> "jmcquown" <j_mcqu...@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:agkqhdFebphU1@mid.individual.net...
>> 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. So
>> I figured I might as well get a meal or two out of it since I have to pay
>> for it anyway.

> This is a common practice with country clubs.  They divide the overhead
> amongst members equally, not on a pay as  you go basis.  I guess for some
> people that golf every week or so, it is not a problem, but for the light
> user, it becomes expensive.

> If the bar tab is included in the fee, you can have a few friends for a
> drunken orgy and suck  up the $830 in a few hours.