it can result in prostitution arrests and all of said transactions have to take place away from the club. But strippers wishing to earn the “big money” have to have sex with clients.
In places where young and attractive strippers can make a great deal of money ( New York, some clubs in Las Vegas, boom towns,etc.) there may be less prostitution as the dancers earn enough to make this less desirable. However, in small towns and dumps, the dancers turn tricks.
On that subject, a colleague of mine was telling me of a fairly standard nightclub in las vegas where he and his wife paid $170 *just to get in *:eek:
And when they got in there they were not actually allowed to get on the dancefloor as there was a sort of dante “circles of hell” scenario where you had to pay even more:eek: to get closer to the dancefloor, hired goons being on hand to enforce this.
They ended up being invited by some friends into one of the inner circles and had drinks bought for them but when said friend left early the club took their drinks back and implied they retained ownership of them. The unfinished bottle of “premium” vodka had cost $800 and had been paid for but was removed by the club.
Not directly related to the stripper question I suppose but if his story is remotely accurate or representative it suggests they’ll do just about anything to separate you from your money. Does that story ring true to other club-goers? (I don’t think I’ve set foot in a nightclub since I was 17 and I’ve certainly never paid to go in one!)
The door charge is just straight robbery. It’s around $30-50 for guys and ladies get in free. The problem is that your friends went as a couple instead of a group. A group of guys going in guarantees that the club will profit with the cover and the guys will drink their weight in booze. A group of girls going in are waived the cover because the group of guys in there will pay for the girls drinks and lure in more groups of guys. A couple that goes won’t drink a lot and takes up the space of others who will so the bouncer’s decided to extract their pound of flesh up front. To add insult to injury, they overcharged the cover so they could pocket the rest.
The liquor cost seems a bit high. Bottles get a 1000% markup and run between $350-600 bucks. An $800 bottle is probably a full handle (1.75L) of premium stuff and unfortunately no, they don’t let you take it out if you don’t finish it.
I’ve never heard of an extra cost to get on the actual dancefloor but there are roped off VIP areas for patrons that reserve a table and order bottles.
Going to a club is not for everyone and it really isn’t worth it for most people. You pretty much have to be a part of the group of drunk guys entourage, group of drunk girls entourage to get any utility out of it. Going to a club as a couple would be one of the least fun experiences I can imagine.
