Events & Adventures Reviews

I really do enjoy the club. I love the fact that everybody in the club is nice and open-hearted. You don't see a likelihood of being shunned by anybody. Everybody is open to you, everybody's happy to meet you and see you. And I'm happy that we are actually making real friends. It's not like we're all together just because of the club or just because we paid a lot of money to get in. We're in because we actually enjoy each other's company and we kind of go through withdrawal if you're not at an event after a while. Once you make all these friends, it's like you just have to go and see them again.

But the biggest thing that has come that I didn't expect was to find so many people that I would get along with, and, for some of those people to become friends for life. I've been witness to wedding proposals and been a guest to weddings with members of the club. While these moments have been special, it pales in comparison to the experiences and memories that I continue to make every time I go to an event with this club. I can say for certain that it was one of the best decisions I've ever made to sign up with this club.

Long story short, I called this morning to speak to someone about cancelling and was told "someone will call you back as soon as possible." Keep in mind, they want to wait as long as they can to call you back because they want your 72 hour cancellation period to lapse. I have a copy of my signed contract, which says that I am required to send a written notice of cancellation to their office via CERTIFIED MAIL, with a return receipt if I want to cancel. So I called the corporate office in Seattle and a very nice girl told me that if I send it to the address mentioned in the contract, they would still have to eventually mail it to corporate anyway..so that I should just skip a step and send it directly to corporate. DONE. My letter of cancellation arrives to them tomorrow. Costed me $22!!! (small change compared to what I would pay if I hadn't seen these terrible reviews of this nasty company) They will have it less than 48 hours after I signed the stupid contract. They are open on Saturdays, and should sign for it before noon. If I have any issues here, seeing that I have followed their shady/corrupt rules...I will update my post, and proceed to wreak havoc on anyone that tries to deny me my rights. Good luck!

So the day for the appt comes and I go to their office which is in VA. Now I live near Baltimore so it's a bit of a drive. On the phone the lady told me that they don't have anything in Baltimore but they do have things in DC. I work in DC so I was okay with the commute. I walk into the office, sign in and this lady comes out, offers to take my coat and kindly invites me back to her office. Once in the office and all the pleasantries were said (you know how you're doing, the weather, etc, etc) the sales pitch started. It was very aggressive cause as they try to convince you why they are better than everybody else. Saying that they cater to a certain type of people. When I asked what type is that she basically said people who have established careers and are looking to find someone who financially is their equal. I'm okay with that I guess. We went over the types of events and she showed me their calendar where they seem to be doing something every day of the month. Then she had me fill out this form that asked about my bank account, how much I have in savings, how many credit cards I have and what's the balance. Now I make pretty good money but I'm not telling them what's in my account so I gave her some arbitrary number.

So finally we get to the prices. They wanted $3795.00 for a 3-yr contract and $1795.00 for 1 year. Wow. I was prepared to spend some money but I was not prepared for that much. On top of that you have to pay a $30 monthly fee and some events you still have to pay a small additional fee. After telling her that although I make good money I wasn't comfortable with spending almost $2000.00 for 1 year doing things that quite honestly I could do for free. She go offended and we bartered for a few minutes and she cut it down to $1500 for a year and told me she would get fired if anybody found out the discount she was giving me.

After telling her I would think about it (and I honestly was thinking about it) she hit me with her ultimate selling line. She looked me dead in the face and told me, "We need more black people (I'm African American by the way)." I was shocked. I thought it was a joke. I was waiting for her to laugh but she didn't. She continued and said that "for some reason black people don't want to pay the money." I'm looking at her like REALLY?? You're really saying this to me. I'm waiting for a camera crew to come out from under the table. She was serious. Then she topped it off by telling me that if I join then I would be the center of attention with the ladies because they don't have many minorities. Like I would become the pimp of E&A. But I wasn't looking to date anyone. I just wanted to meet people and be more social.

Needless to say I told her this wasn't for me and that I didn't want to be the token minority for their group. After that her attitude totally changed. She got very nasty and uppity. I told her that when and if I decided to date again I would look them up and she said, "No, you're not for us." I said, "Really. If I came in here with $3795.00 in cash ready to sign up you wouldn't take it??" She said, "Nope, you're not the right fit for us." She didn't even walk me to the door. I had to let myself out. This club seems very elitist for my taste and quite honestly they charge way too much money for something you can do on your own. Never again.

The events coordinators are nice and try to accommodate as much as they can, but in the end you're still stuck paying every month for a service that was frankly not worth it. The people in attendance are nice, a little on the awkward side, but it's to be expected from a business centered around making friends and meeting people, plus I'm not a social butterfly either. I moved to the bay area about a year ago and have found more friends online than at this club. This has been an ongoing problem for me these past 3 months; calling, redirected, sending a written letter to their office in Washington. It's been a real hassle and on top of it, it has caused overdraft fees in my bank account. The fact that I was not given a copy of the contract I signed, but just a general brochure of their policies, doesn't help since I can't even verify the exact contract that I signed.

They refuse to give me a refund for the few months that I haven't been using their services and have been trying to cancel my membership and their only advice for me is to "pay for the rest of the year and continue going to events." Well, I sure as hell don't want to go to any events anymore because it would be an ongoing reminder of their awful customer service and the lying that I endured. I also don't even have the money to pay for the service since I am only working part time, yet because of their automatic payments am continued to be billed. Needless to say, I will be cancelling that account and continue to fight their misleading contract and policies for my money back.

All "new" people were inside and I had not said anything to them. She stated, she "didn't care" she was going to inform police that I had. When I stated, I was invited to attend the "new" membership" event and would wait at the clubhouse that I have paid over $1000+ to be member, She stated, what would it take to get me to leave, I informed her of the refund that I had been requesting over 2 months. She then called the Houston Police Department and an Office ** arrived and stated, the "manager" would like for me to leave. I left, and then had a very threatening phone call left on my voicemail by "manager CaraCara"...which is recorded along with her threats. Anyone interested in the lawsuit. I know that there are many "single" people that are very unhappy with this company. Come one come ALL...

I trekked for well over an hour all the way to Long Island on a Saturday morning. They made me interview with 2 people. Jodi was my account manager. She did everything possible to make E&A sound like the best thing I would do for myself being single in NY and how 'safe' it was as they interview ALL their clients. After a LOT of negotiating, she went down from $3000 for a year to $1800. She swore there were a 'ton' of events in NYC (BIG LIE). Then she told me there were hordes of people my age (oh, look, another LIE), and that in no time I'd have tons of girl friends that were single and fun (sure they are!!).

I went to maybe 7 events, 6 of them were in the end of the universe Long Island and I was mostly late to all of them since getting to LI from NYC is not the easiest with traffic. Also, the men I met at these events were a bit "off" and a lot of them uhmmm... sketchy (that's saying it mildly). I can go on for pages but the bottom line is, if you're reading this review, do yourself a HUGE favor: DON'T Sign up - it's a huge scam!! There is NO need to pay $3k to do group 'stuff', go on "meet-up" which is FREE!! Besides, I'm still trying to figure out what on earth did my $1800 (some people $3k!!) cover??

You pay for EVERY event you attend, not only that but I actually found out that I was paying anywhere from $15 to $30 MORE for my tickets/event than if I had purchased them on my own. AND I was typically the youngest person in attendance (I went to this one event where I was actually helping men and women up and down some steep steps, I was really concerned for their safety). Seriously, this really isn't worth your time or money if you're a single person looking for a partner and/or friends.

I immediately contacted the representative that interviewed me and she said that there was nothing they could do and I would have to fulfill my contract despite my medical situation. So I will be following up with a registered letter and letter from my surgeon explaining my situation and send to corporate office. I think these people are scammers! My friend and myself talked later and realized we were told such different things by the 2 different representatives about payments and prices and age groups that attend these functions! Misrepresentation!!!

My daughter went to one event and there were people there that were three times her age. She called Events and Adventures and said that this is not what she expected and she wanted to cancel and they told her to give it some time and that they would be contacting her and letting her know which events would be more appropriate. They contacted her and she went to a few more events and then contacted them again and told them that this was not what she had expected. She requested again to cancel and they said she could not cancel. I reviewed the contract, and unfortunately you have 72 hours to cancel and that's it.

Events and Adventures is a scam as they don't explain any of this while going over the contract. They are good at sales and have a way of bypassing valuable consumer information, especially targeting vulnerable individuals. I have read the same complaint over and over by several individuals and this company is still in operation and continues to flow down the same language in their contract and nothing is done about it. I feel with all of these complaints that a class action suit is appropriate and that they also should lose their good standings with the states that they are doing business with.

My biggest complaint is that during my interview, they told me very specifically that cohabitating was NOT allowed for members, and that if at any point I got a boyfriend and we moved in together, I could just show proof of cohabitation and they'd cancel my membership. I moved in with my boyfriend over a year ago, and when I called them to cancel they said it wasn't a valid reason! How do you have a club "exclusively for singles" when they're living with their boyfriend/girlfriend? Now they say the only way to cancel is to show a marriage license or proof of moving over 100 miles from the nearest club. Also, I will note that I recently joined Meetup.com and have had more fun at their FREE events than at anything coordinated by E&A.

She called them after two events and stated that she is being sent to events where people are twice her age and up and she was not happy with the service. They told her to be patient and they will give her other events that will be in line with her age. They knew that by convincing her to hang in there that her cancellation grace period would be over and she would not be allowed to cancel. She went to a few more and it was all the same. Events where people were older than her. She told her that this was not working out and they told her she could not cancel. They charged my credit card $2,355.00. I have contacted them several times and they are not willing to cancel. Matter of fact, they charged my credit card another $38.00 for an event that my daughter signed up awhile ago but did not attend. They stated that they have a sign in sheet and she signed in. She did not go to that event because she was with me. I have asked them to produce that roster and as of today, they have not provided it.

So in summary we have a company that is compelled to point young adults to certain aspects of the contract, convince them to sign up for 2 years because of the discount they receive and tell them they can cancel if they are dissatisfied. Not sure how they can cancel if they dissatisfied with the service if they don't attend one and then when they express their dissatisfaction they are again talked into being patient so that the days go by that causes the consumer no way out of the contract. We may not get our money back but this company is taking advantage of people seeking a relationship (vulnerable individuals) to gain business success.

Additionally, I was told the interview was recorded so what was said would be recorded and what I know after discussing this with my daughter, nothing was recorded. I highly suggest that the BBB just Google this company and you will see that my daughter is not the only one that has issue with this company. There are several complaints about this company and had I seen the contract ahead of time, I would have advised my daughter not to sign this contract. It is unfair for a consumer to be under such restricted cancellation contractual requirements that does not allow for cancellation and reimbursement of this kind of expense. I am so upset about how this company operates and most likely the pressure they put on their sales group that I am ready to go to 60 minutes to air this so that others are cautioned in doing business with this company.

Me: "Okay, but I'm here, and you told me they were running late anyway." Them: "Well, she just can't stay. She actually forgot her 'palm' and can't even do your appt." Me: "So, I just drove 90 minutes to a place where I'm unfamiliar on Labor Day weekend, and you're not going to see me?" Them: "Sorry."

I'm just shocked, and tell them I'm going to write to consumer affairs. She doesn't care one bit. I could understand if I was more than 15 minutes late, especially if I did not call prior my appt... But this is horrible! I wasted almost 4 hours on Labor Day weekend, as well as lost money at work to be treated like trash. Most obnoxious and inconsiderate business ever!

I asked to speak to a manager or supervisor after my ugly experience and was contacted by no one - NOT A SOUL! As a result, I insist NO ONE waste their time with this low class company using base and degrading techniques to sell that even a used car dealer wouldn't be caught dead practicing... I think Meet up has it all over this despicable group of banal individuals as they play greedy, hurtful games and make repulsively discriminatory comments. I only "fit in" while there was chance I would put my name on a contract the very same half hour. I didn't, but I might have when my teacher's salary started back AND had I been treated with respect (not even close!). I stated that I required time for my pay checks to start back again, but the nasty representative then insisted I didn't fit in. Her tone turned to nasty as I was heading toward the door pulling papers from my hand. Those are papers I wished I kept as these people are NOT to be trusted with anyone's personal information including address, phone number and income range and I want those papers returned to me and any evidence of my presence there eliminated. Who would wish to "fit in" with such a base company that offers nothing so special and are downright mean.

The majority of the events took place in Manhattan and not in New Jersey so that would also increase my out of pocket expenses to join. As soon as the woman realized I had no intention of giving her my credit card, she basically dismissed me and lost interest in anything I had to say there afterward. Such a waste of time!

Within the first two minutes I was being asked questions about previous relationships and dating habits (for an organization that claims not to be a dating club, they were asking a lot of questions about my past "dating" life). The salesperson who claimed to be the director (I didn't believe her) kept saying that she only takes on 50% of her clients. She also kept saying that "if she took me on as her client" she would do this, this, and this for me, as if she were doing me a favor! She then preceded to belittle me several different ways: by telling me that my previous relationships weren't healthy because they weren't long enough, that online dating (which I had done previously) was a stupid way to meet men and a way of finding a child rapist, and the kicker "do you want to be my age and still single?"

Please, take it from me and do not waste your time. Anybody that bullies you into feeling bad about yourself to join their expensive "club" isn't worth your time.

I'm highly disappointed that KLTY is promoting this company. It is shameful. This company seems to go against anything honest and moral. I will try and find out how to volunteer without joining a company that only wants to scam me out of my hard-earned money. I sincerely hope you look into this further and I'm sure you can find MANY other people who can tell you the truth about this company. The Seattle lady sent me an appointment time for this weekend, but I'm going to do the right thing and decline, which I think that makes "ineligible" for their "private club". I read the review that it costs $3000. I would rather pay my bills with that money than to give it to some scam artists.

Realizing I had made an error, I continued to call the corporate office to be told they were moving and nobody could help me. Surprise! Three days were now gone. The local office with the crazy lady called me up today to inform me that I was not entitled to a refund and the state does not require them to give a refund. Who on earth conducts business in this manner? My father, God love him, tried to help me only to be hung up on. My bank is involved but I don't expect to get a refund. They know where their loopholes are and have buried them under laws and loopholes. No legitimate business conducts itself this way. I wish I had googled more effectively and found this sooner.

The State of Georgia should do better on its due diligence to protect us, the consumers. They have left us vulnerable to people like this who abuse the law and loopholes to make way too much money off emotionally vulnerable folks like everyone else who has posted here. Do not ever sign anything! Read every line and understand all of it before handing over your card to these jokers! I haven't attended one event yet because they made me feel so slimy. Someone please put these jokers to the test and get them to abide by laws or shut them down. Nobody should be in business like this!

Both you and the telephone screener repeatedly stated how every member was carefully screened for criminal and financial history, yet Section d states E&A does not normally conduct any investigation whatsoever into any members, professional, criminal or financial history and has no duty to conduct any such investigation. When you immediately welcomed me into the club as soon as I signed the contract, I specifically questioned how I could be in the club already as I have not had a background check. You said you would be doing it the next couple of days and could refund my fee if something came up. I have checked and no such investigation of me occurred.

The E&A site specifically states, "Welcome to the World's most exciting social club for singles." You reinforced that by saying how great it is to walk into an event where you knew everyone was single like you. This was a major decision point for me, yet on my 1st E&A event, a woman brought a friend who was living with her boyfriend. I also approached an older gentleman who said he had been in E&A for a year and now was not. He was very distancing, and later, he appeared to be a date of the host.

My 2nd E&A event was canceled, which was only disclosed to me less than 24 hours before the event. I missed out on other opportunities outside of E&A because they had filled up by the time E&A informed me of the cancellation. My 3rd E&A was a dinner event. I looked forward to meeting people in a setting that allowed for conversation and getting to know people. The event started at 7:30. Several of the men were eating before we were seated. It ended up they left within an hour after the event began.

On the date of my 4th E&A event, which was canceled within 10 hours of my attending and again, I missed out on two different non-E&A social opportunities because of the late cancellation. Additionally, this 4th E&A event invited couples and singles. I left a message and email inquiring as to why that was the case. I have a voice mail recoding that explains that people who met and now were dating were welcome to attend E&A events.

Rather than gain social opportunities via E&A, the organization has decreased my opportunities in the very limited time I have to optimize them by canceling 50% of my events. I am also sending this by Certified Mail/Return Receipt Requested to the E&A office in Santa Clara where I went into contract.

Even some events that would be free on your own cost money. It costs $5 to go to a beach bonfire and you have to bring your own food. They justify this by saying that the wood costs money, but if they have about 30 people there, that is $150 and there is no way they spent over $20 on wood. Then a few days ago, I found out that there was an initiation fee on my account that costs $1,200! So instead of being $1,200 total like I thought it is $2,400. The guy at my interview told me point blank it was $1,200 for the whole membership.

I requested a copy of my contract be sent to me as I thought I would have read it more carefully than that but I am worried. I'm not like most members who have a lot of money. I am livid that this company has a good reputation. Sure what they are doing is technically legal but there is no way that a company that behaves this way should have a good reputation. We need to change this. I will be picketing their place of business. This is also legal.

They will call you and try and pressure you into not cancelling. Be firm, stay the course. They will threaten you with sending the account to the Credit Bureau. I told them I would sue them in Small Claims Court. The guy offered me a buy-out at the remaining amount of the contract. I refused. I explained to him that much like cell phone companies, landlords, etc., there is an "early termination fee" that usually applies. That is spelled out in the contract. You don't have that in this contract; thus, there is no penalty for cancellation. He said I could not cancel. I informed him that I followed the instructions in the contract, and I sent him proper notice. I am not in violation of the contract. I can cancel. I informed him that if he charged my credit card after receiving the notice, I would contact the law. He is still calling to make a deal. I hope this helps others.

I told Donna the nature of my call, that nobody seemed to be paying the same amount and they used reverse discrimination. She turned into a stuttering fool. She told me she will give Jodi the message since I dealt with her. Two days later, Jodi called me back and we argued back and forth. I called her out on the B rating lie, and she admitted she knows they have an F rating, which means she lied in the interview when I signed up. She claimed "it’s just one complaint". But on the BBB website, it’s 8 complaints, and now with mine, it’s 9. She claimed everyone pays the same price, and if they don’t they must have signed up when they ran "a special". What a load of garbage! She then told me, "There is nothing I can do," and "too bad". When I told her she won’t be getting a dime of my money, she threatened to send me to collections. Nice business practice, completely unethical.

I filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and the FTC, and sent emails to every TV station and forwarded them to this member director so she is aware. I am also going to be calling the local radio stations that advertise this business so they are aware. All I asked for is my agreement to be voided. I certainly do not want to be associated with a scamming business. If anyone wants to complain, do the same! Go to the Better Business Bureau and the FTC. If enough complaints go in about them, something will be done. Don’t sit back and get taken advantage by these dirtbags!

I went to one event that she recommended and no one talked to me and the groups I tried to join just acted like I was the plague. Long story short, I have made several new friends on my own and have no plans to attend anymore events. It is a waste of money and now I am stuck paying all this money for the remainder of the contract. I really wish I would have been more attentive to the red flags at the time, but I guess now it is just a lesson learned. Save your time and money.

I attended a second event at the Omni Hotel bar near the Galleria. The people were different but the average age was about the same. Just to be clear, I have nothing against that. It's just that I was told there are thousands of members in my age range during my interview. The next day, I called to cancel my account and was told my account would be frozen. Thinking that would be the end of it, I was glad to be done with it. After two years of not receiving a single call or letter, I received a call from a collection agency looking for over $1500 for my delinquent account. Though this company may provide a great service for some people, the way they handle their business and the tactics they must be teaching to their reps is very fraudulent. Avoid this company at all costs. Being new to the area and rather desperate to meet people, I signed a document that I was told was a form for my background check. It turns out it was a contract for one year and the fees ended up being over $1500.

They never were upfront about their 3 day return/refund policy, the shortest refund policy I've ever heard of from any respectable company. Plus, you go into E & A to get a service you are paying for. It is not a loan! You are paying for it and if you no longer want a service you are paying for, you should be able to cancel regardless.

I offered to fax the information on 2/27/12 and was told there was no fax number. In addition, I sent an email via the customer service contact link on the website to address this issue and cancel the contract on 2/28/12, which is within the 72-hour period. Since the office is closed on Sunday, I diligently followed up to ensure that the notice was communicated to their office upon the opening on Monday morning. I have the phone records of the calls as well as email communication from Holly stating that they received the information. Again, she made no mention of needing the notice in writing. In fact throughout the process, I have communicated with them via email and phone calls so I feel that I am in full compliance in this regards as I did cancel in writing and in fact they acknowledged that they received the cancellation notice. When I met with Troy, he showed me a sample of the types of activities and said that it was representative of upcoming events in the area. I explained that my location on the peninsula was in between the San Jose location and the San Francisco location and specifically asked if there were activities in the area near Redwood City and he said yes, there’s a lot over 300 per month. I have printed the calendar of events and can verify there are no 300 events nor are any in the area as I was told. In fact at this time there are only 4 events on the calendar for the upcoming month!

I was not able to view the actual events until I signed up, and upon returning from signing up, I found that in fact there are no scheduled events in this area. The events that are listed are at least 45-90 minutes away or more given the times and Bay Area traffic. I then determined that this was not a good fit, so that is the reason for my cancellation. This is a poor sales tactic to say the least and very misleading for a consumer. I certainly hope that they train their employees in handling cancellations as well as train their sales personnel to actually attempt to see if there are actual events that would meet a prospective member’s needs. In fact, why would you want to engage customers who would be unable to attend events based on location? When the salesperson called today, instead of customer service, he was rude and unprofessional and argumentative and insisted that it needed to be certified mail only, which is not part of the policy regarding cancellation nor is it noted in the membership agreement. This is obviously an attempt to be paid his commission on the sale and I do not appreciate being lied to or bullied, which is how he came across. I’m sure that this is not the experience that they would want their prospective clients and members to have. I also have a witness who overheard the call on speaker on my car phone and was appalled at his demeanor. I further want to mention that this woman is someone who was interested in this club and lives in San Francisco so she might be able to attend events easily.

On Sunday morning after leaving the message to cancel, I contacted Bank of America, to stop the charge and they told me it was in process so they could not stop it. I have a reference number of the call and have contacted them for assistance with the refund process through their consumer fraud division. They will be calling Events and Adventures to discuss. In addition, I have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau regarding this company’s practices as it relates to misrepresentation. I hope that they will do the right thing with regards to the refund. However, I am fully prepared to file in small claims court based on ample documentation of my numerous attempts to cancel the membership within 72 hours.

There were several emails back and forth in February attempting to find out why I was being charged if I was on hold. First, they told me that the months I am on hold will be added to the end of my contract. I told them my contract was already fulfilled. Then, I was told about my charges which supported my stance to begin with that I was not charged while on hold. I inferred that somehow I was taken off hold since the charges are automatic on my credit card and asked about a credit or refund.

I was told I did not qualify for one, and on a phone conversation, Ms. ** was rather rude and condescending to me. She flatly refuses to acknowledge any error on their part and said after the fact that I was required to give an end date to the hold. I told her I was not told of this and expect a refund. She refused. I also told her it is unjust to charge me the monthly fee and yet I still have no access to the website and the events calendar. She refused to give me her supervisor contact information or name and said there would be no refund. I am seeking redress with my credit card company for the fraudulent charges to my account without any services provided for that time.

I wrote them the written later stating I needed to cancel my membership with them due to some troubled times and was notified that I could not do so. Now having to pay $2000 to cancel my contract, why should I have to pay if I didn't even attend any of their events? These people are legally scamming people right in front of everybody and why isn't our justice as a human being notice this and put it to a stop? I think if we all put our heads together. We can find something we can do to prevent this from future victims. Or hell, lets start our own singles club for free and take all members. But entirely, this is nonsense and our protection against this is just not there. If you have had trouble or know any more information I might not have mentioned, please email me at ***@***.com. Thank you.

The next morning I called to cancel. They told me I had to come in and cancel it in writing. Later that afternoon, I dropped off a letter saying I canceled my membership. Imagine my surprise, though, when I received a phone call from them saying I owed them $300! No where in my copies of the paperwork did it say anything about a $300 cancellation fee and now because I couldn't pay it, the collection agency is saying it's now up to $1500.00 for 24 hours of a membership I didn't use! These people are frauds! I got a bad credit rating and $1500.00 in "debt".

Then the next day, I followed the contract and wrote a letter to get out, followed up with a few phone calls, where there was no answer, but I did leave several voicemails. All of a sudden, the cancellation period was over and my letter got returned back to me even though it was the correct address per the contract, and they said they couldn’t cancel my contract at the moment. They did offer to lower my payments until they could figure a way to cancel, so I signed a paper "in the meantime."

Finally, after over a dozen phone calls, they stopped taking money from my account; only to get a call the other day (almost 2 years later) saying they will take my unpaid account to collections. They already took $1,100 from me and are asking for $2,000 more for me to buy out of the contract. What rights do I have to cancel out without paying anymore at this point?

Just like everyone's story I was misled and mistreated. Probably some of the most corrupt and unethical people run the show and whether or not what they are doing is legal, it may be, but they mislead and misrepresent their service, have poor customer service, and if we can get enough plaintiffs to rise against them, we can make a huge difference to prevent any future victims.

Suzanne could not stop talking, like she was ramped up on something, even interrupted the headliner's show to the point that she got up and stood in front of the stage, as if to say I'm obnoxious, but since I think I am so cute, I can get away with this. She actually came over and asked me at the end of the evening what I thought and I told her I was disgusted and embarrassed by her behavior. She responded that she was so sorry that I felt that way, not that she was sorry for acting like such an ***, which just pissed me off further. I did file a complaint with the BBB, which was just a waste of my time. Do not join this group!! They are nothing but scammers and liars, they tell you that they are very "exclusive" and that they "only have 2 openings right now" to everyone that comes in the door. They act like they are exclusive when all they do is get your credit report to see if you have enough charge card credit to sign up and keep paying the monthly dues, and the fee for each outing, plus your own food and drink. I was charged almost $2000 for the sign up fee, plus ongoing monthly dues which they finally quit charging me, but they refused to refund my initial $2000. Scam artists.

Through a comedy of errors such as transposing the address and then the mail-room not putting sufficient postage on the package, it didn't arrive at their office in a timely fashion. I was informed by Trista (the office manager), I would still be responsible for the balance of $2,335 since I had only 3 days after signing the contract to cancel it. I could see being financially responsible if I had made the cancellation request a month or two after enrolling but it was only days! I never went to any events, and even if I wanted to, I no longer have access to any Events and Adventures information as I returned it. I pay all of my obligations when they are fair, but this is not.

Currently, I am only able to pay $10 a month. At this rate, I should have it paid off when I'm 80! I'm seriously thinking of telling them after the first of year, I am done. If they want to take me to court, it will cost them more than what the balance I owe. My credit is not the best and though I do not condone not paying your bills this will be a negative mark but I have many more pressing financial matters than a lame but highly expensive singles service! Beware and read all the fine print and ask lots of questions! It just goes to show you are never too old to learn a very expensive lesson!

When I called to ask them to stop charging my credit card, they informed me that I still owed them over $1000. Apparently, I agreed to pay about $2000 for a year membership and there seems to be no recourse whether I like the organization or not, whether I want to be a part of it or not, whether I can afford it. To me, this just seems wrong. I don't want to contribute any more of my money to this organization. I have already spent around $1000. I haven't used their services in almost a year. I no longer want their services. I don't think this is a good way to run a business and I don't want to loose any more money to them. They are not running an ethical or honest business. There should be better protection against this kind of practice. It seems like a lot of others are frustrated by this business practice.

Okay. In November, I purchased a home and money became tight and was hoping that the good people at Events and Adventures would make some sort of concession for me and let me out of the contract since I was not using their services and could use the extra $75 a month. They said no, they would decrease monthly payment to $50 after I asked to speak to a supervisor so I did that.

Now, I am actually getting married in November. So surely I would be able to cancel my membership now, right? No. I am apparently under contract to pay the entire amount and even if I wanted to am not allowed to attend any events! So now, I am forced to pay the contract out even though I will be married and can no longer attend the events. This was not revealed to me in the contract and was not discussed with me up front. I feel as though I was misled and in the end absolutely ripped off! I even sent the management team an email and never received a response back. I feel this to be an injustice and misleading.

No one was listening to what I was saying, and no one has contacted me since then. I wrote a letter to the company to cancel my membership and stop debiting my bank account every month. I received a generic letter that stated I cannot cancel my account, and that someone would be happy to contact me to set up some events. I have already paid nine hundred dollars and have used nothing that the club offers. I am getting the runaround from every person I talk to, and have had enough.

After bringing my daughter to 2 events that were age appropriate, I was contacted about her participation. Then I was informed that 21 was the minimum age to participate and one person could not come to > 3 events per year. The person I spoke to at the corporate office was under 21. I liked the concept but deceptive practices were used tp attain my memberhip. I found out on a kayak adventure that this is normal practice for this organization, to misrepresent themselves. A co-member related how she was called at home to "lie" about how many young people came out to events. She also stated she worked in the office for only 1 week because of their practices. I found out that many members never attend any functions after joining because of this, and they are locked into these contracts based on lies.

After I got the run-around about cancelling my membership, I checked BBB and found out the Dallas office had many complaints and the Washington office just got their status after complaints on their end. Dallas displays the BBB logo but it supposedly is only for the Washington office. I had no problems with the company until their answer about the misleading info was: you have a contract now". If you could represent us, these are $3000.00/ year contracts signed under false pretenses. I want to contact a local news broadcast but don't want to tip my hand. Also, this is a "rule" about the guests.

My intention, which I stated, was to find activities for my daughter and I. As a single parent, I can't afford to join an organization that excludes my child. And I also can't afford to spend money abitrarily and unneccesarily for a service we can't use. I am only interested in an attorney that would represent me pro bono.