Strip clubs are not MM

[AAM2012]

www2.tbo.com/news/breaking-news/2012/jul/07/4/man-sues-strip-club-over-50000-credit-card-bill-ar-425603/

$50k! :-|

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TAMPA --
A man enters a Clearwater strip club. He leaves three hours later thinking he's spent $600.

A few days later he checks his credit card account and learns he was charged $50,000.

There's no punchline or joke.

That's what Lokesh Simon James said happened to him after a March night spent at the Bliss Cabaret, 3860 Ulmerton Road.

James, 32, has filed a lawsuit in Pinellas County Circuit Court against the gentleman's club and a former Bliss Cabaret bartender, Doug Berube. His suit demands that he be repaid the money he says he was overcharged, plus interest, attorney fees and court costs.

"There's no way to spend that kind of money," said James' attorney, David Sockol of St. Petersburg. "How many dances would it take before you run up $50,000 at $20 a dance?''

James went alone to the strip club at about 9:45 p.m. on a Wednesday, Sockol said. He said James doesn't deny he spent around $600 in dances, tips and drinks.

Bliss Cabaret officials declined comment.

James, of Pinellas Park, contacted Bank of America to report the charges, Sockol said. He was told that because he was at the club, the charges couldn't be reported as fraudulent, the attorney said.

Sockol said his client is in "shock."

"Do the math,'' Sockol said. "It's impossible to spend $50,000."

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Who was the MM'er who had the husband with a $10k charge on his cc after a night at a bachelor party?

Anyways, never give a stripper your credit card, lesson learned I guess. lol

[honeybee]

Woah.

However this reminds me of an awesome post on the Knot from a while back when a girl found her fiance's credit card bill from a strip club for 10K about a month before their wedding.

She believed him when he swore it was only for alcohol and bar tips ^o)

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Damn

[Roc A Bee]

Did hesign the slip that said 50k? I think even at my drunkest, I would know that was wrong.

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:-|

[mayflowers22]

Whoa.

[heyrebekah]

Jul 7, 2012 12:33:51 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

James went alone to the strip club at about 9:45 p.m. on a Wednesday, Sockol said. He said James doesn't deny he spent around $600 in dances, tips and drinks.

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That just sounds so sad.

[heygrey]

even if other people are running up his tab how do you get to fifty-THOUSAND-dollars? that is a lot of lap dances and drinks for a lot of people. even if they have high end champagne rooms that's a lot of "favors" for $50k.

i hope the rest of the story gets reported eventually.

[jenni232323]

Jul 7, 2012 12:33:51 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

"How many dances would it take before you run up $50,000 at $20 a dance?'' ----------------------------------

2500! That's a long night, a lot of friends, or a lot of extras!

[shopgirl07]

It seems that fraudulent charges are common at strip clubs. Lesson is, use cash!

[phunluvin82]

I think I'm mostly impressed that some dude who frequents strip clubs in Tampa midweek has a CC with a $50k+ limit?!?!

That other post (was it on TK or TN?) was the first thing this reminded me of as well.